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Preserving and managing intent using Apstra AOS
Apstra’s Networking Field Day 16 presentations highlighted key issues engineers face every day. The traditional ways of spinning up configurations and validating expected forwarding behavior falls...
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Seeing Tetration in action – NFD16
One of the highlights of Network Field Day 16 was a Cisco Tetration presentation by Tim Garner. Launched by Cisco last June, Tetration is a heavy lifting, data crunching platform that soaks up...
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Converting Aruba IAPs to Campus APs for non-UAP access points
Welcome to a quick How To post for converting a shiny new Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) into a shiny new Campus Access Point (controller based AP). This applies to access points that are not UAP....
View ArticleUpgrading Unity Connection 9.1.2SU2 to 11.5.1SU2
Prologue: This post is intended as an informative prep document for those planning to upgrade Unity Connection (in an HA setup) from 9.1.2SU2 to 11.5.1SU2 using the OS platform upgrade and not PCD...
View ArticleCisco Live 2018 – Geek Camp Returns
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a month since Cisco Live 2018! The amazing week at Geek Camp was filled with fantastic sessions, Tech Field Day goodness, and lots of great conversations with...
View ArticleSolving 802.11ad challenges
The 802.11ad (60GHz) market has been interesting to watch, especially now that products utilizing the technology are becoming more prevalent. Vendors leveraging 802.11 in a frequency band whose...
View ArticleIntro into Fortinet WLAN configuration
Simple, secure, sensible – Koroush Saraf, Fortiner VP of Product Management, emphasized these words in his recent MFD3 presentations. While any vendor can claim their products share these attributes,...
View Article“Thirteen hundred APs, no open support tickets”– achieving quality in...
“Thirteen hundred APs, no open support tickets,” Sudheer Matta, VP of Products for Mist Systems, boldly stated during his MFD3 presentation. At the time, he was referencing one of their largest...
View ArticleNew codec on the block – recording failures and CUCM 11.x
The inspiration for this post comes from spending way too much time trying to solve an issue that would have taken only minutes had I been aware of the key information I’m generously bestowing upon my...
View ArticleCisco Live 2019 – A Whirlwind of Networking Goodness
Cisco Live 2019 came and went in a whirlwind of fantastic meetups, excellent sessions, and genuinely nerdy networking conversations. Cisco Live session content was top notch. Jasper Bongertz’s...
View ArticleArrcus: An Application of Modern OEM Principles for Whitebox Switches
What’s a pirate’s favorite switching platform? Arr-cus. 😂 And before I make a joke about networking ship-sets (too late), I’ll move onto what Arrcus is and why you should be checking them out! Arrcus...
View ArticleNetwork Change Validation Meets Supersized Network Emulation
Large scale networks means large scale configuration and change management testing. Or at least it should. But device expense, power costs, and space limitations mean full scale physical network labs...
View ArticleOne API to rule them all, and in the ether(net) bind them
While some APIs are more open than others, and some APIs are better documented than others (god bless ’em), APIs prevail. From basic network infrastructure elements to all the complex applications...
View ArticleTaking control of the last-mile delivery
Managed network service providers (MNSPs) and their particular issues don’t generally keep me awake at night. But in a world of SD WAN disruption and its tendency towards less and less visibility for...
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