So it’s the end of the year, and I wanted to do a quick video/post to round of the blog for 2015. A concept that’s relatively new to me (sadly) is running a BGP free core, and it’s relatively easy to set up. That being said… I know it’s kind…
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CCIE SPv4 Lab: Running it on my laptop (w/only 16GB of RAM)
BIG shot out to VMWare ESXi, because that finally did the trick. Currently, I’m visiting family for the holidays but I still want to be able to study when I can. I know that’s super nerdy, but if you’re reading this… you’re not much better than me. So stop judging.…
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The way forward
Blog.. TRANSFORMATION TIME!! Thanks to my long-time, and very good friend Steve Occhiogrosso (found here at ccie-or-null.net) I think I finally have a way forward. Since I passed my lab, you know WAY back in April, I’ve been feeling a bit empty. Just dying to be working on something new…
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Let’s talk about ACI – Cisco’s SDN vision.
So everyone keeps saying “SDN is the future!! Network Engineers beware!!”, and it’s been a few years but generally my reply to that remains the same. “Meh.” I’ll save my general SDN opinions for another post. This post is about Cisco ACI, and all the fantastic fail that it is.…
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VPLS BGP Signaling (this is really cool)
So, a while back (~ a year ago now) I did a YouTube video/blog post about having a sort of hacked VPLS environment in GNS3. Why?! Because it’s awesome to have a multi-point l2vpn running over MPLS, that’s why. Today, I bring you a post/video that’s far from a hack.…
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CSR1000v and GNS3, best thing?
Really quick post today about integrating the CSR1000v into GNS3. First up! Why would you want to do this? Latest greatest IOS Feature packed (supports VXLAN, OTV, MPLS, VPLS, and a ton more) What do you want from me? Those first two should be enough. Video at the bottom for…
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GNS3 All the Things!!
Coming soon, I’m going to do a short video series about getting all your favorite VIRL appliances (vNX-OS, ASAv, IOS-XR, vIOS, and vIOS-L2) running in GNS3. So you can enjoy all the power of a modern virtual lab, without the overhead from OpenStack (what VIRL runs on).
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VXLAN and GNS3!!!
This isn’t going to be a super long blog post, but I just wanted to quickly add my recent videos :-). Install CSR1000v into Virtualbox, and integrating with GNS3 And VXLAN in GNS3
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Passing the CCIE (R/S) – A non-technical post
This is going to be me rambling. Fair warning. I wanted to write down my experience with CCIE lab, now that I’m finally done. Not what technologies I saw, or who’s workbooks helped the most (though I’m happy to answer those questions, so long as they don’t violate NDA). This…
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CCIE# 47884
Can’t. Stop. Shaking. I just got my results in and after nearly four long years, I’m a CCIE. More to come later. I do want to write up my general feelings on the exam, and what v5 candidates should expect.