In the IT world a panic is most often related to a operating systems kernel to run out of resources or some unknown state where it cannot recover and stops. Depending on the configuration it might dump its memory contents to a file or a remote system. This allows developers to check this file and […]
Appalling state of Storage Networks Read More »
(This post is mostly obsolete to to the many improvements in FSO 7.3, 7.4 and beyond. I would seriously urge you to consider using MAPS. See here) With FOS 7.2.0 Brocade introduced MAPS (no not the google version). It\’s a new functionality that is intended to replace and improve the usability of Fabric Watch. As
Brocade MAPS – Improvement in usability, reduction in functionality Read More »
Cisco guru and long time networking expert Ivan Pepelnjak hits the nail on its head with the below post. It is one more addition to my series of why you should stay away from FCoE. FCoE is only good for ONE thing: to stay confined in the space of the Cisco UCS platform where Cisco
ipSpace.net: FCoE between data centers? Forget it! Read More »
I encourage change especially if there are technological advances that improves functionality, reliability, availability and serviceability (or RAS in short). What I hate if these changes increase risk and require a fair chuck of organisational change even more if they amplify each other (like FCoE). What I hate even more though is for marketing people
Brocade and the "Woodstock Generation" Read More »
Always being interested in datacenter technologies you can\’ t walk around Cisco. Their reach into many aspects of the datacenter in addition to the various access paths to those datacenters is significant. From high-end switching technologies to secure VPN access to wireless they are everywhere. The name of the game for the last couple of years was
Cisco Live 2013 – Datacenter mobility is the name of the game Read More »
