Daily Trivia - 12/26

True or False, in SSO, the NVRAM vlan.dat file sync from active SP to standby SP will still be done so that if switchover happens in the middle of sync’ing VLANs record, standby can recover by loading in the binary file from NVRAM. Since the file to file sync is only available for NVRAM, if [...]

NAC Appliance Release 4.1.3

Cisco is pleased to announce the availability of the NAC Appliance release 4.1.3. Release 4.1.3 captures the features that customers have asked for….Some of these features are: 
Web Agent
Auto remediation
Dual-Nic Support
SNMP Inform
Access to Auth VLAN Change detection
Agent Drop to Restricted
Import/Export Filter list
Export Agent report in CSV/XLS format
MAC move notification
….and many more 
More Information can be found below:
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EoL/EoS Announcement

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco 12000 Series SPA Interface Processor-600. The last day to order the affected product is December 13, 2008. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as listed in Table 1 in the EoL announcement.   
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Daily Trivia - 12/20

True or False, when viewing the EIGRP Topology table using the ‘show ip eigrp topology’ command. Notice the serno at the end of the output… 
show ip eigrp topology
P 172.22.71.208/29, 2 successors, FD is 46163456
via 172.30.1.42 (46163456/45651456), Serial0.2, serno 7539273
via 172.30.2.49 (46163456/45651456), Serial2.6, serno 7539266
this serno is exchanged between neighbors when routing tables updates occur?
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Daily Trivia - 12/18

Frame Relay over MPLS can operate in which of the following modes?
A)  DLCI-to-DLCI
B)  DLCI-to-IP
C)  DLCI-to-Port
D)  Port-to-Port
E)  IP-to-Port
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Cisco Smart Call Home

Do you have a Catalyst 6500 or MDS 9000 in your network? If so have you heard of the Cisco Smart Call Home feature yet? Call Home devices continuously monitor network device health using Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) technology and automatically notify the customer of potential issues using secure transmissions. If a serious problem arises, [...]

Performance Routing

Performance Routing complements traditional routing technologies by using the intelligence of a Cisco IOS Software infrastructure to improve application performance and availability. 
Performance Routing improves application performance by enabling a performance-aware infrastructure that selects the best path across the network. Network performance criteria such as application reachability, delay, loss, jitter, and Mean Opinion Score (MOS) help [...]

EoL/EoS Announcement

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco 7206VXR Security Router Bundle with Network Processing Engine NPE400. The last day to order the affected product(s) is May 30, 2008. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of [...]

Catalyst 6500 Power Issue?

If you have a Catalyst 6500 switch with different input voltages connected, for example, power supplies (3000W) with 110V/20A inputs, and want to migrate to 220V/20A inputs, can this be done with one power supply connected to 220 Volts and the other to 110 Volts? Yep and here is how you do it… In order to migrate, complete these steps: 

With power [...]

Cisco Security Center 2.0

Introducing the enhanced Cisco Security Center - a single, content rich source of Cisco expert security intelligence.  
Demonstrating Cisco Security Expertise
Cisco Security Center is a collaborative effort from many security focused groups which aggregates our combined knowledge of security events in a timely and intuitive way.  Through CSC, we now offer powerful new intelligence that will help you [...]