Thoughts of a Network Engineer
Seeing a network engineer with a big belly or rounded body is not rare. Also, I have seen network engineers who are skinny to the point I feel sorry for them. But, do you see often a physically fit network engineer? I doubt so. I don’t know why this does happen. There is no direct … Read more Why Network Engineers Need Physical Exercise
In this article I expose my study notes on the VXLAN technology with the Nexus 9000 product family, in both NX-OS and ACI mode. What is the purpose of VXLAN? Any network engineer can tell that we have a limitation with VLANs: we can have a maximum of 4094 unique VLANs on a single layer … Read more Understand Basic VXLAN Concepts
I gather in this blog post different networking definitions a network engineer may encounter (or may not, what a shame, LOL) in his journey. It will be a short article but bare with me, there are tricky nuances! Layer 2 domain the network formed by the sum total of switches, hubs and any layer 2 … Read more A Thousand-Dollar Networking Definitions
Introduction An XML Sitemap is required to allow search engines to easily crawl and index your blog. As a full-time network engineer and hobby blogger, I had not much time to build my own sitemap. So, like all blog folks out there, I used plugins to generate it. This article shows you how a simple … Read more How a Mere XML Sitemap Error Revealed A Shocking Fact
Using username “admin”.Application Policy Infrastructure Controlleradmin@10.10.20.42’s password:Last login: 2020-06-07T14:19:13.000+00:00 UTCapic1# After connecting to the CLI, press the tab key to list all possible commands: apic1#attach-ave configure export-config logit showattach-avs debug fabric passwd terminalbash end firmware reload triggercallhome eraseconfig import-config replace-controller whereclear exit lastloginapic1# apic1# show endpointsLegends:(P):Primary VLAN(S):Secondary VLANTotal Dynamic Endpoints: 0Total Static Endpoints: 0apic1#apic1# There … Read more Cool Cisco ACI Show Commands
Ever wondered about software-defined data centers? Well I guess you experimented a bit with VMware Workstation sometime in your networking journey. If not, then I hope you have heard of VMware vSphere, because in the following short article I expose my study notes on the topic. Terminology Having experimented with VMware Workstation in my college … Read more Interesting Facts On VMware vSphere