Just over five months ago, I was sitting in building three on the RTP Cisco campus. I was on my 4th CCIE Route/Switch lab attempt today, passing 640-916 and achieving Cisco’s associate certification in data center. In my honest opinion, the tests were good. 640-911, I feel, was the tougher of the two, just because […]
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I have had some time to think about what I will do next. After a lot of thinking back and forth, my two options are: I have decided that R&S isn’t for me. After four attempts on v4 and the toll the last test took on me, which, by the way, Cisco CCIE Support did
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This blog post will look at a feature on the Citrix NetScaler called Content Switching (CS). What CS allows you to redirect traffic based on criteria you set; it can be a URL string, HTTP request, etc. This is good if you have a site with dynamic content like ASP pages, pictures, and/or videos. You
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In this post, we will look at a typical deployment scenario where you want your website to be SSL encrypted, but you don’t want to be burdened with installing the certificate on every server on your farm. SSL Termination on the NetScaler will take care of this for you, giving you the flexibility to worry
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With Cisco discontinuing all support on the ACE in the next few months, many companies will need to replace their load-balancing platform. This post will look at how to configure a Citrix NetScaler for basic load balancing between three web servers. Our topology We need to configure the following: Now, there are two ways we
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Today, we will look into the basic setup of a Citrix NetScaler right out of the box. This blog post will take you from the point of having the devices racked, powered on, and connected via the console cable in the front of your MPX7500. The first thing you will see is; We already have
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I have been neglecting my fellow readers, but there is a good reason behind it. After my horrid experience in RTP in May, I took a long look at where I see my professional life going. After mulling it over for a long time, I have decided not to pursue my CCIE R&S. It was
It’s Been a While, Part Deux! Read More »
First, let’s put a disclaimer on this post… I just got back from a HORRIBLE lab experience at RTP. This post may be extremely jaded, but I need to get this off my chest and pass or fail; I still feel the same way. I remember holding the CCIE on such a pedestal when I
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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein This is an appropriate way to start this post because over the last three nights, I have done the same BGP lab a few times, and I keep doing the same configuration and am getting the same result when I
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So, blogging world, it’s been a long time. Work and life have been keeping me busy, but I have some downtime at training right now, so I figured I would give a fast update. I am back in full swing studying for my CCIE R&S Lab. There is no date yet; I’m just trying to