I have to admit I’m a big VMware fanboy. Wanting to master the art of virtualization, I’ve set out to build out a personal lab. My primary goal is to work my way up to the VCDX certification. The curious thing about building a VMware lab is that all parts need to be on the […]
The post VMware VCDX Lab: The Hardware appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Douglas Hanks.
A community show where we get Brent Salisbury and Ivan Pepelnjak to talk about the events of the last few weeks. In the end, the only thing we seemed to cover was OpenDaylight, ONS and various SDN topics. Open Networking Summit – Brent reports in. Talking SDN and OpenDaylight Ivan asks “will you install open […]
The post Show 145 – Talking OpenDaylight and SDN appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Wow the title of this post is a mouthful.
Similar to my previous post on the Nexus 2000 (Nexus 2000 Model Number Cheat Sheet), this post will explain what the letters and numbers mean in the Nexus 7000 IO module part numbers. This will allow you to quickly identify the characteristics of the card just by looking at the part number which in turn should help you out as you're building BOMs and picking the right card for the job.
Update July 2, 2013: Updated to reflect release of the Nexus 7700 and F3 modules.
Dinner with His Toadishness, Derick Winkworth, the other night rolled into a 3+ hour discussion of avant garde ways to do networking. One of the adjunct topics that came up was that of ownership within IT. Ownership is a complex problem in the data center, because there’s many complex technologies at work. No one single […]
The post A Data Center Delivers Apps – So Shouldn’t We Monitor App Delivery? appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
Yesterday, a “breaking news” tweet at 1:07 PM EDT from the Associated Press reported that two explosions had occurred at the White House and President Obama had been injured. The news immediately sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 143 points, as this graph at the London Telegraph shows. There’s also a lovely animated display […]
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You have recently joined a new company that still uses Frame Relay. For monitoring purposes, you implement a script that pings all interfaces of a router, but you notice that some of them are not ping-able. Why ?
You say, “It works – don’t fix it.” I hear, “It works – don’t touch it.” I’m also thinking that if you don’t touch it, then it’s never upgraded or changed. Is a static, unchanged network the best you can do to support your business ? Are you happy with just doing more of the same […]
The post It Works and It Should Be Better appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Earlier this week, I read the article below. This article took a strong stance that a recruiter works for the employer, not those seeking employment. I think there are some valid points made. However, my views are a little less extreme than that of the author. NEWSFLASH: A Recruiter is Not a Job Finder!. Frankly, […]
The post Your Job Hunt is YOUR Responsibility appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Paul Stewart.
Enabling aaa new model means the switch will try and match all login attempts using a aaa method.
First, define the TACACS or RADIUS server using:
tacacs-server host <IP-address> <optional key value>
There are some other values you can use, but I’ve never had to use these.
Now, give your authentication method a name:
aaa group server tacacs+ <method-name> server <IP-address>
Call the method for authenttication
aaa authentication login default group <method-name> group <fallback method name if configured> local
You should now be good to go!
Okay, let’s say you’re convinced you need to learn to programme and you don’t want to be left behind. The earlier you start, the more you can pick up (and the sooner you’ll become consciously competent) at a pace that suits you. Hopefully, you’ll be able to blend this into your schedule with whatever else you […]
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