configuration
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Security
Configure Splunk for Meraki MX
In looking at firewall upgrades for home lab and network, I have been taking a look at a variety of firewalls. Recently, I was able to get my hands on a Meraki MX64 to try out. Just a note here, I…
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Networking
Use VIRL Images in GNS3
In the first post of the GNS3 VM series, we looked at how to setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi. One of the awesome features of the new GNS3 VMs is that you can actually use your VIRL images in GNS3…
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Networking
Setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi
GNS3 has definitely matured as a product and offers tremendous functionality especially if you look at the cross vendor platform support that it offers. I definitely prefer the interface of GNS3 over other products such as VIRL. VIRL is maturing…
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vSphere 6.5
VMware vSphere 6.5 Configure Encrypted VMs
One of the new exciting features that was introduced with vSphere 6.5 is the encrypted VMs feature. Security these days is on everyone’s mind and encryption provides a solution to many security concerns. What happens if someone gets a copy…
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Windows 10
Windows 10 launching browser automatically after login
I ran into a peculiar issue the other day in a lab environment where workstations that others were remoting into, were not able to remote in any longer. Well, thinking there was a network issue connecting to the workstations, I…
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Windows Server 2016
Prepare Active Directory Windows Server 2016 DC Adprep
With the RTM release of Windows Server 2016, many will be thinking about and looking to introduce a Windows Server 2016 domain controller into their existing Active Directory environments. Let’s take a look at how to prepare Active Directory Windows…
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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 RTM Installation and Configuration
Well, with Windows Server 2016 now RTM, many administrators are gearing up to start looking at installing their first WS2016 server in their environments, myself included. There is a whole range of new features especially with cloud capabilities that make…
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Networking
Configure Dell Nseries switch stack
A quick little how to post on creating a stack between Dell Nseries switches. For the purposes of this post, the stack was created using (2) Dell Nseries 4032F 10G switches. There is just a small amount of configuration that…
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Virtualization
Stretch isolated network between multiple ESXi servers
Setting up testing networks and lab networks have been very interesting to me the past few weeks. When you are setting up Dev and Staging environments, the requirements may be to have multiple copies of production environments properly segmented and functioning…
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Virtualization
Install EqualLogic Multipath Extension Module MEM in VMware ESXi
VMware vSphere provides the ability to leverage Pluggable Storage Architecture or PSA that enables using multipathing for HA as well as increased performance. This allows for third party plugins for multipathing with enhanced functionality for specific vendor hardware and storage…
