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.

The SDN Meteor is coming

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Colin Lynch

When you next look up at the night sky, you may see a bright spec in the distance, and that bright spec is set to get a lot brighter. The spec of which I speak is Software Defined Networking (SDN) … Continue reading →

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Cols Guide to… VXLAN

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Colin Lynch

Your indispensible guides to making your IT life simpler. So what is VXLAN and why do we need it? Well put simply it’s VLAN with an X in the middle 🙂 the X standing for eXtensible. VXLAN was a joint … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to be a Cisco Champion?

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Colin Lynch

Anyone with more than a passing familiarity with Twitter will no doubt have seen a hashtag whizz passed entitled #CiscoChampion or even #CiscoChampion(s) (more on the latter later) So what does this mean? well you may well be familiar with … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS Boot From SAN Video Walktrough

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Colin Lynch

Hi All I’ve been meaning to do this video for ages and finally had some time to do it. The most common questions I tend to get are generally around booting a Cisco UCS Server from the SAN. Now in … Continue reading →

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UCS Manager 2.2 (El Capitan) Released

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Colin Lynch

Last week saw the latest major update to UCS Manager in the form of version 2.2 codenamed “El Capitan” It certainly doesn’t seem a year since I wrote the summary for the then eagily awaited 2.1 “Delmar” release” but I guess time really does fly … Continue reading →

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Under the Cisco UCS Kimono

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Colin Lynch

If you have ever wanted a sneaky peak under the UCS Kimono (GUI) then this posts for you. The goal of this post is to clarify the end-to-end path from a Cisco UCS vNIC through the UCS Infrastructure to the point … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS Processor Journey

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Colin Lynch

While not perhaps the most interesting topic for some, this is a post I have been meaning to do for some time, and the recent Intel E5-2600v2 CPU Additions into the Cisco UCS lineup have kicked my butt into writing … Continue reading →

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Response to the Video “HP OneView + HP BladeSystem: Faster, Simpler, Smarter than Cisco UCS Manager”

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Colin Lynch

Now I don’t usually involve myself in Vendor hype and “FUD Spreading” including that from Cisco, I understand it’s the world we live in, and my role and value as an independent Consultant is to cut through all that, and … Continue reading →

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ScienceLogic Enterprise Manager 7 (EM7) Review

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Colin Lynch

For more infomation and to obtain your own EM7 eval visit the ScienceLogic Web-Site OK so after what seems like an age, I have finally managed to get round to blogging down my initial thoughts on the first Monitoring Solution … Continue reading →

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My initial thoughts on SDN

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Colin Lynch

Hi All As you all know I have been a Cisco UCS Specialist for the past 3 years, but I have recently also been made the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Software Defined Networking (SDN) Now don’t worry I am … Continue reading →

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