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Disabling the Password
Over the past month, I've been holidaying with my family in Germany and Denmark. My wife, Britta, comes from a small farming community in the north of Germany near Hamburg and every couple of years we drop in to visit her family and friends. I've travelled to Germany six...
Blockchain and Crypto
I'm a big fan of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Even though I'd heard about Bitcoin in the early days, I didn't appreciate or understand the implications of the technology and what it will mean for business in the next two decades. In early 2017, a friend...
Nutanix – Redeploying nodes with Foundation
Problem I recently deployed a Nutanix cluster which was a combination of old and new 3000 series nodes. Setup of the new machines went according to plan, however I found the old servers were reporting incorrect block IDs and/or positions. For those who aren't...
Why is it so: UCCX Chrome Support (or lack of)
I recently worked on a UCCX 9 to 10 upgrade. First thing I tried after finalising the upgrade wasn't the new features, it was browser support! I remember saying to my colleague, "surely they support it now!" But to my surprise, I clicked into UCCX from Chrome and...
Use Case Driven Design
I think it's fair to say the majority of people working in networking have had some experience with Cisco, after all, Cisco is still the industry leader in a $50B dollar market. When I first switched to networking, I knew nothing...The vendors,...
Thanks to the Packet Pushers!
A few years back I came across the Packet Pushers Podcast, which introduced me to a new medium for learning. Since then I've listened to every episode ever recorded! Prior to Packet Pushers I'd heard of Software Defined Networking, Storage, etc, but it wasn't...
FortiManager Incompatibility
I’ve been recommending and installing Fortinet Firewalls since 2003. I first saw the product when working in the higher education sector, back then it was my first look at a UTM. I was excited by the features and capabilities, plus I enjoyed making...
Nutanix: Restarting Prism
UPDATE: The new version of "Nutanix: Restarting Prism" can be found here. _________________________ While running NOS 4.0.2.2 on a cluster of 3061s, there's a bug that causes the Nutanix Web Interface, Prism, to become unresponsive. After raising a...
Why is it so: Telco Service
In my day job I have the arduous task of working with Telcos from across the globe. I’ve been working in and around networking for 14 years so it’s nothing new, carriers are a fact of life, part of a network guys existence, however from experience it never gets any easier....