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Jun 26 2009   10:13AM GMT

Can’t make it to San Francisco? Check out Cisco Live Virtual

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco Live, Cisco Live 2009, Cisco Events, San Fransisco, Cisco Live Virtual: Free, Cisco Live Virtual Premier, complimentary Cisco Live, Cisco Systems, Cisco, Virtual Event, Cisco Live Registration

It seems that everyone is busy this time making their trip to San Francisco to be physically there at Cisco-Live, 2009 which starts at 27^th of June. It’s amazing to be there but for the folks who cannot be there physically don’t panic, the technology helps you out to be there virtually. You can experience the Cisco Live Virtual in multiple ways.

Cisco Live Virtual offers you the opportunity to gain knowledge in a powerful way. Whether you are planning to attend Cisco Live 2009 in person, or you will be participating as a virtual attendee, Cisco Live Virtual is a new and innovative way to experience Cisco Live from all angles – including session content, networking with your peers, and getting the latest information on technology solutions from Cisco and our partners. View a quick demo of Cisco Live Virtual.

There are multiple ways to experience Cisco Live Virtual:

• Cisco Live Virtual: Free
  Unable to join Cisco Live in San Francisco for Cisco Live? Register for the complimentary Cisco Live Virtual and get two days of live and on-demand technical training sessions in parallel with the onsite event in San Francisco giving you access to the Cisco customer community, Keynotes, Super Sessions, and the Virtual World of Solutions. Register for Cisco Live Virtual and see for yourself all that this community has to offer.
• Cisco Live Virtual Premier: Full Access for $395.
  In addition to the benefits of the 2-Day Cisco Live Virtual pass the Premier pass will give you a wider array of live virtual programming taking place in parallel with the onsite event in San Francisco, PLUS you’ll also receive an annual subscription to Cisco Live Virtual, where you can access over 300 technical sessions and interact with a community of thousands of Cisco customers year-round. Register today for your Cisco Live Virtual Premier pass and start experiencing the power of knowledge for yourself.
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Apr 17 2009   4:42AM GMT

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Overview – Series 5

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
VLAN Trunking Protocol, VTP, Cisco Proprietary, Layer 2, Cisco, IEEE, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Switches, VTP Overview, What is VTP, VTP Domain, GVRP, VTP Modes, VTP Server, VTP Client, VTP Transparent

These days I am in Bangalore with my parents just enjoying my holidays. Guess what today night I am travelling to Singapore and Malaysia with my wife. May be I  will not be in a position post more posts this month as I am relaxing and enjoying the beauty of Nature. For sure I am going to share the natural beauty with all you guys.

Mean while before departing to Singapore I thought let me continue my series on VTP , in this series let s focus on VTP modes. There three type of VTP modes

a)      VTP Server

b)      VTP Client

c)      VTP Transparent

Mar 29 2009   5:14AM GMT

Cisco brings security to life with animated characters -Watch Second Eposide

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco, comics, Terminator, The Realm, online comic, Botnets, Malware, SPAM, intruders, Cisco animation, Cisco Comics, cisco engineers

Dear friends in my post on March 9^th I was talking about the ‘The Realm.”, now the second episode is available you can watch this and just relax watching the latest security threats in the animated format.

Mar 29 2009   5:00AM GMT

Cisco to Acquire Pure Digital Technologies

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco, Cisco Systems, Pure Digital, Flip video cameras, Consumer Market

During this economic crisis Cisco is brave enough to acquire Pure Digital, the makers of the popular Flip line of portable video cameras for $590 million in stock. Cisco will also pay out $15 million in retention incentives for Pure employees who stay on with the new company.

More than 2 million Flip video cameras have been sold in the U.S. to date, and the move will expand Cisco’s consumer market presence with what is essentially, a high-end toy.

“The acquisition of Pure Digital is key to Cisco’s strategy to expand our momentum in the media-enabled home and to capture the consumer market transition to visual networking,” said Ned Hooper, senior vice president of Cisco’s Corporate Development and Consumer Groups. “Pure Digital has revolutionized the way people capture and share video with Flip Video. This acquisition will take Cisco’s consumer business to the next level as the company develops new video capabilities and drives the next generation of entertainment and communication experiences.”

