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Do you put version numbers in MS Word Documents? You should. And here’s how to do it properly
“Do you have the latest version?” “Well, mine’s version 2.0. What’s yours?” “Mine’s version 2.0 too” “Well, why are they different?” We’ve all had that conversation or similar right? So why not implement a way of improving version numbering in … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Word, tutorial
Tagged automated versioning, field codes, MS word
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How to find powerpoint slides that don’t fit the template
any slides that have been altered cause a new slide layout to be added to your template with same name as the original with the characters 1_ prefixed. Continue reading
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Configuring In-Band Management for the APIC on Cisco ACI (Part #3-via a L3Out)
Note: This is the third and last in a series of articles – the following is a variation of the first and second in the series. Much of the story is identical – but with a few added extras to configure the L3 out rather … Continue reading
Posted in ACI, ACI API, ACI CLI, ACI configuration, ACI inband management tutorials, ACI Tutorial, APIC, Cisco, Data Center, Data Centre, EPG, In-Band management, inband management, L2 Out, L2out, L3 Out, L3out, Postman, tutorial
Tagged ACI In-Band, ACI inband, API, APIC, APIC In-Band, APIC inband, CLI, In-Band management, In-Band Management Tutorial, inband management, inband management tutorial
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Configuring In-Band Management for the APIC on Cisco ACI (Part #2-via a L2Out)
Note: This is the second in a series of articles – the following is a variation of the first in the series. In fact, the whole story is almost identical – it is just that this one uses a L2 out … Continue reading
Posted in ACI, ACI API, ACI CLI, ACI configuration, aci inband management, ACI inband management tutorials, ACI Tutorial, APIC, Cisco, Cloud computing, configuration tutorial, Data Center, Data Centre, EPG, In-Band management, inband management, L2 Out, L2out, L3 Out, L3out, Postman, tutorial
Tagged ACI In-Band, ACI inband, API, APIC, APIC In-Band, APIC inband, CLI, In-Band management, In-Band Management Tutorial, inband management, inband management tutorial
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Configuring In-Band Management for the APIC on Cisco ACI (Part #1-via an EPG)
And anyone unlucky enough to try and decipher Cisco’s official documentation for configuring In-Band management on the Cisco APIC or watch their pathetic video are probably feeling frustrated to the point of giving up.
Let me ease your frustration and take you through a journey showing you how to configure In-Band management in ACI. Continue reading
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Tagged ACI In-Band, ACI inband, API, APIC, APIC In-Band, APIC inband, CLI, In-Band management, In-Band Management Tutorial, inband management, inband management tutorial
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Cisco ACI Tutorial 4 – The Access Policy Chain – a new “interface range” command
The Access Policy Chain – a new “interface range” command Cisco ACI Tutorial – Part 4 Since you no longer have to configure ports on individual switches, but rather configure multiple ports on multiple switches from a central controller, some … Continue reading
Posted in Access Policies, Access Policy Chain, ACI, ACI configuration, ACI Configuration Tutorial Series#1, ACI Tutorial, Cisco, configuration tutorial, Data Center, Data Centre, Nexus, Nexus 9000, SDN, Software Defined Networking, tutorial
Tagged AAEP, access port policy group, ACI, ACI configuration, AEP, ANP, APIC, APPG, Application Centric Infracture, Attachable Access Entity Profile, Attached Entity Profile, Bridge Domain, Cisco, configuration tutorial, Domain, EPG, interface policy, interface policy group, interface profile, Nexus 9000, Nexus 9K, SDN, Software-defined networking, switch profile, switch selector, tutorial, VLAN Pool, VMM Domain
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Cisco ACI Tutorial 3 – Sing a new song for sorting server groups and policy
Sing a new song for sorting server groups and policy Cisco ACI Tutorial – Part 3 If you have been responsible for defining groups of servers and devices to which policy can be applied, you have probably used structures called Access … Continue reading
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Tagged ACI, ACI configuration, ANP, APIC, Application Centric Infrastructure, Cisco, configuration tutorial, EPG, Nexus 9000, Nexus 9K, SDN, Software-defined networking, tutorial
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Cisco ACI Tutorial 2 – Goodbye to VLANs. Well… not quite
I almost always avoid using the Wizard steps because Wizards are magical creatures that are particularly good at hiding information. Continue reading
Posted in ACI, ACI configuration, ACI Configuration Tutorial Series#1, ACI Tutorial, Cisco, configuration tutorial, Data Center, Data Centre, Nexus, Nexus 9000, SDN, Software Defined Networking, tutorial
Tagged ACI, ACI configuration, ANP, APIC, Application Centric Infrastructure, Cisco, configuration tutorial, EPG, Nexus 9000, Nexus 9K, SDN, Software-defined networking, tutorial
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Cisco ACI Tutorial – A Configuration Guide
Cisco ACI Tutorial – A Configuration Guide Cisco ACI Tutorial – Part 1 Note: This is the first of a series of four blog posts that I plan to publish over the coming weeks. Make sure you follow my blog … Continue reading
Posted in ACI, ACI configuration, ACI Configuration Tutorial Series#1, ACI Tutorial, Cisco, configuration tutorial, Data Center, Data Centre, Nexus, Nexus 9000, SDN, Software Defined Networking, tutorial
Tagged ACI, ACI configuration, ANP, APIC, Application Centric Infrastructure, Cisco, configuration tutorial, EPG, Nexus 9000, Nexus 9K, SDN, Software-defined networking, tutorial
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VPCS Tutorial-updated
Many people are not aware of how to make the best use of the features the the Virtual PC Simulators (VPCS) application, so I thought I’d run a tutorial. This is re-work of the original tutorial I wrote, updated for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cisco, GNS3, GNS3 WorkBench, VPCS, VPCS Tutorial
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