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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Application Extension API notes - Cisco Live 2008

June 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The AXP is a open platform for the Integrated Services Router (ISR) that enables you to program in-house, custom applications that leverage packet level interfaces with the ISR platform. You can choose to install either a daughtercard (AIM-102) or a network module platform.
Where would you use these ?
You want  your custom application to be able [...]

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Simplifying remote site security with Cisco’s new video surveillance modules on the ISR

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

One giant pain I have always faced when working with high security environments is dealing with surveillance systems. They are a necessary and required part of your security infrastructure. However they just never seem to integrate as well as your network, storage, or server devices.
When I work with data center infrastructure I expect the following [...]

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Link Round Up - L2TPv3 FCOE Trill Wounded Warriors

May 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I come accross alot of very interesting material each week, only some of which I write about. These are some links that I found interesting this week.
1. Layer 2 Tunneling Protcol (V3) static and hairpin configuration example - my buddy Rick was nerding it out in the lab and sent a great configuration doc for [...]

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