17th May 2012

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

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!

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 ?

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

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Network Dictionary – Copypasta

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

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 ?

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

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

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

“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.

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

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