Cisco CCNP TSHOOT – Exam Experience
I did it, passed the TSHOOT exam, which means I’m now CCNP Certified. Woop!!! So the TSHOOT exam itself, 3 mutliple answer questions 1 Drag and Drop 15 support tickets to answer within a simulator In...
View ArticleHow to produce good documentation – Part 4 – Diagramming a network
So in my last post, I looked at how to record the logical information about your IP addresses and switchport locations, making it easier for troubleshooting in the future. Now lets tackle the big one,...
View ArticleRevision notes from VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals Course
VMware released a free course around Network Virtualization Fundamentals, which maps to the first steps on the ladder for all things NSX. It is also recommended by VMware to take the course before...
View ArticleSetting up LACP on Synology NAS and HP Switches
Here I am going through how to setup LACP port trunking for a Synology NAS device using HP Switching. 1. First off get your MAC Addresses of your Synology NAS interfaces you want to configure, these...
View ArticlePassword Reset on Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fibre Channel Switch
My most recent customer engagement, was to re-use some older hardware as vSphere disaster recovery. The kit includes a EMC Clariion SAN, and two Cisco MDS 9124 switches. The customer didn’t setup these...
View ArticleHP Virtual Connect – Upgrade from version 3.30 to 4.41
Hi, Only a quick post, but after my last bashing of HP virtual connect. I’ve had to endevour another upgrade for a different customer. This time with two HP chassis that are connected together. For...
View ArticleHP 2920 Switch – Reboot issue on firmware ver 15.18.0006 #vDM30in30
Updated 25.11.15 Firmware WB.15.18.0007 resolves the issue, see below A colleague of mine found an issue with the latest HP 2920 switch firmware. If you create VLANs using the CLI Menu, the switch...
View ArticlePowerCLI – Setup Host networking and storage ready for ISCSI LUNs
So I am no scripting master, my PowerShell knowledge is still something I want to expand. During an install last week I had a number of hosts to setup from scratch, so I decided to do this via...
View ArticleHP FlexFabric Switches – AirFlow direction is not prefered
Quick note, Installed some HP FlexFabric 5700 switches the other day and I was getting a red LED on the front, and a status message in the CLI HPE DEV/1/FAN_DIRECTION_NOT_PREFERRED: -Slot; Fan 1...
View ArticleHP IMC 7.2 – won’t backup config of Cisco Nexus 9K switch
Background I have a customer who is using HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) to monitor their switching environment. Originally they were using all HP Switching, but have slowly moved away during a...
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