I recently had a customer who was shipped a Cisco 4331 that somehow booted up with the Cisco Viptela SD Wan IOS (cEdge) instead of normal IOS. I suspect when they were setting it up they chose the wrong option
Cisco DevNet Associate DEVASC 200-901 – the journey to SDx
Earlier this year Cisco released their new series of certifications (and updates) as per THIS POST. It was a strong move in the right direction for the future of Network and Software Engineers, to show what we needed to becoming
Part 4 – Cisco and Juniper MPLS L3VPN Lab
In the previous post we completed the Inter-AS design with Cisco. Stage 1 – Build OSPF/ISIS Areas – COMPLETEStage 2 – Configure BGP, Create ASBRs/PEs, use RR via R7/R8 – COMPLETEStage 3 – Enable MPLS – COMPLETEStage 4 – Create
Part 2 – Cisco MPLS L3VPN Lab
In the previous post we looked at the IGP configuration. That’s now verified and working, so lets move on the BGP and MPLS. Stage 1 – Build OSPF/ISIS Areas – COMPLETEStage 2 – Configure BGP, Create ASBRs/PEs, use RR via
Part 3 – Cisco MPLS L3VPN Lab
In the previous post we looked at the BGP and MPLS configuration. Stage 1 – Build OSPF/ISIS Areas – COMPLETEStage 2 – Configure BGP, Create ASBRs/PEs, use RR via R7/R8 – COMPLETEStage 3 – Enable MPLS – COMPLETEStage 4 –
Part1 – Cisco MPLS L3VPN Lab
In this series of posts, we will look at various technologies used for Inter-AS design. To build these labs, we will use: OSPF IS-IS MPLS Layer3 VPN (VRFs) Multi-protocol BGP A few years ago I passed the CCIE Service Provider
The future of engineering – network engineers or software engineers ? Cisco SDx
With the constant push towards a software defined world, a question I get asked a lot is what do engineers need to focus on understanding and being skilled at in the current jobs and business market. For a long time
CCIE Enterprise – LAB Equipment
Cisco have released the LAB equipment list for the updated CCIE Routing and Switching (to become CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure). You can’t suggest they are not heading to SDN now !
Cisco to change the certification progam
Recently Cisco has announced changes to their certification program – from the CCNA level upwards. Are these good changes ? I think so. Here are the highlights from the recent announcement: CCNA and CCNP certification will NOT require you to