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Cisco Error Messages

I really like some of the terminology that Cisco uses in their error messages.  And since I come across those quite often in my studies I am becoming familiar with lots of them.  I discovered one of my favorites today while attempting to remove the ip nat pool TEST…. statement.
%Pool TEST in use, cannot [...]

Cisco Certified Architect

Cisco announced today a new credential available to network professionals. The Cisco Certified Architect is designed to meet the demands of today’s business markets and marries the implementation and design aspects of the Architect level job role.
Key Facts/Highlights:
* Advanced technologies such as Cisco Unified Communications,
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Off Topic: Microsoft eyes to the future with DreamSpark

Bill Gates is continuing to prove himself a formidable philanthropist as well a visionary by creating DreamSpark. DreamSpark, from what I can tell, is a program geared at creating Microsoft developers from a young age. Along with the Alice project, DreamSpark allows young developers to learn the tools of the trade at no cost while [...]

Finally!!!

After more attempts than I would like to admit, I finally passed the CCIE R&S Lab. I took it on April 24th, and found out the news today. Huge sigh of relief. I will post more with regards to the experience later, but the important part is #24221.

VRF-Lite

VRF-Lite is a simple solution for segregating traffic from different networks across the backbone.  It creates individual routing tables for each VRF we create, keeping them out of the global routing table.  Virtualization in this manner is very handy in large networks where we may want to separate traffic from our sales and logistics organizations.  [...]

IE-WB2: Lab 1

1) Created a task list but did not stick with it

Need to stick with the task list
Use the task list as a play book
Pay close attention to the Core completion topics
Be sure to include relevant notes if you need to return to a topic

2) Started to late and did not have my own drawing

Allow more [...]

Ethernet Part III

Ethernet Error Analysis
When characterizing the health of an Ethernet segment the kind of errors captured and their quantity will differ as to how they will effect the segments ability to service upper-layer protocol forwarding.  There are six primary error types that can be received on an Ethernet interface:

Local Collisions
Remote Collisions
Late Collisions
CRC/Alignment Errors
Long/Short Frame
Jabber

Local Collisions
This type [...]

Cisco Troubleshooting Commands – 1

1.  Show interface counters protocol status

-Description
This command is an unpublished Cisco command that is available in ver 12.2 and above and shows us the interface and protocol status. As you can see below, each interface is listed with its corresponding list or running protocols.

-Uses
This command can be used to verify [...]

CCIE Pursuit Link

I’m an idiot.  So when I built the blogroll I apparently put in the CCIE Pursuit link in wrong.  I fixed it.  As it turns out, it’s one of the best blogs out there, so check it out when you have time.
~Brent