One reason you’ve never thought of for buying dual supervisors for the Nexus 7000, or even the Catalyst 6500.
Bisectional Bandwidth. And Why L2MP and Trill/RBridges Is Important ?

Greg Ferro looks at Bisectional Bandwidth as a design technique in the data centre and why the impact of Layer 2 Multi-Pathing is a vital part of Data Centre Network Design.
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Control CPU Usage in GNS3 / Dynamips With Process Lasso

have been a user of Dynamips/GNS3 for several years now and I can’t imagine what I would do without it. I use it for doing Proof Of Concept work and for Studying. This tip looks at managing CPU utilisation on Windows.
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How Long Does It Take to Become a CCIE From 0?

I don’t have the answer but in this not so brief post I can show you how long it took me and tell you a little about my journey.
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Has IT Certification Become Nothing More Than a Racket?
Has IT certification become nothing more than a racket? Something I heard this week made me really start to wonder?
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Cisco UCS Servers – A Little Bit of Cynical Marketing Magic Can Go a Long Way

You can take the view that Cisco Unified Computing System is a product that is carefully designed so that selling it is as easy as possible. A cynical marketing analysis has produced a product that customers can be convinced to buy. Or is it an innovation in server and data centre design that is desperately needed ?
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How Do You Interview for Technical People?
The classical method of interviewing (either in person or over the phone), I’ve always found to be quite useless. It does have a ‘weeding’ effect of removing the completely clueless, but that’s all. The problem is when you ask people to describe protocols/systems/methods etc you’re testing their booksmart skills, not their real world ones.
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Is Cisco Licensing an Attack on Corporate Privacy and Security ?
The not so obvious aspect of the License Management is that Cisco will receive reports from your license server that will not only show the licenses that you own but also all the hardware that you have. From this Cisco will be able to build a very effective picture of what your business looks like. How much will Cisco know about you ?
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Why the CCIE Program Is More Useful Than the Certification Itself.
The CCIE program isn’t just about knowledge, it’s also about technique and methods that help you continue learning all your life.
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Cisco FWSM and ACE Resource Allocation Strategies
This post looks at design models for handling the allocation of resources within the Cisco ACE and FWSM modules. In may be relevant to other virtualisation system where allocation of virtual resources needs a strategy.
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Rant: It’s a Yes / No Question & Cisco IOS Software Licensing Hell Begins Here
For Crom’s sake, answer the question. Who let the marketing people write this stuff!!!
OH, AND Cisco IOS Software Licensing hell starts now. I’m calling it.
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Blessay: On CCIE Core Knowledge Waivers. The HP Fallout Continues. – UPDATED
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Cisco Press Errata – The Textbook Is Sometimes Wrong!

It’s not common knowledge that Cisco Press publish errata on their website that list the errors in their textbooks. But even if you did, it’s not easy to find.


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