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

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.

IOS: Enable and .… Disable ?

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Console Mastery» All these years, and I didn’t real­ise the oppos­ite of the enable, was dis­able.
List of Posts in this series:Serial Console on OSXIOS: Reverse SSH con­sole access  —  Part 2IOS: enable and .… dis­able ?IOS: Setting the TCP timeout on IOSIOS:CLI Tip  —   ter­minal full help OS X:Terminal break for Serial […]

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

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.

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 ?

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).

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.

Network Dictionary — Distress Purchase

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

Musing: On Permananent and Ephemeral Knowledge and Exam Study

Like many tech-​​​​workers, we need to ingest vast quant­it­ies of know­ledge to get star­ted in our jobs. Without that know­ledge, there is no work­ing in our busi­ness. What is unique, how­ever, is that we con­tinue to ingest know­ledge for the remainder of our careers  —  often con­sum­ing large por­tions of our per­sonal time and energy. Worse we […]

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.

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

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

The CCIE Medallion

Arden Packeer was passing com­ments on his plaque.… but mine is much cooler.…

On Passing My CCIE Exam in 2001 — Day Two

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.