Many network engineers, myself included, sometimes feel like they don’t belong and don’t deserve to be here. Here are a few tips to combat the impostor syndrome.
Read More...My Cisco DevNet Core Exam Journey
On 23 October 2020, I took and passed the Cisco Certified DevNet Professional Core exam (350-901 DEVCOR) on my first attempt. I explain here the resources I used to study and pass this exam.
Read More...OnVue – Get certified from your home
One of the positive aspects of this difficult period, if I may say so, is the possibility of taking a Pearson Vue test online, called OnVue. Last Friday, October 23rd, I took a Cisco exam from home and I think it’s interesting to share with you the details of this experience. With OnVue – Get certified from your home!
Read More...RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) on Cisco Nexus 9300
On a previous post, I made an introduction about NVMe, NVMe-oF and RDMA for network engineers. In this post, I’m going to talk about RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) and more specifically how to implement and configure the QoS part of RoCEv2 on the Cisco Nexus 9300 series.
Read More...NVMe, NVMe over Fabrics and RDMA for network engineers
In the past, the evolution of network-based storage was not really a problem for network engineers: the network was fast and the spinning hard drives were slow. Natural network upgrades to 10Gb, 40Gb, and 100Gb Ethernet were more than sufficient to meet the networking needs of storage systems. But now, with the introduction of ultra-fast solid-state disks (SSDs) and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe), this is no longer true! Storage teams now have the ability to potentially saturate the network with incredibly fast devices.
Read More...Basic Linux Networking tips and tricks part-4: curl command
Here is another post of the series on basic network troubleshooting and tools under Linux. In this post, I will talk about the cURL command.
Read More...Automate file uploads to your Cisco Nexus switches
If you have more than three Cisco Nexus switches in nx-os mode, and you are not using Cisco DCNM or any other similar tool, you probably already have encountered this question: How to automate file uploads to your Cisco Nexus switches? Here is a turnkey Python script using Netmiko’s SCP function to do this.
Read More...Basic Linux Networking tips and tricks part-3: ss and netstat commands
Here is the third post of the series on basic network troubleshooting and tools under RHEL / CentOS. In this post, I will talk about the netstat and ss commands.
Read More...Cisco Live US 2020: To CLUS or not to CLUS? [updated]
Update March 16, 2020: The in-person event is “relaunched” as an online event. Here is a copy of the information email I just received:
Read More...Cisco Certifications changes: a short summary
Unless you’ve been living in a cave during the last nine months, specifically since Cisco Live US 2019, you should know that last Monday, February 24th, was the D-day for big changes in Cisco certifications. Here is a short summary of the major changes and what to remember about them.
Read More...Cisco NX-OS Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR)
If you operate a data-center network with Cisco Nexus, you’ve probably already faced the problem of how to perform a maintenance on one of the two switches of a vPC pair, with minimum impact and risks for the production network. Cisco NX-OS contains a feature called “Graceful Insertion and Removal” or GIR to help you for that. Here is how it works.
Read More...Last year review and resolutions for 2020
As the end of the year approaches, it is time to make a review of the past year and see what I would like to do, what I must do, and what I can improve in 2020. In brief, here’s my last year review and resolutions for 2020.
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