Live Blog: Networking Tech Field Day – San Jose,2010
This is the Live Blogging page for the Networking Tech Field Day, San Jose 2010. I’ll be updating during the presentations, parties, discussions and quiet moments to capture some of the feel of the event, and to be available for your questions and observations.
Internets of Interest:2 Sep 10
Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 2 Sep 10:
Nexus 7000 and Discounted OTV License Pak for NXOS
If you are planning on implementing OTV using Nexus 7000, make sure you get the discount license.
Network Diagrams: Rotating Text on a Line
You want to put text on a line, but it’s the wrong direction or along the line. Here’s how to get that right.
Blessay
HP Network Tech Day – Summary View
The HP Network Tech Day was a good introduction to HP Networking. Just like the first meeting with your Account Manager and Sales Engineer where we size each other up, talk generalities, and be nice to each other but there wasn’t enough time to get down to the details.
The Ancient and Noble Art of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting, it’s something we all do. It may be your parents Internet connection, the company photocopier, your kid’s car or the core network of a medium sized bank. However, troubleshooting is not like that, it’s more like football, years of watching and playing does not guarantee to make you a superstar. However, with troubleshooting, just like football, it does teach you enough so you have an opinion on how it should be done.
VMware “vFabric” And the Potential Impact on Data Centre Network Design
If the VMware vFabric speculation is true, then the service focussed data centre designs just got very, very, interesting.
So You Want to Be a Network Consultant
Having spent over twenty years in I.T. and over seventeen years in networking, I’ve worked with a lot of Network Engineers. Career progression has always been a hot topic. I’ve always been interested in learning how people have found themselves in the job they now do. Here are ten tips from a Technical Services Director (or Vice President) on how to work for a Reseller.
The Myths and Magic of Fibrechannel Over Token Ring
This week has seen a lot of talk in the industry around the needs for FibreChannel over Token Ring. Lets take a looks at the Myths and Magic of this amazing opportunity
Featured Articles
Networking Field Day – San Jose 2010 – Prep Steps
Woot! Only a week until I head out for the Network Tech Field Day.
What Does HP Networking Need to Do Be Successful ?
Following the HP Network Tech Day here are my thoughts on what HP needs to do to be successful – from an engineers perspective.
HP Networking Tech Day – Live Blog
I’ll attempting to a new thing, live blogging from the HP Networking Tech Day .
Blog Posts
Packet Pushers – Show 19 – Worlds Collide – VMware and Networking
Vmware and virtual networking, Cisco Virtual Security Gateway and vShield, Testing Plans plus Xsigo gets RoCEE.
Live Blog: Networking Tech Field Day – San Jose,2010
This is the Live Blogging page for the Networking Tech Field Day, San Jose 2010. I’ll be updating during the presentations, parties, discussions and quiet moments to capture some of the feel of the event, and to be available for your questions and observations.
Networking Field Day – San Jose 2010 – Prep Steps
Woot! Only a week until I head out for the Network Tech Field Day.
DSCP QoS Over MPLS Thoughts
I have been working on the edge of MPLS networks for several years and had a basic understating of DSCP QoS values that I was sending into the cloud and expecting them to pop onto the LAN at the other side the same. The QoS queues on the CE’s were already setup and I have had no reason to change then until recently for a new VOIP project; this and my studying for CCIE SP written has prompted me to understand DSCP in depth but also understand how this LAN QoS maps to MPLS QoS.
Nexus 7000 and Discounted OTV License Pak for NXOS
If you are planning on implementing OTV using Nexus 7000, make sure you get the discount license.
What Does HP Networking Need to Do Be Successful ?
Following the HP Network Tech Day here are my thoughts on what HP needs to do to be successful – from an engineers perspective.
Packet Pushers Runt Packet No 6 – Force 10 Networks
This week the Runt Packet is with Force 10 Networks.
Network Dictionary
Network Diagramming
Network Diagrams: Rotating Text on a Line
You want to put text on a line, but it’s the wrong direction or along the line. Here’s how to get that right.
Network Diagrams: Tips for Printing From Visio
It seems that printing from Visio is not particularly obvious. So this post covers how I would print documents from A4 to A0 paper sizes and some tips on getting good results.
Network Diagrams:Zones on a Diagram With Visio Shape Union
The post looks at using the Union of shapes in Visio to create unusal shaped objects. Especially useful when trying to draw zones to show the DMZ in dual layer firewall cluster.
Network Diagrams: Drawing Complex VLAN Networks With IP Addressing
Following my previous articles, lets go a little deeper in labelling the VLAN created and ways to handle multiple VLANs on a diagram.
