Iwan

Site to Site VPN with Static Routing between two OCI Regions using Libreswan as a CPE on one side and the DRG on the other side
RPC IAM Policy Tool
Associate Private Views to the VCN Private Resolvers with ATP Database and Oracle SQL Developer in Different VCNs
Follow the packet inside an OCI Hub and Spoke VCN Routing architecture
Access and manage your (Linux) Compute instance using OCI
Configure the OCI Load Balancer to access multiple applications (Instances) using different Domain Names
Add LB and WAF to a Hub to an Hub and Spoke VCN Routing architecture
Using OCI Network Path Analyser with On-Premises end-points
Connect On-premises to OCI using an IPSec VPN with Hub and Spoke VCN Routing Architecture
Deploy a Windows Instance in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Install a pfSense Firewall in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Route Hub and Spoke VCN with pfSense Firewall in the Hub VCN
Use Terraform to Deploy Multiple Kubernetes Clusters across different OCI Regions using OKE and Create a Full Mesh Network using RPC
Use Cilium to provide networking services to containers inside Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes - OKE -
20 years CCIE certified
Using the OCI VCN-Native Networking CNI plugin to provide networking services to containers inside Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes - OKE
Setting up Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) with three worker nodes
NSX-T (nested) Lab with (3) different sites (and full (nested) SDDC deployment)
VMware Cloud Director Basics with NSX-T
CA signed certs with NSX-T
Lab:Use OpenSSL to generate the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for VMware NSX (with multiple SANs)
Lab: NSX Manager deployment (Single site)
Lab: Replacing the self-signed SSL certificates with CA-signed certificates
NSX-T IDS end-to-end testing
Lab:Configuring a Microsoft Server to be a Root Certificate Authority (CA)
Lab: Configure IPv6 Routing between NSX Segments and external networks
Lab: Signing the NSX CSR with a Microsoft (root) CA Server
Multisite (light) Disaster recovery
Extend the NSX-T default 90 days password-expiration policy
Extra VLANS on physical infra for vSphere lab (7-SEP-2015)
Finally - Master of (Computer) Science (MSc)
Getting started with vRealize Network Insight / Arkin (Installation & Configuration)
Getting started with vSphere PowerShell PowerCLI and PowerNSX – PowerShell extensions for NSX
Getting started with vSphere and python scripting (pyVmomi)
Gitlab, Git and visual Studio Code
DVS NIC teaming load balancing options and NSX interoperability
Deploy a NFV Lab with VMware TCA and VCD
Deploy a virtual Cisco CSR Router with IOS
Deploying, configuring and testing HCX based migration between my home lab and VMC on AWS
Deploying the second and third NSX-T Manager Nodes and form an NSX-T Manager Cluster
Deploying the first NSX-T Manager Node
Create an NSX-T manager node cluster
Configuring syslog services on NSX-T components
Installing Cisco Wireless Control System 7.0 (WCS) in VMware
Install brew, PowerShell and Terraform on my MacBook Pro running OS X
Hub and Spoke Layer 2 VPNs between multiple NSX-T enabled sites
Homeseer 2
Configuring NSX-T Federation with NSX-T
Using putty/plink with PowerShell to SSH into an NSX Edge and collect information
Using OCI to publish an webserver that is accessible from the internet (with IPv6)
Upgrade NSX-T 2.4.0 to 2.4.1
Transport Nodes
The NSX PowerOPS Tool unleashed
The deployment (issues) of NSX Intelligence VM (version 1) with an HTTP server
Cisco's new "Cisco Certified Architect" certification
VCDX Design Terminology
Nested vSphere Lab with VSAN
Networking With Raspberry Pi 2
New Lab Server (2016)
PART 1: Low level DR and SR internal component routing with assigning it to an Edge Cluster for the Tier-1 Gateways
PART 2: Low level DR and SR internal component routing without assigning it to an Edge Cluster for the Tier-1 Gateways
PowerNSX: NSX Security Tags, Security Groups, Distributed Firewall Sections and Distributed Firewall Rules with external CSV files
My physical network infrastructure (VLANS and subnets) and host hardware
NSX-T EVPN North/South routing with NX-OS EVPN-based Datacenter fabric
NSX Managers
NSX Multisite routing (diagram options)
Loxx One doorlock system
Manually installing a (persistent) Firewall Rule to allow IPFIX on the ESX Host
Lab: NSX Manager backup configuration
Scaling out your VNF with TCA
Configure NSX-T URL Analysis
Lab: Use Postman to perform API requests on NSX
Virtual router instances Juniper vSRX, Juniper vMX and GNS3
VLAN tagged interface on the Raspberry
VCIX-NV
Terraform: NSX-T infra segments
Routing with NSX using multiple sites using Locale ID (with eBGP all the way)
Routing with NSX using multiple sites
Lab: Multisite Scenario
Lab:Install and configure a DNS Server using BIND
Lab:Install and configure a (nested) vSphere SDDC
Deploying your first VNF with TCA
Deploy a virtual Cisco Nexus Switch with NX-OS
Creating a Dashboard in vRealize Log Insight specifically to monitor the NSX Edge Firewall
Configuring a VIP address across the NSX-T Manager Nodes
Configure NSX-T Logical Bridging (single profile)
CCIE Datacenter exam now officially announced
Configure NSX-T VRF Lite
Routing with NSX using multiple sites (with iBGP between the UDLR and the ESG's)
Getting started with the OCI and the OCI Console using your free account
Books
NSX-v to NSX-T Migration (April 2022)
Using the public facing OCI Network Load Balancer (NLB) to expose your web server pool to the internet
Using the OCI NAT Gateway to allow OCI Instances (connected to a private subnet) to access the internet
Create an (2-tier web application) OCI Compute Instance web server and use an OCI Oracle Managed Database as the main back-end
Create your first free (Linux) Compute instance using OCI (with your free OCI account)
Lab: TOC - Replace CA Signed SSL certificates on VMware NSX
NSX Inventory
NSX License and Compute Managers
Compute, Storage, and vSphere Infrastructure
Adding the NSX-T Licence
Add a (vCenter Server) Compute Manager to NSX-T
SCCP to SIP endpoint conversion (and backwards)
VXLAN and Unicast, Hybrid and Multicast mode with NSX - the IGMP querier explained
The nested labs project overview/introduction
Terraform automation: vCenter Server
Terraform automation: Virtual/physical network (Cumulus Network)
Terraform automation: Nested ESXi Hosts (Management, Edge and Compute)
Terraform automation: NAS Server (CIFS, NFS, Etc.)
