Network TCP Layers
Have you ever heard the word "layer" followed by a single digit number thrown around and have no idea what that even means? Well, you are definitely not the only…
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June 22, 2022
VMware Distributed Switches Versions
Have you upgraded your ESXi environment to 7.0+ lately? Do you normally upgrade your distributed switches as part of your maintenance? Should you even bother? Let me remind you that…
April 4, 2022
What is LACP Timer?
By no means do I consider myself a network engineer, but this week was the first time that I head the term "LACP Timer" and I was curious to find…
February 9, 2022
25G is the new 10G
Agree or disagree? Yes, it always depends on the type of workloads, size of the infrastructure, however, network switches are normally a 5+ years investment, so why limit yourself right…
November 9, 2021
9000 MTU AKA Jumbo Frames – Yey or Nay?
Is this risk still worth the reward? A lot of products out there still give you an option to set your preferred MTU size. In the past, when 1GB was…
August 30, 2021
Is the chip shortage real?
Unfortunately, the answer is YES! Unlike the gas shortage generated by misinformation, fear and too many people panic buying using their plastic bags and bins down here in Florida. Now,…
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May 19, 2021
Which network adapter do you need for your Cisco gear?
Which network adapter do you need to get? SFP-10G-SR? SFP-10G-SR-S? Or will 10G Twinax (SFP-H10GB-CUxM) cables suffice? In my opinion, twinax cable is usually a no brainer when the switches…
April 28, 2021
Cisco Network as a Service (NaaS) Offering
Cisco gets IT! Agility is no longer an optional, nice to have feature. The days where you had to wait for physical IT equipment to be quoted, budgeted, ordered, delivered,…
April 14, 2021