Tag Archives: cisco

Touring Geek Heaven

A few weeks ago, I went to Atlanta to tour a data center. HP invited me down to take a look at a specific customer of theirs. I live about 4 hours away, so I drove down the night before … Continue reading

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Just Another Cisco Nexus Install

The most recent Cisco Nexus implementation I was involved in had some challenges. Since you can’t really have an in depth discussion on Twitter due to the 140 character limit, I figured I would throw this post together and share … Continue reading

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Flip Is The Symptom, Not The Problem.

Cisco has killed the Flip. Twitter and blogs are replicating this announcement out to the far corners of the Earth. I am cheering as are plenty of other network centric people. My friend Tom(@networkingnerd) spun up a quick post on … Continue reading

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Competing With Cisco

***Please note that these are my own thoughts and not those of my employer. First and foremost, I have to credit Jimmy Ray Purser from Cisco for putting the idea for this post in my head. Back in late April … Continue reading

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Nexus 7010 Competitors – Part 2

**** Please note that these are my own thoughts and observations and should not in any way be taken to be the opinion(s) of my employer. Additionally, this is a rather long post, so please bear with me. I promise … Continue reading

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ACE Boot Camp – Days 3 and 4

Days 3 and 4 did not disappoint! I don’t know if I stated this in the earlier posts, but the days basically consisted of lecture in the morning and labs after lunch. I REALLY, REALLY enjoyed the lecture portion. Again, … Continue reading

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ACE Boot Camp – Day 2

Day 2 of ACE boot camp did not disappoint! Another full day of lecture and labs. We covered the following topics: Modular Policy CLI Managing the ACE Appliance and Service Module Security Features Layer 4 Load Balancing Health Monitoring I’ll … Continue reading

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ACE Boot Camp – Day 1

First off, let me point out that this is not a boot camp with a certification in mind. It’s a 4 day course given by Firefly Communications. Although I booked the course through Global Knowledge, I was told that they … Continue reading

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Is It Possible To Stay Vendor Neutral?

***Note: I am asking this question from a corporate IT perspective. I am not asking this from the standpoint of a vendor or reseller. Most of what I do in the networking world revolves around one vendor’s equipment. Not all, … Continue reading

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