Mar 9 2009   6:31AM GMT

Cisco brings security to life with animated characters

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco, comics, Terminator, The Realm, online comic, Botnets, Malware, SPAM, intruders, Cisco animation, Cisco Comics, cisco engineers

Cisco has appointed a select group of Cisco Engineers to develop a state-of-the-art security force. ‘The Realm.” growing beyond the systems in which they were created into a group of powerful defenders. Forming a unified league of security, the defenders battle Botnets, Malware, Spam and Intruders in the Realm, assuring the safety and security of every citizen on the human network.

‘The Realm.”is an online comic that animates the pane flow and adds voice narration. Creatively it’s an engaging experience, not as complete as a full scale animation but more alive that just a flat 2D image.

Visit http://www.cisco.com/go/realm to learn more.

Mar 9 2009   5:14AM GMT

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Overview – Series 4

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
VLAN Trunking Protocol, VTP, Cisco Proprietary, Layer 2, Cisco, IEEE, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Switches, VTP Overview, What is VTP, VTP Domain, GVRP

What do you think what happens? If a new Cisco Catalyst® switch is placed between any two VTP domains, the Cisco Catalyst® switch will join the VTP domain identified by the first VTP update it receives. Just check the below example.

 

 

The VTP domain can be changed to another in a Cisco Catalyst® switch by using the CLI prompt, this is the only way you can change.

Feb 25 2009   7:13PM GMT

Cisco Saudi -Expo 2009 was amazing and helpful

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco, cisco expo, Events, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Cisco Expo 2009, King Fahad Cultural Center, Cisco Saudi - Expo 2009, Technical presentations, CCIE new tracks, CCIE Security, Cisco Clinical Collaboration, Cisco Digital Media System, Cisco WiMAX E2E Solution Architecture, Data center Application Acceleration and Security, Data Center Architecture Strategy and Planning, Layer 2 Attacks and Mitigation, NetVersity, UC 7.0., Unified Communication

As I posted before about the Cisco Saudi - Expo 2009 which was held at King Fahd Cultural Center, Riyadh ,Saudi Arabia on 9 & 10^th February 2009. The conference was opened by Dr Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel, President of King Abdullah College of Science and Technology, and a keynote from Dr Badr Al Badr, managing director of Cisco Saudi Arabia.

 

The two-day event for customers and partners included sessions on a number of emerging technologies, including unified communications, collaboration, managed services, and Cisco’s Connected Home and Smart Education systems.The two-day event for customers and partners included sessions on a number of emerging technologies, including unified communications, collaboration, managed services, and Cisco’s Connected Home and Smart Education systems.

 

 

The technical presentations were simply great I would say they were meeting the Networkers standards.

Some of the topics covered as follows which can be downloaded.

A Nation’s Security The Netcentric Response (PDF - 4,153KB)

Carrier Ethernet - Cisco’s Vision and the Alignmnent with the IP NGN.pdf (PDF - 4,221KB)

CCIE new tracks.pdf (PDF - 1,916KB)

CCIE Security.pdf (PDF - 2,661KB)

Change the World - Connected Real Estate.pdf (PDF - 6,035KB)

Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE).pdf (PDF - 2,520KB)

Cisco Clinical Collaboration.pdf (PDF -1,573KB)

Cisco Collaboration.pdf (PDF - 4,081KB)

Cisco Connected Real Estate Solutions.pdf (PDF - 6,487KB)

Cisco Digital Media System.pdf (PDF - 3,752KB)

Cisco Services Capitalize on your Network Investment.pdf (PDF - 1,174KB)

Cisco WiMAX E2E Solution Architecture.pdf (PDF - 2,858KB)

Countering the Economic Downturn.pdf (PDF - 1,135KB)

Data center Application Acceleration and Security.pdf (PDF - 7,542KB)

Data Center Architecture Strategy and Planning.pdf (PDF - 6,404KB)

Data Center Virtualization.pdf (PDF - 3,096KB)

Data Leakage Definition, Impact and Prevention.pdf (PDF - 2,162KB)

