Tag Archives: Cisco

Unification Part 1: The Rise of the Data Centre Admin.

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Colin Lynch

This is the first of a 2-Part Post: Part one is a non-technical primer. Then in part two we have some fun sorting out your LLDP from your DCBX with sprinkles of ETS, covered in a PFC sauce topped off … Continue reading →

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Cisco UCS has had a baby (Mother and Daughterboard doing well)

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Colin Lynch

As many of you know I am now in full CCIE Datacenter study mode, and as such, I never seem to have as much time to blog and answer posted questions as I would like. However I felt compelled to … Continue reading →

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The King is Dead, Long live the King!

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Colin Lynch

Huge congratulations to Cisco for achieving number 1 in the x86 blade server market in only 5 Years since launch. According to the latest IDC worldwide quarterly Server Tracker (2014 Q1) Cisco UCS which turned 5 years old this year … Continue reading →

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#EngineersUnplugged ACI Edition with Colin Lynch and Hal Rottenburg

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Colin Lynch
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Colin Lynch and Joe Onisick Talk Cisco ACI

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Colin Lynch

Listen to Cisco Champion radio with Joe Onisick @jonisick and Colin Lynch @UCSguru on Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000 hosted by Amy Lewis @CommsNinja http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-132150/TS-828758.mp3

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Behind The Cisco Service Request

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Colin Lynch

Ever wondered who’s on the other end of your Cisco Service Request? well wonder no more as I put on my CiscoChampion hat and play journalist for the week at Cisco Live Milan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHGcr1Cg9Og

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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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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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