Colin McNamara - CCIE 18233 , VCP, RHCE, GCIH, GEEK

Technical reviews and articles from a CCIE with extensive experience in designing and implementing converged enterprise networks.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-05

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

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UPDATE  - Sorry for the RSS spam, I have been playing with twitter (and frankly am failing to see its draw) and setup twitter tools to integrate my blog with my twitter microblog. I apparently left [...]

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Nexus 5020 - Consolidated 10 Gig Ethernet and 4 Gig Fibre Channel

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Cisco released an addition to their Nexus series data center switching line, the Nexus 5020. The Nexus 5020 packs 1.04 terrabit of switching capacity into a 2 ru top of rack chassis. Inside this chassis you have 40 10 Gig Ethernet ports, as well as modular slots that can accept 12 extra 10 Gig ports, [...]

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Cisco is using Linux virtualization and 40 core CPU’s for its next generation routers

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

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 [...]

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