2008 April — My EtherealMind

More People Against FCoE – Part 2

18th April 2008 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

More posts from people who are opposed to FCoE. More meat for the mill….

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: fcoe, Storage

Not Anti FCoE, More Like Anti Fibrechannel – A Response

17th April 2008 By Greg Ferro 4 Comments

I got linked from Dante Malagrino at the Cisco Data Center blog yesterday. He writes a good post on why FCoE might be a good idea. Let me just say I am not only anti-FCoE, I am anti-Fibrechannel.

My rebuttal after the jump…

Filed Under: Design, Opinion, Storage Tagged With: Cisco, fcoe, Opinion, Storage

People Against FCoE, Its Loud and Proud – Part 1

16th April 2008 By Greg Ferro 6 Comments

For those of you who are thinking of rushing into FCoE and the Cisco Nexus switches you might want to think again. There are a few people coming out against FCoE and asking why is anyone bothering ? Should I be putting it in my design portfolio ? Is FCoE a done deal just because [...]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Storage

Ip Tcp Timestamp

14th April 2008 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

ip tcp timestamp I have seen this command a few times, today I am going to look into it and see what it does. Also, this is probably a classic CCIE lab gotcha.

Filed Under: Cisco Tagged With: IOS

Serial Console on OSX

13th April 2008 By Greg Ferro 15 Comments

I knew it had to be possible to view serial data in the OSX terminal window. Finally, a little googling told me what I needed to know. Here’s how to read and send serial data from the terminal in OSX. (just like hyperterminal on windows)

Filed Under: Cisco, OSX Tagged With: Operation, osx

Network Dictionary – Webinar

11th April 2008 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

1. web driver workshop that imparts product information and technology training. 2. overblown method of delivering product information that you can get by reading the brochure. 3. Marketing that makes sense to marketing people. Largely consumed by people who don’t know enough to read the manual, and should be on a training course. There are [...]

Filed Under: Dictionary Tagged With: Dictionary

Review of ActivIdentity ActivID 4Tress AAA and 2 Factor Tokens

9th April 2008 By Greg Ferro 3 Comments

In a recent project I was required to use ActivIdentity ActivID for two factor authentication. This post is about my overall experience with the product and its poor approach to HA. While ActivID does work fine, and its tokens look nice and it works OK, this is not a product for any small or medium [...]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Design

American Technology Companies Have Poor Support Outside the US – Why ?

7th April 2008 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment

I use a lot of technology that is developed in the US, and, consistently, when they ship that technology to ‘rest of the world’ they pass their support responsibilities so a distributor. While this looks like a good idea, the service the distributor delivers is usually poor. Why is this acceptable, and as a customer, [...]

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Network Dictionary – Solution Review

4th April 2008 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

1. Engagement of an external technical party to review the design you are proposing to ensure that it meets the business needs and is technically viable 2. Architecture that you designed is externally reviewed by a big consultancy who promptly treat it as an opportunity to troll for business at your company. At worst, they [...]

Filed Under: Dictionary Tagged With: Dictionary

CSM 3.2 – Notes When Upgrading – RME 4.1 Problems.

2nd April 2008 By Greg Ferro 9 Comments

I have spent a bit of time yesterday and today installing CSM 3.2. You might want to hear about my experiences.

Filed Under: Cisco