This article is sponsored by Auvik and first appeared on their blog There’s a point in every IT professionals’ career where they inevitably ask themselves,“do I want to get into management?” Sometimes this point occurs when they find themselves already are in management, either by design, or as I like to say, by accident. ITContinue reading “Careers at a Crossroad: Staying Technical vs. Heading into Management”
Author Archives: The Art of Network Engineering
Top 10 Book Recommendations by Network Engineers, For Network Engineers
In our Discord Server – It’s All About the Journey – we’ve got a book club where all of our server members share books that have helped them throughout their journey. We’ve compiled a list of the Top 10 books recommended by Network Engineers, for Network Engineers. It’s composed of tech and non-tech books alike.Continue reading “Top 10 Book Recommendations by Network Engineers, For Network Engineers”
Toys For Tots
***This article was written by Patrick Kinane. We thank Patrick for this contribution!*** I recently used my Cisco Time2Give to help families in my local community via Toys For Tots. While I was there volunteering for 7 days, I was fortunate enough to do a little of everything from receiving toys at the warehouse to sorting the toysContinue reading “Toys For Tots”
Exciting Announcement!!!
We are super excited to announce that we’ve been named a finalist in the 2020 Cisco IT Blog Awards, for the category Best Podcast or Video Series! So what happens now? We need your help to vote for your favorite video series or podcast! To vote go here: https://www.ciscofeedback.vovici.com/se/705E3ECD2A8D7180 and vote for your favorites! IfContinue reading “Exciting Announcement!!!”
2020 Geek to Geek Pick Me Up Exchange
This article first appeared on Ben’s blog – packitforwarding.com I don’t know about you, but this year has really kept me kind of down. I really missed seeing friends at tech conferences this year and I’m starting to go a bit stir crazy limiting my travels to about 10 miles from home. That’s why IContinue reading “2020 Geek to Geek Pick Me Up Exchange”
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Flags! ACI External EPG Subnet Flags…Just for Fun!
In ACI, the L3Out is a veritable Howl’s Moving Castle[i] of configuration whose ultimate goal is to deliver external connectivity to the endpoints in the ACI fabric. All told, I think there are something in excess of twenty steps to go from zero to full connectivity between an outside subnet and internal EPG members. That includes configuring all of the pre-requisites needed to support a L3Out, all of the steps that enable internal EPGs to be able to share their own subnets, and all the contract config between EPGs. Representing the whole thing is the external EPG, which might possibly be the single most complicated object in the whole curious and delicate complex.
Welcome to the Art of Network Engineering Podcast!
We’re excited to bring you new and exciting content! We’ll talk about what’s hot in the industry, focus on technologies, train you and help prepare you for your next cert exam, job interview, or just to level up in your career as a network engineer. Stay tuned here and make sure you follow us onContinue reading “Welcome to the Art of Network Engineering Podcast!”
