Colin McNamara – CCIE 18233 , VCP, EMCIE, NCDA, GEEK

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

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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

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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What do you do for fun?

February 10th, 2008 · No Comments · FM Revolver, photographer, photography, san diego

One of the best parts of my job is that I get to meet new people almost ever day. Many of them have interesting ways of blowing off steam. Some build race cars, others build fish tanks, others like me enjoy photography. Josh Carley IT Director at a local Casino tops us all, he is [...]

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Usability features in Cisco’s Nexus 7000

February 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments · CISCO, DC3.0, FCOE, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Nexus 7000, NX-OS, vmware

Douglas Gourlay, Sr Director, Marketing and Product Management for Cisco’s Data Center Business Unit and writer of Cisco’s Data Center Blog commented on my celebrity sighting post (me and the nexus 7000). He asked two questions regarding my post about the Nexus 7000, and I feel that it best serves everyone to answer them here. [...]

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