How to Select Your Cisco Switch and Router Hardware?
To understand switch and router hardware basically is necessary to implementing network designs that scale. Many Cisco models scale well with the network as it grows. So Cisco has a…
Year: 2014
About Transceiver & Cisco Transceiver Modules
Briefly, a transceiver can be defined as a device that comprises of both a transmitter and a receiver of analog or digital signals. For example, radios and telephones are some…
Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series-The New Campus Backbone Switches
Cisco announced that they started shipping out their newly introduced Catalyst 6800 Series Switches earlier this year. It’s said that the Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches are programmable campus backbone…
End-of-Sale Models of Catalyst 6500
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series is always popular in various organizations. The Catalyst 6500 switches have been quite popular with Cisco’s customers. They have been deployed by more than 47,000 organizations…
A Simple Reason for Selecting Cisco ISR G2 Series for Your Network
Since the Cisco ISR Series Routers have been announced end of life and end of sale, Cisco ISR G2 is being chosen by Cisco fans. Why the Cisco ISR G2…
Cisco Aironet 802.11n G2 Series Indoor Access Point Comparison
Generally, Cisco Aironet 802.11n G2 access points include Cisco Aironet 3600, Aironet 2600, Aironet 1600 Series, Cisco Aironet 700w, 700 Series, and Cisco Aironet 600 Series OfficeExtend. All Cisco Aironet…
How to Buy/Choose a Wireless Router for Your Home or Small-business Network?
It’s a common thing to a wireless router or wireless AP for your home or small-business network. But choosing the right wireless router can go a long way towards having…
Cisco XFP vs. SFP vs. SFP+
What’s the key difference among the Cisco XFP, SFP and SFP+? SFP, SFP+ and XFP, all refer to a type of transceiver that is plugged into a special port on…
Cisco SFP vs. GBIC vs. XEP vs. SFP Plus
‘What is the difference between a SFP and GBIC? I’m looking buying a card for a 4506 chassis. All Fibre ports and I need Gig Speeds. There are cards that…
Cisco ACI, What is It?
As software defined networking becomes more popular and even necessary, Cisco ACI changes the way we’ve traditionally thought about networking. Traditional networking uses an imperative model which basically means we…
Three Cisco Nexus 9300 Models Overview
Cisco Nexus 9300 Series, the fixed-port switch, is one of the Nexus 9000 Series switches. It was designed for top-of-rack (ToR) and middle-of-row (MoR) deployment in data centers that support…
How to Start up a Cisco IP Phone?
How to start up a Cisco IP Phone? It’s not too difficult to handle it. In the following part we will share the main steps and tips while starting up…
The 8-slot Nexus 9508 Switch Review
As one of the Cisco Nexus 9500 modular switches, the 8-slot Nexus 9508 switch is the first available platform in the family that will be followed by the 4-slot and…
Cisco 9500 Nexus Switch Overview-Model Comparison
Cisco Nexus 9500 modular switch is the member of Cisco Nexus 9000 product family. The Cisco Nexus 9500 switching platform includes three modular options: the Cisco Nexus 9504 Switch with…
Cisco Nexus 9000 Models Comparison: Nexus 9500 & Nexus 9300 Series
The Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches include both modular (Nexus 9500 switches) and fixed-port switches (Nexus 9300 switches). The Cisco Nexus 9000 switches are the next generation of data center…
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Overview
Designed to meet both current and emerging needs for multiple stages of network transformation, the Cisco Nexus 9000 product family includes both modular (Nexus 9500 switches) and fixed-port switches (Nexus…
Cisco SEC-K9 License vs. HSEC-K9 License
The Cisco licenses play an important role in Cisco hardware upgrading, the HSEC-K9 license and the SEC-K9 license, the two Cisco license are designed for Cisco ISR G2 routers. Both…
Cisco 800 Series Licensing Options
As we know the Cisco 800 Series routers have been announced end of life and end of sale, but some of Cisco 800 models are still popular in the market,…
EoL & EoS Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6L-E
Recently, Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6L-E in the last month. The last day to order the affected products of Cisco…
New Cisco CCNP Routing & Switching 2014
Cisco announced major revisions to the Cisco CCNP (Certified Network Professional) Routing and Switching certification at the end of July. All three courses: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE), Implementing Cisco IP…
How to Recover Password on Cisco IOS Router?
For people who are doing some labs forgot the password they set for enable mode…perhaps someone was working on the router before and the following one has no idea what…
A Sample VSS Configuration for 2x Cisco Cat6500 with Supervisor 720
The Virtual Switching System (VSS) allows two Cisco Catalyst 6500 or 4500 chassis to bond together so that is seen as a single virtual switch to the rest of the…
