Reflecting on the flight home from #CiscoLive, people often ask what I do for a living and it was so much easier when I was a network architect, sales engineer or consulting manager. When I Explain what I do now as a technology evangelist is more difficult and I get puzzled looks. I tell them […]
My Cisco Live Confession: I Used To Hate Public Speaking Read More »
Technology is changing at a rate that can make anyone, even the most seasoned IT professional, dizzy. This leaves people trying to break into the industry confused about what to focus on and more seasoned people wondering if that next certification is worth it. With all this technology change, I am often asked, or see
Decoding IT Certifications: Hype or Help? Read More »
This has been a post I have been wanting to write for a while, but never found the courage to write it. You never really know which way your career is going to go when you are just starting out. I am proof positive of this. My original trajectory had me becoming a police officer.
Finding My Voice in Tech: A Journey Through Doubt, Growth & Grit Read More »
The final post in EVPN Lab series is VXLAN and EVPN configuration. f you missed the other posts that got our environment setup until tis point, they are liked below: This is the one we have all waited for, so buckle up and let’s jump right into the EVPN Lab – VXLAN and EVPN configuration.
EVPN Lab – VXLAN and EVPN Configuration Read More »
Alright, here we are for part three of the EVPN Lab – BGP Configuration. In our last configuration post EVPN Lab – Multicast Configuration we setup multicast in the underlay. Now we get to configure BGP so when we get to the next video and we are setting up VXLAN and EVPN, we don’t have
EVPN Lab – BGP Configuration Read More »
Alright, here we are for part three of our EVPN lab, multicast configuration! In case you missed the quick refresher I did for multicast; you can read that here. In the last configuration post, we configured OSPF for underlay route learning. You could head over to OSPF Configuration if you happened to miss it. Both
EVPN Lab – Multicast Configuration Read More »
Here we are! The official start of the long awaited EVPN Lab series! We are going to start out the EVPN Lab with OSPF Configuration. If you are having some doubts on your OSPF skills, you can head over to OSPF Basics for a quick refresher! What are we going to configure in this lab:
EVPN Lab – OSPF Configuration Read More »
Now that the basics are out of the way, what are we going to build? Our manager has asked us to configure a spine and leaf fabric in the data center for a new service that is being deployed. The Logical connectivity of the fabric is: This is going to be hands-on keyboard configuring. Now,
What are we going to build? Read More »
It seems like just yesterday I was writing my 2023 year in review. Now the day after Christmas, reflecting on how this last trip around the sun was. To say that 2024 was not an emotional roller coaster would be an absolute lie. As with anything, to quote Friedrich Nietzsche, “Was mich nicht umbringt, macht
2024 Year in Review Read More »
I purposely saved the best topic for last, or maybe I am just that much of a glutton for punishment that we didn’t discuss this first. We are going to cover everyone’s favorite topic: Multicast! Before configuring our environment, we need a foundation or understanding of how multicast works. It is such a massive topic