Archive for February, 2008

Introducing Cisco IOS Service Diagnostics

Cisco IOS Service Diagnostics is an embedded feature that enables customers, partners and Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) engineers to diagnose software and network neighborhood issues on Cisco platforms, and minimizes troubleshooting time. It provides infrastructure to facilitate the deployment of customized diagnostics functionality and a set of scripts addressing specific diagnostics scenarios. It automates some [...]

28Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

NAC Troubleshooting Tips Podcast

Robb Boyd & team over @ TechWise TV posted a podcast of a recent interview with Cisco’s NAC Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) Prem Ananthakrishnan in which he discusses Troubleshooting the NAC solution and appliance. Not only does the interview focus on troubleshooting it also focuses on “best practices” from a design and implementation standpoint. Check out [...]

NAC Troubleshooting: Download

28Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 1 comment | Continued

Tool: ZipTie

ZipTie is a framework for Network Inventory and Configuration Management. ZipTie allows you to discover all devices in your network to create a comprehensive inventory and to manage the configuration of those devices. Every installation includes a suite of tools to help manage your network. In addition, ZipTie is constantly under development and leverages a [...]

28Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Register Now - Breakthrough Innovation

You will not want to miss this event. Soon the network will be better for everyone and on March 4, we (Cisco) announces why and how by unveiling a breakthrough innovation that will not only improve the network for the better but will flat out change the way you design and architect the network from [...]

28Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Routing over an IPSec VPN without GRE

Joe, I thought I recalled you mentioning that the Cisco ASA allowed me to run OSPF inside of an IPSec VPN tunnel without having to run GRE over it. Is this the case because I do not want to have to purchase additional routers and run an overlay VPN/GRE network. If this is true, is this [...]

27Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 4 comments | Continued

Regulatory Compliance Assistance

Are you responsible for ensuring your organization meets their compliance requirements? Is so, then you know all too well the increased pressure to comply with industry regulations as well as state and federal regulations. Fines, penalties, lawsuits, investigations, and congressional hearings are just part of what your company suffers from if a security breach occurs [...]

27Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Remote Workers Still Living Dangerously, Cisco Study Says

Cisco announced key findings from its annual global study on remote workers’ security awareness and online behavior, indicating how they can inadvertently heighten risks for themselves and the companies they work for. The study’s findings are prompting Cisco security executives to offer recommendations to information technology (IT) professionals on how to protect their companies against [...]

27Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

IntelliShield Cyber Risk Report

The IntelliShield Cyber Risk Report is a strategic intelligence product that highlights current security activity and mid- to long-range perspectives. The report addresses seven major risk management categories: vulnerability, physical, legal, trust, identity, human, and geopolitical. The Cyber Risk Reports are a result of collaborative efforts, information sharing, and collective security expertise of senior analysts [...]

Cyber Risk Report: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

27Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Cisco Helps Palomar Pomerado Health Open ‘Hospital of the Future’ Three Years Ahead of Schedule - In Second Life

Cisco® and Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) today cut the ribbon on a new hospital in the online virtual world “Second Life.” The virtual hospital, a simulation of a real-world hospital campus due to open in 2011, gives visitors the opportunity to tour the hospital years before its doors actually open.
The virtual hospital showcases the rich [...]

25Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Daily Trivia - 2/25

True or False, When configuring a priority-queue on the ASA 5505 on one interface it will overwrite the same configuration on all other interfaces (ie., only the last applied configuration is present on all interfaces)?
Please email me your answer to be entered into a monthly drawing for a free itunes or starbucks gift card.

25Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Static DHCP Address

I received this question from a popular Cisco mailing list I visit frequently where a gentlemen was having an issue with the DHCP server function and allocation of static IP Addresses. Below is his question and my response:
I am trying to allocate a static IP address to my Printer, but it is not working as [...]

25Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 2 comments | Continued

COMPTEL 2008

If your attending this years Comptel 2008 show in Nashville, TN. stop by the Cisco booth and say “Hi.” I’ll be working the booth today and tomorrow and I would love to visit with you.

25Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Tool: PacketTrap

So here is a nice tool that you can download for free….It’s the pt360 Tool Suite from PacketTrap that integrates network monitoring and network diagnostic tools into a centralized dashboard and interface. I been using this and I must say, I’m very impressed. The interface is very smooth and flows together nicely. Perhaps most interesting to most of [...]

22Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 2 comments | Continued

LEAP Year Issues

So I was asked if there were any implications with regards to Cisco’s equipment with the upcoming leap year day (one week from today)…Rest assured that there will not be any implications with leap year and Cisco’s equipment. Leap year was actually tested back when we were validating everything for Y2K (WOW !!! Remember Y2K? [...]

22Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Cisco TAC Newsletter

Cisco has published the Technical Services Newsletter for the month of February. The Technical Services Newsletter is available online at the following link:
February Technical Services Newsletter
If you have never read through the newsletter, you are missing out on some very great technical information. The newsletter provides indepth technical documents for products covering all areas [...]

22Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Daily Trivia - 2/21

Ok so today I’m going to deviate from the typical technical daily trivia question in favor of a different style of question…so here it is. Cisco was orignally founded in which of the following month/year combination?
A) March 1982
B) December 1984
C) June 1983
D) September 1983
E) February 1984
Please email me your answer to be entered into a monthly [...]

21Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

Apple iPhone VPN to Cisco ASA

On the heels of my last post, I wanted to follow up with some information related to the Apple iPhone and the Cisco ASA. Some of you may already know this but the iPhone in fact includes an L2TP over IPsec VPN client and a Safari web browser that is able to connect to the Internet via [...]

21Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 1 comment | Continued

ASA VPN Compatibility Matrix

Do you use a Cisco ASA for VPN access? Are you considering a Cisco ASA for VPN access? Do you need to know what VPN clients are supported on which operating systems? Maybe you need to know if your PDA is supported by the ASA for VPN access or what if your corporation is considering [...]

21Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued

6200networks Featured @ NetworkWorld

I am pleased and honored to learn that 6200networks has been featured in a recent article on NetworkWorld showcasing the 20 most useful sites for Cisco professionals. This is quite an honor considering the company of the other 19 sites…many (most all) of the others sites are already listed in my blogroll to the left [...]

21Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 3 comments | Continued

Daily Trivia - 2/20

In an MPLS VPN environment, if several VPN client sites are connected to the same OSPF area say Area 0 for instance across the VPN and if these sites are also connected over a backdoor link in addition to the VPN backbone, all traffic passes over the backdoor link instead of over the VPN backbone [...]

20Feb2008 | Joe Harris | 0 comments | Continued