Cisco VIRL allows you to add support for 3rd Party VM’s. I’m going to show you how to add the FortiGate virtual appliance to VIRL. First of all you will need the FortiGate Virtual Machine from http://www.fortinet.com. We will be using the KVM image provided by Fortinet, other versions are available i.e. ESXi, Hyper-V, etc so make you get the … Read more now..
MACsec is the IEEE 802.1AE standard for authenticating and encrypting packets between two MACsec capable devices. The Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X switches support 802.1AE encryption with MACsec Key Agreement (MKA) on downlink ports for encryption between the switch and host devices. The switch also supports MACsec link layer switch-to-switch security by using Cisco TrustSec Network … Read more now..
Bruno van der Werve from Cisco has provided a sneak preview over at The Cisco Learning Network of a new product known as the CCIE Lab Builder. This will run on the exact same infrastructure as the actual lab exam, including the virtual devices (ie. IOL) and will also use the the web interface from the … Read more now..
Adding VLAN’s and updating the vNIC templates is straightforward in the GUI; But if you have a lot of VLAN’s and vNIC templates to update then it quicker to add them via some kind of script. There are a number of ways to ways to script the UCS platform using the API. The CLI is one of the … Read more now..
Adding a certificate to the vShield manager should be a straightforward process according to the documentation a dozen steps at most. But my experience has been anything but straightforward. A few additional steps are required to successfully import a signed certificate. Firstly we need a certificate on the vShield Manger to enable us to encrypt information sent to the vShield Manager web server. You … Read more now..
Effective from August 2, 2014 Cisco have updated their Retake Policy. All candidates must wait 30 days between CCIE lab attempts. Please note that the 30-day period starts from the day after a failed lab exam. Candidates who fail any CCIE lab exam on the first attempt must wait for a period of 30 calendar … Read more now..