My blog has been selected again as a finalist in the Most Inspirational category of the 2019 IT Blog Awards , hosted by Cisco.
A few weeks ago Krypt.co appeared in my Twitter timeline so I decided to try it. Here’s the result.
During Cisco Live this year I had a chance to stop by IP Fabric booth and exchange a quick chat about their product and the problem they’re trying to solve.
On May 10th I had a chance to attend again ITNOG in Bologna.
AKIPS network monitoring.
I really enjoy discussing network design and deploy details with colleagues, customers and fellow network engineer.
I find these discussions challenging, stimulating. An open, sincere and collaborative discussion gives a chance to better understand the real needs, fears, doubts of other professionals and to validate knowledge, expose gaps and most of all I learn a lot.
This is still valid when discussing Data Center design or simpler topics like how to cable switch stacks.
I’ve been working on a data center migration from regular switches to a Cisco ACI fabric in the last couple of months. I can’t say that’s enough to be defined as an ACI expert but I’ll share here what I learned from the experience.
The project started with a Network Centric approach for an one-to-one migration from the previous network. After the migration new VRFs are being created in App Centric mode with contracts.
Beginning June 2017 Cisco introduced the Continuing Education Program as a new way to recertify expert level certifications.
Network changes tool to prevent disasters.
Scenario As most IT professionals I usually configure network devices in a lab environment before the actual installation at customer site.
I try to limit the installation as much as possible to a simple box moving process, spending most of the change window in a previously defined validation process.
In this particular case I deal with a data center core network that includes 8 Nexus 9k switches configured in 4 VPC pairs and a bunch of links between them.
My new post about Cisco Network Assurance Engine: From Download to Value in 60 Minutes (or less) has been published, read it on GestaltIT Tech Talks .
This story starts with a phone call at night. If you worked in IT long enough you know what it means.
My new post about Aruba 8400 programmability has been published, read it on Aruba Blogs .
My new post about Configuration and Hardware Assurance in the Datacenter with Cisco Network Assurance Engine has been published, read it on GestaltIT Tech Talks .