Star Size Comparison HD

Has nothing to do with networking, but a pretty cool video.  Although, it needs a bit of updating, R136A1 is now king!

Storage Area Networking from Dell

So, I'm in a 3 day SAN class hosted by Dell. The focus appears to be focused around their CLARiiON series product. My hope is that this class combined with my previous knowledge of SAN will allow me to achieve some sort of certification. No doubt a vender agnostic one, and more importantly entry level (someone say SNIA??)!  The class has been promoted as combining quite a bit of theory, with the specifics of the product line. We shall see.

UPDATE:

The class was very good. The instructor was on point and a good amount of theory was covered. Pretty much everyone had more SAN experience, so it was interesting to hear their war stories. I also found ways to leverage my existing SAN (a NetApp), in a more efficient manner. Also, for my next SAN purchase, I will really consider the Dell/EMC (CLARiiON) solution. Still by no means a SAN expert, but I really love the underlying technologies like FC, iSCSI, FC/IP, FCoE etc.

ccie@cisco.com: Certifications expiration notice - 60 days

Ok, this is getting serious.  I've got to start studying for this thing.

CCIE: You need to recertify in three months

Got the dreaded email today.   Oh god....

ICSI Netalyzr

Netalyzr is a nice little tool for testing/verifying/reviewing your current network performance and configuration.  Once logging into the site a small java applet is downloaded to your computer, it then goes about doing its business.   Another nice feature is that EICAR is downloaded along with the applet(EICAR .eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm).  EICAR tests anti-virus/anti-malware software.

Per the FAQ:


Netalyzr is developed by the Networking Group at the International Computer Science Institute, an independent non-profit research institute affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, USA.


FYI..After the test has been completed hit the "+" button at the top to view the results more granularly.

RIPv2...The hard way!

Narbik Kocharians CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security) has created a 7 hour CCIE level lab simply testing RIPv2.  

Now, RIPv2 has a lot more power than its given credit for, and has had various enhancements throughout the years; but a 7 hour lab?  For anyone who wants to try it Narbik has make it freely available.

It can be downloaded here: http://www.systemwise.eu/RIP2.0.rar

Per Nabik's instructions:
You have a topology.doc file, print the file and look at the topology as you configure the lab.


You have a “initial-config” directory, which contains all the initial configuration files, open the ”RIPv2-Init.txt” and copy and paste the configuration onto the routers and begin the lab.


You should use the “Questions.pdf” when you are configuring the lab, and before you move on to another task, read the “Questions-Answers.pdf” and compare the answers.
 
Good luck!