EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol), is a Cisco proprietary routing protocol (until recently). When a router runs EIGRP, it keeps a copy of its neighbors routing table. If I router cannot find a route it its, or its neighbor's routing table, it will query its neighbors who in turn query their neighbors. Exactly how routing protocols work is serious business, but dont worry we are not going to go into that here. Below is the process that I used to setup EIGRP on a Cisco 2811.
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HomeLab: The Cisco 3560G
The Cisco Catalyst 3506G is a layer 3 switch which went end-of-life in 2009. For the home lab its a pretty nice switch to have due to its layer 3 support and gigabit speed. Mine is the model seen to the left, 24 gigabit ports and 4x1gb SFP uplinks. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 is … Continue reading HomeLab: The Cisco 3560G
RHEL6 – Quick and Easy Samba Configuration Guide – Part II
A few weeks ago i published a Quick and Easy Samba Configuration Guide, which can be found here. After messing around with samba on and off since then I have learned a few things that I wanted to document before I totally forgot them. So lets down to business. Samba Password Failures So I have … Continue reading RHEL6 – Quick and Easy Samba Configuration Guide – Part II
XenServer Switch Ports Configuration Best Practices
Finally I have found it! Citrix's XenServer switch configuration best practices document. While everyone in the world has blog posts and documentation regarding how to set up and configure bridged networks in Xen, they hardly ever go into the physical switch configuration required. This is the document that you will need to pass along to your friendly Network Administrator, as they will more than likely not be familar with networking for Xen as its much different from networking for Vmware ESX.
Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on Linux
Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator is Dell's version of the HP System Management Homepage, as it allows you to log into a web interface to view system configuration, health, and performance statistics. Its availible for free and runs in Windows and Linux. Dell makes the install easy on Linux due via a public rpm repo. The … Continue reading Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on Linux