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(Configuring) QoS on the Nexus 5000/2000 – Part 2

This is the second article on my series on QoS on the Nexus 5000 (N5K) and Nexus 2000 (N2K) for medical grade networks. The first article was QoS on the Nexus 5000/2000 - Part 1. (I apologize it took me so long to get back to this series!)In the previous…

A Network Management Architecture, Part 4

This is the fourth and final post of a series on the network management architecture used by NetCraftsmen. The architecture is shown below, consisting of seven elements. In this post, [...]

A Network Management Architecture, Part 1

At NetCraftsmen, we get to do a lot of network assessments where we examine and evaluate a customer’s network, including the network management implementation. As a result of this work, [...]

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Network Management Function Review at CiscoLive 2011

I just returned from a week at CiscoLive 2011. The show floor had a lot of network management products on display, making it an easy place to walk around and [...]

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Device Real-Time Displays

I’ve been doing a number of device configuration changes as a result of the things that NetMRI and syslog are reporting in a customer network. Both NetMRI and syslog have [...]

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Locating Network Devices

Sometimes you really need to know where a given device is located in the network. I quickly can think of 3 cases: Case 1: Syslog suddenly starts reporting failed login [...]

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Building Configuration Policy Checks, Part 2

In the prior post, Applied Infrastructure blog under

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Observations from Enterprise Connect 2011

I just returned from Enterprise Connect 2011 (EC), which was previously known as VoiceCon. They changed the name because of the trend towards unified communications, video, and converged networking. I [...]

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New Year Resolution: Run a Clean Network

Welcome to the New Year – 2011! At the start of a new year, there is always talk of new year resolutions. You’ve seen them in magazines and newspapers: eat [...]

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Device and Interface Tagging

Most network management tools provide a way to group devices and interfaces based on a variety of information, including descriptions, addresses, and names. I’ve been thinking about how to use [...]

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Real-Time Network Failure Detection

One of our customers had an interesting problem recently that caused a network outage in a critical part of the network. An interface blade was inserted into a Cisco Cat6500, [...]

Network Health Metrics

I’m helping a customer improve their network through better network management visibility into network problems. The result of a proof-of-concept is this graph, which I’ll explain below. The customer loved [...]