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CSM, IDSM, ADSM Performance Problems or Memory Errors ? Increase Java Memory.

22 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment
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I have been getting out of memory errors in Java when running CSM and ASDM clients on MS Windows platforms. Here are some tips for improving Java performance, and letting you run more than one Java program / applet at the same time

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Brocade Buys Foundry ? No Great Loss. Storage Switches Ahoy!

22 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 2 Comments

Following my post a couple of days ago about Buying Brocade switches it seems that Brocade isn’t going to make their own, they just bought something off the shelf.

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IOS: Enable and …. Disable ?

20 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment

All these years, and I didn’t realise the opposite of the enable, was disable.

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Network Dictionary – Copypasta

18 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 2 Comments

Copypasta – describes the mistake that happens when you paste the wrong thing into a document, blog, email etc. aka As in, “t is probably an unfortunate copypasta, since it is not present in the configurations at the end. ” Packetlife.net

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Network Dictionary – Blessay

18 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment

Blessay is a merger of the words Blog and Essay. It describes a longer form of blog posting that contains factual, researched information that is likely to bre presented in a coherent, educated fashion with supporting research, bibilographic details and so on.

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Are You Ready to Purchase a Brocade Ethernet Switch ? What ?

17 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 11 Comments

One of the more amusing byproducts of the FCoE marketing push, is that Brocade has announced that they will producing FCoE switches for their customers. So, are you ready to buy a Brocade Ethernet switch ?

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Network Dictionary – Fancy Ethernet

17 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment

Fancy Ethernet – generalised term used to describe Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE). Also used for Cisco’s trademarked and proprietary superset known as Data Centre Ethernet (DCE).

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Network Dictionary – Mythinformation

15 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 6 Comments

Mythinformation is the term used to describe some form of knowledge that is based on apocryphal, false or old knowledge. A play on the the word misinformation.

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Network Dictionary – Distress Purchase

13 July 2008 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

“distress purchase” refers a purchase made at some critical point, usually during a failure, traffic leap or other unplanned event.

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Data Centre Ethernet Standards Fight Brewing ? Brocade Says FCoE in 2010.

7 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 4 Comments

I note this quote from a recent article on The Register where Brocade talks about their future strategy.

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Rant: Computerworld – World’s Youngest CCNA: 12-Year-Old Irtiza From Pakistan

2 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 9 Comments

So a 12 year old passed the CCNA test. I suspect that many people will use this to point out how easy, or pointless, certfication is, but I believe it is a testament to education and the value of a well organised teaching system

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The CCIE Medallion

1 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 3 Comments
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Arden Packeer was passing comments on his plaque…. but mine is much cooler….

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On Passing My CCIE Exam in 2001 – Day Two

1 July 2008 By Greg Ferro 4 Comments

So its the second day, I haven’t slept much. I am stressed. I ring the family to check that everything is fine, and get ready to go for the second round.

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