Deploying IPv6 for Service Providers.pdf (PDF - 2,163KB)

Design and deployment of wireless networks.pdf (PDF - 2,801KB)

Education for a Connected World.pdf (PDF - 7,043KB)

Emerging Threats.pdf (PDF - 3,121KB)

Enterprise Multilayer and Routed Access Campus Design.pdf (PDF - 3,301KB)

Femto Solution Overview.pdf (PDF - 1,893KB)

GMPLS Lambda Aware.pdf (PDF - 2,955KB)

How Video Can Change Our Lives and Lifestyle.pdf (PDF - 3,156KB)

IP Video Surveillance Design and integration.pdf (PDF - 700KB)

IP Video Surveillance introduction.pdf (PDF - 1,125KB)

IPoDWDM 40G, 100G, and Beyond.pdf (PDF -1,211KB)

ISP Security Routing & Switching.pdf (PDF - 829KB)

Layer 2 Attacks and Mitigation T.pdf (PDF - 1,667KB)

Mobility for Retail.pdf (PDF - 2,003KB)

NetVersity.pdf (PDF - 2,277KB)

Operational Firewall and IPS Management Using Cisco Security Manager and Cisco Security MARS.pdf (PDF - 5,018KB)

Policy Control Architecture for Wireline Networks.pdf (PDF - 3,974KB)

Protecting your Goldmine The End Points.pdf (PDF - 3,853KB)

Software as a Service Web 2.0 Solutions.pdf (PDF - 2,349KB)

Tough Economic Times for Your Business Try the Managed Services Antidote.pdf (PDF - 1,166KB)

UC 7.0.pdf (PDF - 2,416KB)

 

 

Feb 25 2009   11:23AM GMT

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Overview – Series 3

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
VLAN Trunking Protocol, VTP, Cisco Proprietary, Layer 2, Cisco, IEEE, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Switches, VTP Overview, What is VTP, VTP Domain, GVRP

In Cisco Catalyst® switches the VTP domain can be added through CLI configuration or else it can be learnt from an adjacent VTP Cisco Catalyst® switch. Let’s see this from the below example

 

Switch C is added to the network connecting via a trunk port to Switch B with no VTP domain configured, in this mode when the Switch C receives the first VTP update from the adjacent Switch B , it will become the part of the VTP domain ITKE as identified in the VTP update.

Feb 23 2009   6:35AM GMT

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Overview – Series 2

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
VLAN Trunking Protocol, VTP, Cisco Proprietary, Layer 2, Cisco, IEEE, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Switches, VTP Overview, What is VTP, VTP Domain, GVRP

In my previous post I just introduced the VLAN trunking protocol; let’s talk about the VTP domain.

The VTP domain consists of a group of logical group of Cisco Catalyst Switches that are part of the same VTP management domain. A  Cisco Catalyst Switch can belong only to one VTP domain at any time,

 

 

The VTP domain is a logical group of switches that will share VLAN information. Each switch can belong only to one VTP domain in addition to sharing the VLAN information with all other Cisco Catalyst Switches in the same VTP domain. Cisco Catalyst Switches in different VTP domains drops any VTP updates received from Cisco Catalyst Switches.

Feb 21 2009   6:21AM GMT

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Overview – Series 1

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
VLAN Trunking Protocol, VTP, Cisco Proprietary, Layer 2, Cisco, IEEE, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Switches, VTP Overview, What is VTP, VTP Domain, GVRP

What is a VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)?

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) is a Cisco proprietary Layer 2 messaging protocol that manages the addition, deletion, and renaming of VLANs for the Cisco Catalyst Switches in the same VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) domain.  VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) enables Cisco Catalyst Switches to exchange and maintain consistent VLAN information amongst a group of Cisco Catalyst Switches.

 

For example, information for the VLAN 50 defined in Cisco Catalyst Switch A is propagated via VTP updates to all other Cisco Catalyst Switches (Switches B, C and D) in the same VTP domain, the other Cisco Catalyst Switches B, C and D will all end up adding VLAN 50 in their local VLAN data base. VTP is available on most of the Cisco Catalyst Family products.

The comparable IEEE standard in use by other manufacturers is GVRP.