“And now something totally different” I bought a Juniper SRX100 as my Buffalo access point/router did not keep up with my upgraded Internet connection speed. I hadn’t used Junos practically at all before that so that world was new for me. I had some specific requirements for my new router: Size (small enough to fit […]
Month: February 2012
15.0(1)SY1 is out
Well, I started following it, so here it is: IOS 15.0(1)SY1 for Catalyst 6500 is out: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/15.0SY/release_notes.html
Catalyst 6500 IOS 15.0(1)SY1 almost out
Cisco Catalyst 6500 IOS version 15.0(1)SY is still the latest version in the 15.0SY train for Sup2T. However, 15.0(1)SY1 is very near: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/product_bulletin_c25-696622.html “Cisco IOS Software Release 15.0(1)SY1 includes the following: Support for the Cisco Catalyst 6904 4-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module Support for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Network Analysis Module 3 (NAM-3) […]
Choosing Your Core Switches
When designing data center or campus LAN with Cisco products (see I made the point clear here immediately) a no-brainer solution is using Nexus 7000 switches in the core. There aren’t really many cases you can go wrong operationally with it in general-purpose data center or even campus environments. But, if you think they cost […]
Cisco Live 2012 London Afterthoughts
Returned from Cisco Live 2012 (the European edition in London, Jan 30 – Feb 3) I’d like to share some thoughts about the happening. This was my second time in this world-class Cisco event, the first time was in Networkers 2008 in Barcelona. This time we were four network specialists and architects attending from our […]