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Cisco CCNP Training – Bootcamp Roundup

So this post is mainly a big round-up of the day by day posts I made of my CCNP bootcamp notes. Here is a list by topics covered each day to make it easier for you to jump into. There is no TSHOOT posts at the moment, as the idea of TSHOOT is covered in … Continue reading Cisco CCNP Training – Bootcamp Roundup

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Using VMware Update Manager to automatically download HP Drivers to ESXi

I stumbled across this little gem of a post yesterday, I tried to use the WordPress reblog feature, but it’s not working, so thanks to Kalle who wrote it. So I’m going to blog it using screenshots from an environment I’ve set it up on. With HP, you need to use the customized ESXi image … Continue reading Using VMware Update Manager to automatically download HP Drivers to ESXi

Cisco CCNP Training Course – Day 8 – SWITCH

So day 8 essentially was the last day of the bootcamp, with Day 9 + 10 being left for TSHOOT, of which there is very little documented, as its……. troubleshooting a broken system. So Day 8, let’s get to it. Here’s whats covered; HSRP Continued….. comparison between HSRP and VRRP GLBP – Gateway Load Balancing … Continue reading Cisco CCNP Training Course – Day 8 – SWITCH

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Major bug in VMware’s CBT function. KB2090639 (Causes data corruption for backups)

Updated 29.01.15 – Please see this new post for the patch fix So on twitter I found out that VMware CBT has a bit of a fault, the tweet linked me to reddit here. Basically CBT has a fault where if you are using CBT on a VMDK file thats <128GB, and then increase this … Continue reading Major bug in VMware’s CBT function. KB2090639 (Causes data corruption for backups)

Cisco CCNP Training Course – Day 7 – SWITCH

Lets Jump straight in… Covered is MST Config Etherchannel Spanning-Tree BPDU Guard, Filter, Loop Guard, Root Guard, UDLD Uplink Fast, Backbone Fast HSRP MST Config (config)#spanning-tree mode mst (config)#spanning-tree mst configuration (config-mst)#name (value) (config-mst)#revision (value) (config-mst)#instance (value) vlan (value) (Eg. 1-3, 1,3,5 or 1-3,5,7) (config-mst)#end (applies the configuration) (config)#spanning-tree mst (instance No.) root (primary/secondary) To … Continue reading Cisco CCNP Training Course – Day 7 – SWITCH