Category: Blog for Technologists - NetCraftsmen

DNAC Tour, Part 7: Exploring SDA Provisioning Part 2: Fabric Deployment

This is the seventh in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour Part 6: Exploring SDA Fabric Provisioning, Part 1: VRFs (VNs), GBACLs, And SGTs

This is the sixth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour, Part 5: Using DNAC: Design, Inventory, Swim

This is the fifth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour Part 4: Getting Started Tasks (Overview): Discovery, PNP, Templates, Provisioning

This is the fourth in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour [...]

DNAC Tour Part 3: General Navigation and Highlights: Dashboard, Drill Down, Assurance and Troubleshooting

This is the third in a series of blogs, the DNAC Tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center DNAC Tour Part 2: [...]

DNAC Tour Part 2: DNAC Instant Demo: Beginning Your Tour

This is the second in a series of blogs, the DNAC Instant Demo tour. Prior blogs in this series: DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center In this [...]

DNAC Tour Part 1: Introduction to Cisco DNA Center

A previous blog I posted on LinkedIn mentioned virtual demos. It seems like it could be useful for me to provide some structure around the DNAC (DNA Center) instant demo, [...]

The Changing Networking World

A previous blog discussed shortages of networking and especially security staff, along with some parts of the changing landscape. Other recent blogs considered shifts in Security from firewall / positional [...]

Staffing and Yet Another Security Product (YASP)

I have some observations about network and security staffing and especially security products, including what I think is happening in some or many sites. Having said that, I make no [...]

Where is QoS Needed?

Some recent QoS discussions got me thinking. I want to share some of my perspectives on QoS in the hope that you find them useful. The starting point here is [...]

Preparing for Disaster

All right, who applied the curse “may you live in interesting times”? COVID, climate change, floods, fires, and so on have us thinking about disaster planning, among other things. Nationally, [...]

Migrating an Urban Network

I’ve recently had the pleasure of being involved in some long-term discussions about replacing the building switches and core network for a medium-sized city’s network. That was at the initial [...]