These days the focus is increasing towards lower latency and high performing server-to-server data traffic (East-West). Cisco claims that they specifically designed their UCS unified fabric for this type of traffic. Cisco want to prove the claim made by their competitors that Cisco UCS unified fabric would increase latency and slow blade-to-blade traffic. Cisco ran …

Cisco UCS Outperforms HP and IBM Blade Servers on East-West Latency Read More »

When it comes to CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam you need to study lots of books especially the titles published from Cisco Press. As we all know CCIE Routing and Switching is not an easy task, it needs lots of preparation. Since I am in the process of perusing CCIE Routing and Switching I …

A review for CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide (4th Edition) Read More »

When it comes to upgrade an ASA 5500 Series firewall from 8.2 version to 8.3 or so, many things comes into the picture.  Recently we upgraded our ASA 5540 Firewall from the IOS version 8.2.1 to 8.4.6. I would like to share the details about the upgrade. Stating IOS version 8.3 and later there is …

Upgrading ASA 5500 Series firewall, things to be considered – Series 1 Read More »

Recently we tried to deploy Windows Deployment Services Server in our environment to enable the deployment of Windows operating systems over the network for our workstations, so that our technical support team do not have to install each operating system directly from a CD or DVD. Our Windows Deployment Services Server was connected to Cisco …

How to integrate Windows Deployment Services Server with a typical Cisco Networking devices – Series 1 Read More »