Cisco recently released a new series of router called the Aggregation Services Router, or ASR for short. This series of routers is mainly targeted at the service provider market, where it is targeted as a single chassis solution for what is called the “triple play” – Voice, Video, and Data. More accurately it can be [...]
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Cisco is using Linux virtualization and 40 core CPU’s for its next generation routers
March 10th, 2008 · No Comments · ASR1000, CCIE, CISCO, IOS-EX, IOS-XE, linux, MPLS
Tags: ASR1000·C·CCIE·CISCO·connecting·DESIGN·Fibre Channel·IOS-XE·isr·kvm·Learning·linux·MPLS·NDA·Network·Nexus·packet·Pic·Power·Provider·quantumflow·Router·security·service provider·storage·switch·Technology·virtualization
Reader question – Why are corporations looking for BGP experience?
March 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · CCIE, certification, CISCO, Technology
Mike, a reader of my blog, sent me an email last week with decent question for someone early in their career. Mike is currently looking for a new job. He was curious why so many corporate IT jobs were requiring BGP knowledge and experience. Mike Writes – “Hi Colin, I’m an avid reader of your [...]
Tags: BGP·blog·C·CCIE·CCNA·CISCO·Colin·Data Center·DESIGN·hiring·Learning·Mike·MPLS·NDA·Network·Provider·service provider·Technology·virtualization
Identity aware networking using Cisco TrustSec
February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · CISCO, DC3.0, security
With all the fanfare surrounding the recent Nexus 7000 release I think many people have missed a significant new development in Cisco’s security portfolio. That new development is Cisco TrustSec. TrustSec takes the classic notion of access control based source and destination ip:ports and replaces it with a role and resource based methodology that fits [...]
Tags: C·CISCO·Data Center·DC3.0·DESIGN·encryption·GLBA·HIPPA·HP·MPLS·Network·network infrastructure·Nexus·Nexus 7000·Sarbanes Oxley·security·SOX·switch·TrustSec·vlan
