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Cisco Nexus Switches: Layer 2 Configuration Strategies

Posted on October 24, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Nexus switch line, including Nexus 5000 and Nexus 7000 switches, provides various features and capabilities configuring a Layer 2 network. In the chapter “Layer 2 Support and Configurations,” from the book NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures by Kevin Corbin,…

Four Main Memory Areas in a Cisco Router

Posted on October 24, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

It may often seem like nothing more than a sleek metal box on the outside, but the internal memory components of a Cisco router represent where much of the real magic takes place. Speak of a Cisco router is being…

New Cisco ASA Clustering Feature Enables 320 Gbps Firewall

Posted on October 22, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco has built a data-center-class network security portfolio, unveiling an Adaptive Security Appliance clustering feature that delivers 320 Gbps firewall performance, as well as a new virtual firewall and a super-capacity intrusion prevention appliance. Why Cisco ASA Clustering? With application…

Cisco Nexus 3548 & Arista 7150: Dueling Ultra-low-latency Switches

Posted on October 19, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco and Arista Networks Inc. traded punches, both announcing new, ultra-low-latency top-of-rack switches that not only are fast, but pack many more features and functions than a typical switch in this class. The Arista 7150 is the first switch in the industry…

Cisco Debuts OpenStack Distribution

Posted on October 16, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco, a backer of the open source cloud computing project OpenStack, joins Red Hat, Rackspace and others in marketing own version of cloud management platform While hardware is at the core o cialis in uk f what Cisco does,…

Cisco IP Phone Recommendation: Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G-Enhanced Sound Quality

Posted on October 11, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Unified Communications Solutions unify voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks, delivering a media-rich collaboration experience across business, government agency, and institutional workspaces. These applications use the network as the platform to enhance comparative advantage…

EoS/EoL for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface

Posted on October 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 31, 2013. viagra cheap Customers with active service contracts will continue to…

What Router-switch.com Prepared for Its 10th Anniversary?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Router-switch.com, ten years old, happy birthday! 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of router-switch.com, which is an exciting moment for all router-switch’s staff and clients. What Router-switch.com Prepared for Its 10th Anniversary? Router-switch.com has become a world’s leading Cisco supplier over…

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Major Enhancements are Coming

Posted on October 4, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Enterprise group head offers glimpse into 2013 roadmap; 100G Ethernet, new programmable ASICs, and fabric and virtualization extensions on tap. As Cisco wraps up migrating its Catalyst 6500 installed base to either the E-series chassis or the Nexus platform, the…

Q and A: Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G

Posted on September 28, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

General Questions Q. What are the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G? A. The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G and Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G are part of a new suite of evolutionary Cisco Unified IP Phone…

Router-switch.com Announced Its Newly Redesigned Website

Posted on September 21, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Surprise, surprise, surprise happened to router-switch.com. What’s it? Yeah, here it is proud to announce the release of its newly redesigned website. By updating its main site, https://www.router-switch.com/ which is brighter, more user-friendly offers a comprehensive understanding of router-switch.com and…

Cisco Intros Cisco Nexus 3548 for High Performance Data Center Environments

Posted on September 20, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The battle between Cisco and Arista Networks is ultimately a battle between two approaches: one highly programmable operating system that Arista has and the custom silicon route that Cisco normally chooses, said analyst Zeus Kerravala. “All said and done, Cisco…

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Enables Routing

Posted on September 5, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

“Hi all, I have a 2960G 48 port switch here, I want to enable routing on this switch, but I can’t find how. I know this is normally is only a layer 2 switch, however since one of the latest…

Cisco VSS Configuration: Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System

Posted on September 3, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

A VSS is network system virtualization technology that pools multiple Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches into one virtual switch, increasing operational efficiency, boosting nonstop communications, and scaling system bandwidth capacity to 1.4 Tbps. At the initial phase, a VSS will…

How to Configure DHCP Snooping in a Cisco Catalyst Switch?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Here we go, with the configuration of DHCP snooping on a Cisco Switch. This feature protects the network by allowing the Cisco Switches to accept DHCP response message only from the authorized servers connected to the trusted interfaces in a…

How to Configure DHCP Snooping?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

DHCP snooping is a security feature intended to prevent rogue DHCP server from sending malicious DHCP replies. When DHCP snooping is enabled, the switch intercept all the DHCP requests, and discards DHCP replies coming from “untrusted” ports. The offending switch…

Cisco ASA 8.4 vs. Typical NAT/PAT Configuration

Posted on August 25, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In computer networking, network address translation (NAT) is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device. Here we will focus on NAT and PAT, as well as the related…

Cisco Announced End-of-Sale and End-of-Life for Cisco Catalyst 3750/3560G&E Switches

Posted on August 22, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, 3750-E, and 3560-E Series Switches. The official end of sale date is January 30, 2013. As is tradition, support will be provided for 5 years following the…

How to Configure Cisco Routers as Frame Relay Switch (FRS)?

Posted on August 21, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Students and People who are preparing for the CCNA Exam often need to have a frame relay switch in their lab to practice for the Frame-Relay. How to configure Frame-Relay Switching on a Cisco Router? The following details and steps with…

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) & VTP Modes

Posted on August 17, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What is a VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)? “VTP allows a network manager to configure a switch so that it will propagate VLAN configurations to other switches in the network” VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) is a Cisco proprietary Layer 2 messaging…

How to Connect Cisco IP Phones?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When you buy all Cisco IP phones, without the power adaptor, so how to work? There are 3 options for connections. 1) Buy power transformer (CP-PWR-CUBE-3) directly; suitable for few Qty, will be an economic method. 2) If you have…

Four Modes to Access and Configure a Cisco Router

Posted on August 8, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco IOS Command Summary—Four Modes to Access and Configure a Cisco Router The four modes for accessing and configuring a Cisco router are: user EXEC mode, privileged EXEC mode, global configuration mode, interface configuration mode Each mode has a unique command set. Purpose of…