27 August 2010

FCoE and Standards: This Is What Really Matters

In the recent weeks, J. Michael Metz from Cisco entered a ****ing contest with my friend Greg and decided to prove that the FCoE standards are done.

Show 17 – Big Hot and Heavy Switches – Part 2

A detailed look at the Big, Hot and Heavy Ethernet Switches with a large crew to talk about their practical experiences on design, selection and performance of Cisco Nexus switches. The result ? We don’t think the Nexus switches are very exciting.

Packet Pushers – Show 16 – Big Hot and Heavy Switches – Part 1

A detailed look at the Big, Hot and Heavy Ethernet Switches with a large crew to talk about their practical experiences on design, selection and performance of Cisco Nexus switches. The result ? We don’t think the Nexus switches are very exciting, HP Flex10 modules are a problem, and so much more. Due to people [...]

Network Dictionary – RITA – Reliable Internetworking Troubleshooting Agent

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Define RITA

Will the Real FCoE Standards Stand Up ? No, They Can’t.

J Michel Metz attempted a sleight of hand magic trick to astroturf over the lack of progress on the Ethernet standards. Unpleasant.

Internets of Interest:30 Jul 10

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 30 Jul 10:

Packet Pushers Podcast – Show 12 – Get on the Ring!

Short, sharp and awesome. And covering more about FibreChannel over Token Ring.

Runt Packet – Cisco Fabric Path

Packet Pushers are adding a new series of sporadic and occasional podcasts where we take a single topic, probably technical and very focussed and discuss just that thing. These podcasts should be about fifteen minutes and be brief and hard hitting.

And we are going to call it, in Packet Pushers style ——RUNT PACKETS.

So herewith is the FIRST Runt Packet.

Why Buy Dual Supervisors on Cisco Nexus 7000 ?

One reason you’ve never thought of for buying dual supervisors for the Nexus 7000, or even the Catalyst 6500.

Show 10 – It’s a TRILL to Cius at CiscoLive…

Wow, we actually managed to do ten episodes. Jeremy Filliben, CCIE #3851 & CCDE #20090003 (@jfilliben) and Brandon Carroll, CCIE #23827 (@brandoncarroll) join the Prime Pushers for an hour-long round-table discussion of the week’s news.  And if you missed Greg last week, he’s back – with rant mode decidedly ON. More on Cisco’s shipping and [...]

Cisco Cius – That’s Not Innovation, It’s ME TOO.

So Cisco “announced” the Cius Android tablet. It’s not innovation. It’s just a cheap knockoff that’s easy to do.

Cisco and Their Security Strategy

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Recently, the Security Strategy from Cisco has become vague and ill defined.

Poster – Reassuringly Expensive

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My view on the Cisco tax and John Chambers charging a premium.

Show 8 – Something on the Light Side – Part 1

A collection of topics this week and joined by Jeremy Stretch from Packetlife and Amy Arnold (a woman in networking no less!!) to cover the news in the Networking Industry.

Teach a Man to Fish – On Learning to Learn and Certification

Musing on “learning something” as opposed to “learning to learn something”. I believe this is a vital part of understanding certification.

Techtorial: BGP Redistribution With OSPF and Statics

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Joe Astorino says : Today I would like to share with you all a few obscure specific details related to both BGP and redistribution. Having things like this down will be important to your success in the lab. I know that some of the details I will be discussing were surprises to me when I first learned them, so hopefully it will help you guys out!

Control CPU Usage in GNS3 / Dynamips With Process Lasso

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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.

Sharing Ideas – GLBP and HSRP

John McManus kicks off writing at EtherealMind with a look HSRP and GLBP First Hop Redundancy Protocols.