Configuring BGP Sessions in IPv6

Posted by on April 24, 2013 2 comments

My colleagues were faced with an IPv6 implementation case where the router IOS feature set prevented them from configuring the BGP sessions. I labbed something for them and thought this overall IPv6 BGP session configuration would be worth of documenting …

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Cisco Nexus 7000 Features Available on Modules

Posted by on April 19, 2013 4 comments

In the Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches there are several features that are bound to the hardware, meaning that your module selection restricts the features you can run on the switch ports. Thus, here is once again a summarization of …

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Installing VMware Tools on Debian Linux

Posted by on March 2, 2013 No comments

Apparently there is no official deb installer available for installing VMware Tools on Debian Linux. Instead you need to install it manually. Here is a brief memo of actions required on Debian 6.0.x: In vSphere Client, use the command Guest …

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Cat6500 FEX, or Smart Install?

Posted by on February 26, 2013 No comments

I was surprised when I got a broschure in Cisco Live London 2013 that said Catalyst 6500 is supposed to support FEXes (Fabric Extenders) in the future. Does it make sense? A FEX is a device that looks like a …

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Building My Own VMware vSphere Hypervisor Host

Posted by on January 1, 2013 5 comments

As I wrote in my previous post, I’m building my own VMware vSphere Hypervisor (a.k.a. ESXi) host. Today I was able to get the first Debian server running on it! Let me go through the platform install for us. Planning …

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Installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.x on a USB Stick

Posted by on December 29, 2012 3 comments

I’m planning to get my own virtual server platform installed at home for testing purposes. The easy way would be to just run the free VMware Player on the laptop but I want to play with the free VMware vSphere …

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IOS 15.1SY Product Bulletin and New BFD Features

Posted by on November 23, 2012 No comments

As a continuation to my previous post about IOS 15.1SY and 12.2SX, here is the product bulletin for IOS 15.1SY (for Sup720 and Sup2T): http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps8802/ps11821/ps11846/product_bulletin_c25-717747_ps11845_Products_Bulletin.html It presents the highlights in a different way to the Release Notes. The most interesting …

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Juniper SRX100 Junos Upgrade Process

Posted by on October 31, 2012 No comments

Upgrading Junos on Juniper SRX100: JTAC Recommended Junos Software Versions: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB21476&smlogin=true Junos downloads for SRX100: https://www.juniper.net/support/downloads/?p=srx100 Copy the new Junos image in a USB memory stick. Plug the USB stick to SRX100. On SRX100, start the unix shell, check the …

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Catalyst 6500 IOS 15.1SY and 12.2SX

Posted by on October 28, 2012 1 comment

Feel free to bash on Catalyst 6500 based on this post as well, I know there are plenty of you who like to complain about this old work horse On the other hand, there are also plenty of us who …

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Juniper SRX100 Traceoptions Performance

Posted by on September 8, 2012 No comments

I have a 50Mbit Internet connection here at home and I’m having a Juniper SRX100 routing it. I just noted that I did not remember to remove the traceoptions configuration and it was affecting the performance on the SRX100. Here …

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