IPMP + Zones CFG in OpenIndiana / OpenSolaris

IPMP in Solaris allows you to have redundancy with your network on mission critical servers. It is really excellent as it allows you to mix speed of NICs (e.g. a Ten Gigabit Ethernet with Gigabit Ethernet). Below will demonstrate the ‘passive’ IPMP configuration. Active mode allows you to check the ability to ping a defined […]

System Administrator vs. Programmer Quote

A great quote, that is so true … “A programmer is much like a virtuoso musician. They know their instrument extremely well. They may know, and occasionally play other instruments, but tend to focus almost exclusively on one. A sysadmin is more like the conductor. They have to know about all the instruments, the characteristics […]

Cisco Acknowledges AJ2010 Network

Awesome stuff. Was a lot of kit rolled out @ the Cataract Scout Park by Alan, Brett, Colin, Todd and myself – Plus many many others ! Good to see the kit was well used for quality videos like: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BLvT12CPrQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] More info: http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/cisco_helps_the_22nd_australian_scout_jamboree_reach_new_digital_heights/