Networking
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20 min read
Log into a Linux server that’s dual-homed to a pair of data center switches and check its bond. cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0 prints exactly one partner System ID.
Data-Center
Networking
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4 min read
My feelings towards the Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) are hardly a secret. The myriad of design choices and platform limitations present engineers with some rather difficult decisions.
Networking
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Recently I’ve been lucky enough to be challenged with learning a bit about Fibre Channel Switching, but I’m even luckier in that I’m getting to know it on a set of MDS switches running NX-OS …
Networking
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4 min read
Nexus 7000 vPC Features
2011.08.19Next generation data centers across the world are taking advantage of Cisco’s Virtual PortChannel.
Networking
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2 min read
NX-OS 5.2(1) for the Nexus 7000
2011.08.01Rather quietly, at least I never heard anything, on July 29th, Cisco released NX-OS Version 5.2(1) for the Nexus 7000 platform.
Networking
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3 min read
Introduction to the Nexus 1000V
2011.02.24The Nexus 1000V is a software-based Cisco NX-OS switch that integrates into VMware vSphere 4 and operates inside the VMware ESX hypervisor.
Networking
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4 min read
Nexus Virtual Port Channel (vPC)
2011.02.01The Nexus 7000 and 5000 series have taken port-channel functionality to the next level by enabling port-channels to exist between links that are connected to different devices.