Monthly Archives: January 2014

Dell PowerEdge M1000e – FlexAddressing

Let’s say you have a Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis populated with Dell blade servers with CNAs. Let’s also assume you enable FCoE on the CNA and utilize it for LAN and SAN traffic. What if you were to use the … Continue reading

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LACP and Trunking Between Juniper JunOS and Dell FTOS Switches

In this blog I demonstrate how to configure a LACP LAG and 8021.Q trunking between Juniper JunOS switches and Dell FTOS switches. I will utilize 2 x Juniper EX4200-48T switches [JunOS 11.1R6.4] and a Dell S60 switch [FTOS 8.3.3.9]. Below … Continue reading

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Changing the Root Password on Juniper JunOS Switches

In this short blog, I show how to easily change the root password on Juniper JunOS [JunOS 11.1R6.4] switches. It’s important to note, on a switch reset to default configuration, you can easily log into the switch with just the … Continue reading

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Dell MXL/IOA with FC Flex IOM: Network and Infrastructure Convergence with NPIV Proxy Gateway

Very exciting news from Dell today as they announced the availability of the Dell FC Flex IOM module which transforms the Dell M1000e MXL/IOA blade switch into a NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG). This allows the MXL/IOA to bridge between Ethernet … Continue reading

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LACP and Trunking Between Brocade FOS and Dell FTOS Switches

In this short lab I’ll demonstrate creating a LACP LAG and trunking between Brocade switches running FOS and Dell switches running FTOS. I utilize two Brocade 8000 switches [FOS 6.3], one Dell S60 switch [FTOS 8.3.3.8], and one Dell PowerEdge … Continue reading

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Default Port and VLAN Configuration/Behavior on Cisco IOS switches

In this short lab, I use two Cisco Catalyst 3550 switches [IOS 12.2(44)SE6] to demonstrate the default port and VLAN behavior on a Cisco switch running IOS. Below is the network diagram for this lab.

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