How to setup a F5 BIG-IP LTM Virtual lab on VMware Fusion?

After passing the F5 201 – TMOS Administration Exam, some of the professional friends were keen to know how to build a F5 practice lab on their personnel machines. In this post we will walk through how to build a virtual lab for F5 201 – TMOS Administration Exam on macOS Sierra...
Palo Alto Networks launches PAN-OS 8.0

On February 7, 2017 Palo Alto Network launched PAN-OS 8.0 with more than 70 new enhancements and capabilities which can prevent successful cyberattacks.
Palo Alto Networks Virtual Platforms are good for Securing East –West traffic

With the dominance of Virtualized environments like VMware, KVM, Citrix SDX and Amazon AWS, there is a challenge of securing East-West traffic. Like many other security vendors Palo Alto does offers various Virtual Platforms to protect virtualized data center and East-West traffic. Palo Alto...
Palo Alto Networks Certification tracks

Palo Alto Networks offers few Certifications tracks which are quite interesting and challenging to pass. Their advance certificate Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) is very challenging certification exam to pass, especially for those who don't have exposure to Palo...
Palo Alto Certification Tracks are yet to make an impact

Palo Alto Networks is continuing to make their strong presence in the Security Domain especially into Next Generation Firewalls domain. Gartner in its Magic Quadrant rates them as leaders. However Palo Alto certifications are not as popular as Cisco, Juniper or VMware Certifications. Still I...
Is Python programing a necessity for Network Engineers?

With the emergence of Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, Open Stack and even Amazon Web Services most of Networking Engineers are asked to learn Python programming language. Python is considered to be one of the easiest languages to learn which can be used for Network Automation. Using Python one can SSH to...
What is VCP-NV – Series 2?

When it comes for the VCP-NV certification preparations, one can certainly rely on VMware, as they have plenty of great resources. In may case I extensively used the following
What is VCP-NV – Series 1?

Recently I tested my skills and knowledge on VMware Certifications, VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization also known as VCP-NV, which focuses on NSX products. The VCP-NV certification validates ability to install, configure, and administer NSX virtual networking...