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Need Cisco Inline Power, POE or the New POE+?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

PoE (the 802.3af standard) was a major improvement over early inline power solutions, with features like GigE compatibility and more power per port (15.4W, vs. 7W). PoE was extended to provide up to 30W per port of power to expand…

Nexus 9000 vs. Nexus 7000

Posted on February 21, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco’s some customers care about the future of their existing investments in Cisco’s data center switches when Cisco introduced its new series of data center switches as part of its SDN-flavored Application Centric Infrastructure. Cisco launched the Nexus 9000 series…

Cisco ACL In and Out Questions

Posted on February 13, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Q1: When to apply ACL in or out? I am having a hard time understanding when to apply an ACL on in or out of the interface. When do I want to apply the ACL on the IN, and when do I want to…

Layer-3 Switching or Layer-2 Switching?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Have you ever faced designing a campus network or similar network of hospitals, factories and organizations? How to design a better network? What factors you need to count in? Here we found a case study provided by Ivan Pepelnjak (CCIE…

Cisco Unified Access Review

Posted on December 31, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

We know that Cisco Unified Access intelligently connects people, processes, data, and things from vision to reality. It simplifies the connected world and meets today’s IT needs. Cisco Unified Access provides IT with the platform it needs to adapt to…

Cisco Unified Access: From Vision to Reality

Posted on December 31, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When we look back on the last year, we found that Cisco has released a lot of innovations focused on optimizing how IT defines and enforces policy; how they gain visibility of users, applications and devices; and how they simplify…

Check Cisco Routers and Switches Using the IOS Environment Command

Posted on December 30, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

If your remote router and switches are being cooled properly, how do you know that? Are the fans working? In the following article David Davis will tell you how to see the environmental status of your Cisco routers and switches…

WAYS to Help You Set Up Your Small, Medium and Large Networks

Posted on December 26, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Are you finding it challenging to set up your network? For newcomers, setting up an efficient network can be daunting. To help you establish a robust network for your business using Cisco hardware, we have summarized five effective methods. Browse…

Cisco Announced CCIE R&S Version 5

Posted on December 24, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announced the much awaited update for CCIE Routing and Switching from version 4 to version 5. It’s a good move as CCIE R & S version 5 is there since pretty long time. The official launch for the version…

Show processes memory

Posted on December 13, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The show memory exec command is often used to check the amount of a router’s free memory. In troubleshooting cases where router performance is the focus, this is a major command used to see the statistics about the router’s memory. To show…

Configure logging in Cisco IOS

Posted on December 10, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Knowing how to properly use logging is a necessary skill for any network administrator, and the Cisco IOS offers many options for logging. Logging can use for fault notification, network forensics, and security auditing. Cisco routers log messages can handle…

Show interfaces

Posted on December 2, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Show interfaces: Use the show interfaces EXEC command to display statistics for all interfaces configured on the router or access server. The resulting output varies, depending on the network for which an interface has been configured. show interfaces [type number]…

Cisco Show Stacks Command

Posted on November 28, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Show stacks is an exec command that is commonly used to diagnose system crash situations. The first section of this command’s output displays stack utilization of processes and interrupt routines, and the reason for the last system reboot. When a system…

A Solution for 2504 WLC Configuration to Different Regions of APs

Posted on November 25, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Preface: Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controller support a maximum of 50 lightweight APs in increments of 5 APs with a minimum of 5 APs, making it a cost-effective solution for retail and small and medium-sized businesses. The Cisco 2500 Series…

Cisco UCS E-Series Blade Servers for Cisco 2900&3900 Series

Posted on November 12, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The trend towards Datacenter consolidation has resulted in reduction in application software deployed at branch location. However for business continuity and application performance reasons some applications must still be deployed at branch infrastructure network. UCS E-Series blade servers gives users…

How to Use IP SLA to Change Routing?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is a part of Cisco IOS that enables customers to assure new business-critical IP applications, as well as IP services that utilize data, voice, and video, in an IP network. Cisco has augmented…

How to Configure PBR (Policy-Based Routing)?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Policy-Based Routing (PBR) is a very popular feature in Cisco routers; it allows the creation of policies that can selectively alter the path that packets take within the network. PBR provides a method to forward packets by overriding the information available…