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

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Entries Tagged as 'service provider'

Link Round Up – L2TPv3 FCOE Trill Wounded Warriors

May 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · CCIE, certification, CISCO, DC3.0, FCOE, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Green Data Center, MPLS, Nexus 7000, NX-OS, Technology

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 [...]

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Tags: C·CCIE·CISCO·DESIGN·FCOE·L2TPv3·MPLS·NDA·Network·Provider·Rbridge·Root Kit·Router·san·security·service provider·storage·switch·Trill

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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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 [...]

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Tags: BGP·blog·C·CCIE·CCNA·CISCO·Colin·Data Center·DESIGN·hiring·Learning·Mike·MPLS·NDA·Network·Provider·service provider·Technology·virtualization