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How to get Cisco Updates (HyperFlex and all other Cisco devices)

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How do you know when there is a new release of software or you are waiting for a bug fix… It’s possible with the Cisco subscription !   Get Email Notifications of Updates Just create a subscription at : https://cway.cisco.com/mynotifications   When you login with your CCO account you will see : You can select End … Read more

Dev-ops rules the world with Cisco NX-OS !

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Dev-ops are cool ! So you wanne be cool. Learn the following nice features with Open NX-OS for the Nexus 9000:

What can you do when you login with a dev-ops role on a Nexus 9000:

N9K-OpenNXOS# sh role name dev-ops

Role: dev-ops

  Description: Predefined system role for devops access. This role

  cannot be modified.

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  Rule    Perm    Type        Scope               Entity                  

  ——————————————————————-

  6       permit  command                         conf t ; username *     

  5       permit  command                         attach module *         

  4       permit  command                         slot *                  

  3       permit  command                         bcm module *            

  2       permit  command                         run bash *              

  1       permit  command                         python * 

Lets enable the bash-shell and nxapi feature :

N9K-OpenNXOS# conf t

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FlexPod is here for 5 years now and is it dead ?

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UCP, vSpex, VersaStack, OmniStack, FlashStack and the list is going on and on. So manyFlexPod Converged Infrastructures and/or hyper-converged solutions. All based with Cisco Networking and Cisco UCS. But what about FlexPod ? It’s here for 5 years right now and is it still up to date and relevant? What are the key differentiators for the customer to still have a closer look at this solution ?

FlexPod is alive and kicking !

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Nexus 3232C and other Great 100G Stuff.

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Once I started connecting two commodore 64 with the serial interface. And now we got 100G networks ! Such a wonderful world. Here are just some of the 100G devices/modules that Cisco is selling and it shows that those devices are ready for the future. Nexus 3232C 32x100G in 1U.   With 32 QSFP28 ports this … Read more

Top 10 Features of NX-OS 7.2.0(D1) for the Nexus 7000/7700

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Today Cisco release the new NX-OS 7.2.0(D1) for the Nexus 7K with some nice features. Before I show the Top 10 of feature, you can download the image via : bit.ly/1RfHxY5 10 : Support for the Nexus 7702 The Nexus 7702 is the new (small) chassis of the Nexus 7K range. See my post bit.ly/1IIDNi6 for more details. … Read more

iSCSI QOS Nexus

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Identify iSCSI traffic : class-map type qos class-iscsi match protocol iscsi match cos 4 class-map type queuing class-iscsi match qos-group 4 policy-map type qos iscsi-in-policy class type qos class-fcoe set qos-group 1 class type qos class-iscsi set qos-group 4 policy-map type queuing iscsi-in-policy class type queuing class-iscsi bandwidth percent 10 class type queuing class-fcoe bandwidth … Read more