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So I have a new job where I will mainly be focusing on datacenter technologies. I will be installing Cisco Nexus and UCS in their various flavors as well as EMC products and VMware for my company's customers. I am wanting to setup a new home lab for VMware study and testing. I am looking at...

So I have passed the CCIE R&S written exam and have been studying pretty heavily for the lab. I was wondering if there are other CCIEs around that can offer some insight into how you all studied to prepare yourself for the lab. How many hours per week did you study, how did you know you were...

I passed the VCP510 today. Was easier than I expected. Next up CCIE R&S written. I have to renew my CCNP by the end of the year so I figured now is the time to move forward with the CCIE. I will say that I have taken many certification exams over the years, Cisco, Microsoft, Novell, ComTIA...

We have an older EMC CX3-10 array that is currently used for our test systems. Right now it is directly connected to our UCS Fabric Interconnects. We are wanting to move this array to our other datacenter so that we can utilize our UCS cluster over there since right now it is just for disaster...

A recent thread got me thinking about this but over the last couple of years I have noticed a trend among network/system engineers where they have moved away from the PC and are adopting Macs as their preferred computer of choice. In the other thread it was mentioned by NetJunkie that not only...

I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and show some pics of our current datacenter upgrade. These are pics, front and back of the NS-480 that we purchased to replace our current CX3-10 and NetApp 3020. The top DAE contains 2TB SATA drives which will be used for our file shares. The rest of...

Currently we have 4 HP DL380 G5 servers with Intel E5405 processors and 1 Dell 2950 with E5410 processor in a cluster. We are wanting to add another server to this cluster and I was wanting to know if the newer HP DL380 G6 servers with the Nehalem processors, specifically the X5520, could be...

In the past I have used Kiwi CatTools and WinAgents software to automate configuration backups of switches, routers, and firewalls. I recently started a new job and they do not have any type of automated configuration backup in place. I went to look at the tools that I used in the past and now...

As the title says, I am in need of a scanner that can be put on a network and let PC and Macs access it. The ones I have found require a PC and you have to share it out. I was wondering if anyone knew of one that can just be plugged into the network like HP printers that use the JetDirect cards...