Health week on the Coffee Break - we are drinking water instead of coffee or kool-aid. Everything else remains the same.
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At a conference I attended in late 2013 or early 2014 (I’ve forgetten which one), I was privileged to hear Sarwar Raza (HP, ONF) discuss the challenge of creating and implementing SDN northbound interfaces (NBI). Then at the Open Daylight Summit in February 2014, I found myself in a conversation with Colin Dixon (Brocade, formerly […]
The post Show 194 – SDN Northbound Interfaces with Sarwar Raza + Colin Dixon appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
When I first looked at the documentation for ERSPAN I could imagine some uses for it. In some cases it could replace RSPAN, but since it’s only available on Cisco Nexus switches, newer Catalyst 6500s, Cisco ASR routers, and other “high end” devices, I determined that it really had limited uses. But I was wrong. […]
The post ERSPAN – My New Favorite Packet Capturing Trick appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Gary Sckolnick.
In a previous article I introduced a project for the configuration backups of F5 devices. It offered an automated, centralized backup service for F5 BigIP devices with a web interface. There was also several features mentioned in the road map. Now after 4 months of tireless work, version 3.0 of the Config Backup for F5 […]
The post F5 Configuration Backups 3.0 appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Eric Flores.
This is “The Coffee Break”. A podcast on state of the networking business where we discuss vendors moves and news, analysis on product and positioning, and look at the business of networking. In the time it takes to have coffee break. Show Links Cisco Q1 Slump Drops Ethernet Switch Market HP Links SDN, OpenStack […]
The post Coffee Break – Show 10 appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
This is “The Coffee Break”. A podcast on state of the networking business where we discuss vendors moves and news, analysis on product and positioning, and look at the business of networking. In the time it takes to have coffee break.
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Global telecom giant Huawei continues to grow their substantial networking footprint by pushing into the enterprise and data center spaces with competitive products. In this podcast, Ian Foo, Director for Data Center Products & Solutions Enterprise Global Marketing at Huawei, joins co-hosts Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro in a discussion focused on Huawei’s CloudEngine switches […]
The post Show 193 – Huawei CloudEngine & CloudFabric for the DC + Enterprise – Sponsored appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
In our last episode, we discussed how DNS is paid for in the real world — who builds, maintains, and manages all those servers that allow us to put in a domain name, and end up with a web page? This post will look at two other tools or protocols in the DNS system that […]
To be honest I really tried hard to find a name for this article. Maybe it is not convenient and if you have better idea please let me know in the comment. I want to mention sub optimality and stretch in the networks while using routing protocols but the idea actually came to me from […]
The post Visibility, Trustship,Sub optimality or whatever you want to call it. appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Orhan Ergun.
Jay Swan, Lennart Koopman, and Wes Kennedy join the Packet Pushers co-hosts Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro in this discussion of effectively managing event logging. Why discuss logging on a show about networking? Because networking has a huge volume of logs coming from routers, switches, and firewalls that need to be managed. And frankly, it’s […]
The post Show 192 – Logging Design & Best Practices appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
A Meeting room. Discussing the possible options for product and vendor strategy. Company urgently needs to avoid capital expenditure and reduce maintenance costs. The engineer across the table is wearing a vendor t-shirt, a few years old and looks a bit tatty. The table and chairs are tired and a bit worn. I took a […]
The post The Disconnect. Good Enough Is Good Enough. appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
This is “The Coffee Break”. A podcast on state of the networking business where we discuss vendors moves and news, analysis on product and positioning, and look at the business of networking. In the time it takes to have coffee break. Show Links Cisco’s 3 Commandments – Drew’s take on Chambers’ CLUS keynote Cisco Faces […]
The post Coffee Break Show 9 appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
[player] This is “The Coffee Break”. A podcast on state of the networking business where we discuss vendors moves and news, analysis on product and positioning, and look at the business of networking. In the time it takes to have coffee break. Show Links Cisco’s 3 Commandments – Drew’s take on Chambers’ CLUS keynote Cisco […]
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Couple days ago I made an interesting talk about Video Traffic over Internet. Sales engineer goes to company and he claims that Video traffic can be carried over Internet without any problem. This is of course wrong and to understand why I have to explain some technical concepts. Main take away from this article is […]
The post Video over Internet appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Orhan Ergun.
This year I have worked on a number of projects and most of them had no planning while others had very little. The planning phase of a project is the most critical part of a project. Planning can not only make or break a project, but your reputation as well. If a project doesn’t go […]
The post Planning a Project Before Your Execution appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Charles Galler.
I came across this infographic from Anna Vital of Funders and Founders and loved it. As relevant as some of it is, there is an obvious focus on running a startup and not working in IT. Because of that I thought it might be useful to do something similar around the ‘rules’ I work by; my workplace and career philosophy […]
The post The 24 Rules I Work By – Infographic appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Steven Iveson.
Pluribus Networks has a unique approach to Software Defined Networking that turns a network switch into a server and application platform. In this sponsored show, Sunay Tripathi deep dives into Netvisor and explains how it can fit into your network architecture.
The post Show 191 – Netvisor – the Pluribus Network Hypervisor – Sponsored appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.