Terraform automation: Control center (Stepstone, DNS, NTP, AD, Etc.)
Subnet and IP address planning and registration using PHPIPAM
Static routing with BFD vs OSPF Totally Stubby on JunOS
Running NSX on top of vSAN (with vSAN Calculator in Google Spreadsheet)
Resizing SD Card Raspberry Pi to fully use free space
Only allow specific DHCP servers within your Layer 2 Broadcast Domain with the NSX DFW
Networking With OpenBSD
Nesting NSX-T (lab) inside NSX-T (infra)
Moving Domain Names From One User To Another In Direct Admin
Interdigit Timeout (T302)
Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu (trusty)
Identity Based Firewalling and perquisites needed for NSX 6.2.3 and prior to NSX 6.2.3
Getting a good NSX-T primer using the VMworld 2018 sessions
Creating a bootable ESX USB installation disk with OS X
Create Universal Security Policies with Cross-VC NSX active/active site deployments
Cisco vs Juniper Commands
Cisco Data Center Architecture
Build an NSX-T 2.4.0 Manager-Controller cluster
IPv6 with dynamic routing and redistribution - RIPng and OSPFv3
Useful files that will help you with your CCIE Data Center studies
ISP MPLS core design I (with OSPF and BGP) -- complete with config files and dynamips .net file
Playing with a Catalyst 6500 and a WiSM blade
Native IPv6 GRE Tunnel using 2 x Cisco 877’s
YaDIS demo :-)
Starting my VCDX-NV journey
Front Page
The products used in the Cisco Data Center Architecture
Use 1 public IP address on 2 sites with 2 different ISP's
RPF setting and NSX Edges in ECMP mode
The CCIE Datacenter track
Store VPN password on iPhone (3.0) IPSec Client
Power measurement
Passed the CCIE Data Center (lab) exam ...
Packet capture of an iPhone 4 Facetime call
NSX Edges and DRS Rules
New CCIE exam policy rules applicable from Aug 1 2014
My PSOD's are finally gone!!!
My job profile and the Cisco Datacenters
MPO / MTP cables
MGCP - The messages that are sent regarding MGCP
Me doing the CCIE Data Center lab exam ...
Installing Cisco Secure Access Server 4.2 (CSA) in VMware
Install Cisco Unified Communication Manager 8.5(1) and Cisco Unity Connection 8.5(1) on VMware
How to explain the “what” and “why” during the VCDX Defence...
Full configuration files for the GNS3/Vmware CCIE Voice 3.0 Lab
Finally a CCIE Voice
The Master System and Network Engineering
Diagram for CCIE Voice 3.0 preperation with Vmware and Dynamips/GNS3
CPU and Memory Reservations for NSX Edges (not changed when appliance sizes are changed)
Communication Channel Health Check showing down / down
Cisco certification levels and job roles
CCIE Wireless Written topics
CCIE Wireless Home Lab
CCIE Wireless equipment
Callmanager Express (CME) 4 on a GNS3 router
CCIE Video track
Calculating the maximum troughput of one TCP stream
ACL hitcounters on a Cisco 6500/7600 series - tracked in hardware and not in IOS
The ultimate CCIE Data Center lab physical cabling topology
Logical Design components and the Logical Compute Design
The Logical Design vs The Physical Design and mapping services and infrastructure to understand impact
Components of a VCDX design
Designers vs Administrators
VCDX Design Factors - Gathering Information, Defining Requirements and Identify Risks, Constraints and Assumptions
Comics
Harrison RF-Curtain Rails
History
HSTouch iPhone interface
IRTrans (LAN-to-IR)
List of devices
VCDX (all tracks)
Cheatsheets
Lab:Replace CA Signed SSL certificates on VMware NSX
VDS in vSphere Lab
Introduction to automated nested labs
Creating an bootable ESXi 6.7 USB disk

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