A MAC flap is caused when a switch receives packets from two different physical/logical interfaces with the same source MAC address. The switch then learns where the MAC address is and puts in to a table. This table has the physical/logical interface and the MAC address. When flapping occurs it causes this table to be […]
Commonly Used NaviSECCli Commands
Here is a list of good commands that I use frequently when working with an EMC SAN, in particular, a Celerra or VNX series. Enjoy! Summary: Gets the disk information, state and other metrics. Note: that 1_1_14 is Bus 1 Enclosure 1 Disk 14. Command: Result: Summary: Get all LUNs that are trespassed (not on […]
SNMP v3 + Cisco IOS Crash Course
SNMPv3 allows for authentication and encryption (AES, DES, 3-DES) for managing core routers and switches. CiscoWorks LAN Manager Solution (LMS) requires SNMPv3 to be enabled and setup correctly for doing port VLAN tagging and a various other features through the LMS web interface. Here is a simple crash course on setting up SNMPv3 on an […]
Symantec Backup Exec RALUS Linux Agent ///// Error
Dealing with Symantec is a complete nightmare and it’s more of a nightmare when you feel like you’ve have been held hostage by a product that does not have the support or the quality of code that it needs to be considered an ‘enterprise’ software solution. As you’ve already guessed, we are talking about Symantec […]