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#f5 There’s a new brand of Chili in town. I don’t usually talk a lot about F5 specific solutions, but since we’re the only ones doing this (so far), the contents of this blog are F5 specific. Though this needs to be industry standard. So, you’re yearning for some chili. That’s understandable, this time of year is when those of us from the US midwest think of chili, because it’s good hunting season food, and it both fills you and warms you up. So grab a handful of hamburger and stuff it in your mouth, then grab...
My eldest son has been having car troubles. To be more direct, he needed a new car. We agreed to help him out financially, let him go do his shopping and comparing, and when he chose a car I took him to pick it up. He chose a used PT Cruiser to replace his worn-out Olds Achieva, and on the way home, tried to familiarize himself with the features of the new car. Anything that the Achieva didn’t have and the PT Cruiser did, he found to be odd to him. And I pondered that as I drove him...
Looking for my blog today? It’s in hiding. I posted it over there –>> Lori’s blog. She is running a series called “F5 Friday”, and as I promised a few blogs ago, I have a write-up about Data Manager (DM), complete with screenshots in for today’s installment. A little weird that it’s on her blog? Not really… Nothing to do with our relationship or anything, she’ll do some of these and will host others by employees, partners, customers, who knows? Mine is just the first of many to be hosted on her blog… So read and enjoy, DM...
BACK IN THE DAY… Years ago I wrote a piece for Network Computing Magazine about the state of Utility network security and the issues it presents. I focused largely on SCADA security, but also looked at Automated Meter Reading (AMR) and the new issues it brought to the table. That article was not without foundation, I built and lead the team that did the IT portion of the first total AMR replacement in the United States. The field was new, and we used about a dozen different systems to get complete coverage, making integration and...
Now that Jason has blogged about me leaving the team, I’ll chime in with my “cool things coming” post. As of the first of May, I am the shiny new member of the Technical Marketing Team. I’m really pleased with the change and its timing. I was able to go out on the high note of the release of the new DevCentral, and felt like I had an impact on its delivery, and now I can move off and start my new role fresh. You’ll note the blog regularity since the first of the month, I hope to...
Posted a new article last night on configuring BIG-IP LTM VE In a VMWare Team environment with servers (DevCentral login required) and just wanted to let you all know. It’s a relatively complex topic, considering that the pieces all work well separately, but if you’ve configured networks in VMWare before it isn’t too bad to get going. I chose CENT-OS as the server OS because then if any of you decide you want to toy with the team, you can email me and I’ll get you a copy somehow. You’ll need VMWare, and a license key for the...
Last week was golden for me. Three of my projects had major blocking issues, all three were resolved in the course of the week. That makes this week writing time, since two of the three projects were to support writing I want or need to do. This is the start of that process. The first item to get a break last week was my ARX configuration. When I left off, some of the storage could join the domain and some could not. I needed everything to play nice in the Domain so that I could pull them all...
So I’ll bet you’re wondering where the updates have been? I took on this little side project knowing it would be an “after-hours” and “as time allows” project. I knew that we had some big projects coming like the BIG-IP LTM VE and others that I’m not able to discuss yet. What I didn’t expect is ADS re-installs, hardware failures, new equipment (other than the ARX), etc. If I had, I would have gone with delayed broadcasting so you didn’t see all my wardrobe malfunctions ;-). So those other projects – five of them that...
Well, I’ll bet you’re wondering how it’s going? First, the reasons for my silence that you haven’t heard. Last Thursday my wonderful Dell Latitude D820 died. I loved this machine, thought so much of it that last time I updated my home machine I got a D830. But sadly, it was over three years old, and I spend 8+ hours a day abusing it, so no surprise. The warranty ran out in December, so that left me (IT actually) no option but to replace it. The real reason to include this is to point out to you that...
I wanted to do at least two updates a week on this series, but circumstances conspired to keep me from an update earlier this week. In case you missed it, we’ve had a release or two going on (that link also has the “F5 joins NetApp Alliance Partner Program” Press Release on it if you missed that one), and I’ve got my bit to play in that. I also inherited a rather large project that I need to drive home, and it took a chunk of time just figuring out where it was and what the next steps were. There...
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