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

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

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments · CCIE, CCIE Storage, CISCO, DC3.0, Technology, Uncategorized

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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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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Me and the Nexus 7000 last week at the Data Center VT

February 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments · CCIE, CISCO, DC3.0, FCOE, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Nexus 7000, NX-OS

I spent the majority of last week at Cisco’s San Jose headquarters attending the Partner DataCenter Virtual Training. We spent three days going over new product releases, getting briefed and trained on new features as well as new products, as well as socializing with other engineers who focus on DataCenter technologies. As with any vendor [...]

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