Category Archives: Technology

Blogs about technology (Programming, web development, and other computer/internet technologies, etc.).

Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Humair

Checkout my latest Dell Networking document and learn how to deploy FCoE using the Dell S5000 converged switch: “Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE“.

Posted in Brocade, Dell, Dell Compellent, Fibre Channel, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Storage, Technology | Tagged Brocade, Compellent, Compellent SC220, Compellent SC8000, converged infrastructure, converged network, converged networks, Dell Compellent SC220, Dell Compellent SC8000, Dell Force10 S5000, Dell Networking S5000, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 configuration, Dell S5000 converged switch, Ethernet-FC bridge, FC, FC Switch, FCF, FCoE, FCoE-FC Bridge, Fibre Channel Forwarder, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Fibre Channel switch, Froce10 S5000, N_Port_ID Virtualization, NPIV, NPIV Proxy Gateway, S5000, S5000 configuration, S5000 converged switch, SC220, SC8000 | 6 Comments

Dell Networking S5000: The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Humair

Check out my latest Dell Networking whitepaper: Dell Networking S5000: The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence. The whitepaper demonstrates and explains the movement from a traditional non-converged LAN/SAN network to a converged LAN/SAN infrastructure and how the … Continue reading →

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Stop by the Dell Networking S5000 Hands-on-Lab at Dell Enterprise Forum 2013

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Humair

If you’re planning to attend the Dell Enterprise Forum in San Jose, CA from June 4th – June 6th 2013, make sure to stop by the Dell Networking S5000 Hands-on-Lab. I’ll be on-site, and you’ll have the opportunity to configure … Continue reading →

Posted in Brocade, Dell, Dell Enterprise Forum 2013, Networking, Tech Events, Technology | Tagged converged LAN/SAN network, convergence, DEF, DEF 2013, Dell Enterprise Forum, Dell Enterprise Forum 2013, Dell Force10 S5000 switch, Dell Networking S5000 Hands-on-Lab, Dell Networking S5000 HOL, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 converged switch, Dell S5000 FCoE switch, Dell S5000 Hands-on-Lab, Dell S5000 HOL, Dell S5000 switch, FCoE, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Force10 S5000, Force10 S5000 switch, NPIV Proxy Gateway, S5000 converged switch | Leave a comment

Facebook – Not Your Typical Network Engineers

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Humair

A few weeks ago I got an invite to attend a Facebook Open House event which just occurred yesterday. I usually receive invites to several of these types of events from different companies across Silicon Valley. Being an active developer … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook Open House 2013, Networking, Tech Events, Technology | Tagged coding, Developer Resources, Edge Network, Facebook, Facebook job, Facebook jobs, Facebook Open House, job, network architecture, network engineer, network engineering, network protocols, networking protocols, programmer, SDN, software defined networking | Leave a comment

Buying a Converged/FCoE Switch?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Humair

I felt the urge to write this article after receiving several inquiries about buying used Cisco Nexus 5010 and Nexus 5020 switches because they are available on some third-party site at large discounts – at least compared to the new … Continue reading →

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Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Humair

One of my favorite development tools at an unbelievably low price – FREE! Can’t get much better than that. Download ‘Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers’ and give it a try. If you are not much of a Java/J2EE programmer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, J2EE, Java, Perl, Programming Languages, Python, Technology | Tagged C, C IDE, coding, Eclipse, Eclipse 4.2, Eclipse 4.2 SR2, Eclipse Juno, Eclipse Juno 4.2, Eclipse Juno 4.2 SR2, eclipse.org, IDE, Java, Java IDE, Juno, Juno 4.2, Juno 4.2 SR2, perl, Perl IDE, Programming Languages, Python, Python IDE | Leave a comment

Stacking the Dell MXL Blade Switch

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Humair

The Data Center Bridging (DCB) enabled Dell MXL blade switch provides a 1/10/40GbE upstream solution for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis. It comes with two fixed 40 GbE ports but is scalable up to six 40GbE ports via 40GbE FlexIO … Continue reading →

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Dell Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 Demo [Video]

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Humair

In my last blog post, I discussed Dell’s Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 (BMP 3.0) technology that just rolled out in the release of FTOS 9.1 for Dell S4810 and Dell Z9000. Well now you can see BMP in action. Just … Continue reading →

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Dell Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 – Automate the Network

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Humair

Today Dell released FTOS 9.1 for its Z9000 and S4810 data center switches. A lot of cool features have been added to the ubiquitous switch operating system, perhaps most notably the support for OpenFlow. However, in this blog I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Expect, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Tcl | Tagged automated configuration, bare metal provisioning, Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0, BMP, BMP 3.0, Dell, Dell Force10, Dell Open Automation Framework, Expect, Force10, FTOS, FTOS 9.1, network automation, Open Automation Framework, OpenFlow, Tcl | Leave a comment

Al Gore Delivers Great Discussion of Key Topics on Global Policy, Technology Innovation, and Key Drivers of Global Change

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Humair

I attended an event today in Santa Clara, California where former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, gave a great informal one hour discussion on key topics affecting not only the United States but the world. As this … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Events, Global Issues, Green Technologies, Life, News, Politics, Technology, United States | Tagged Al, Al Gore, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, Apple, Apple Computer, carbon footprint, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Reality Project, Current Media, Current TV, decline in American democracy, former Vice President Al Gore, Generation Investment Management, Gore, Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, LLC, poor are getting poorer, restricted access to information, Rich are getting richer, Six Drivers of Global Change, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, United States, US Vice President, venture capital firm, Vice President, Vice President Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, Vice President of the US, Virtual stalking | Leave a comment