Author Archives: Colin Lynch

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About Colin Lynch

Technical Architect and Data Center Subject Matter Expert. I do not work or speak for Cisco or any other vendor.

Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 vSphere Cluster Install

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Colin Lynch

  Link to Cisco HyperFlex worksheet used in the video https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr2z7mqbg53sdnc/Cisco%20HX%20Worksheet.xlsx?dl=0  

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Cisco Live Barcelona 2018

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Colin Lynch

In late January I attended Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona, it certainly made a nice change going to a winter Cisco Live without having to bring several layers of clothing. Like most people Iā€™m generally too busy the rest of … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2017 Barcelona

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Colin Lynch

There is a saying that “The early bird catches the worm!” but I say “but it’s the 2nd mouse that gets the cheese!” In short apologies for the lateness of this post šŸ™‚ This year was my first year as … Continue reading →

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Configuring an L3OUT in Cisco ACI

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Colin Lynch
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Configuring an L2OUT in Cisco ACI

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Colin Lynch
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Adding a Bare Metal Rack Mount into a Cisco ACI Fabric

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Colin Lynch
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Configuring Cisco UCS and VMware with Cisco ACI the Easy Way!

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Colin Lynch
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Cisco ACI Upgrade Walkthrough

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Colin Lynch
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My Journey with VMware NSX

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Colin Lynch

A few times recently I have been asked how I went about expanding my skill set to include software defined networking solutions after being a “traditional networker” for the past 20 years. So here is my story so far. Three … Continue reading →

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Introducing Cisco UCS S-Series

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Colin Lynch

Today Cisco announced the Cisco UCS S Series line of storage servers. Now the more eagle eyed among you may think that the new Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server looks very much like the Cisco UCS C3260 Rack server (Colusa), … Continue reading →

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