What exactly does one need in their backpack to resurrect a dead network device? Coming from a systems administrator background, the engineer’s backpack was merely a laptop with power brick, a network cable and a Leatherman multi-tool device. Honestly, the...
2015, Jan 14 — 3 minute readThe summary of the message this evening is that we system administrators are very much spoiled by our Operating System providers (Red Hat, in my case). It amazes me that, every time I think I really understand a subject, I...
2014, Oct 07 — 3 minute readA close friend of mine reminded me of one last frustration with SmartNet and I didn’t want to forget to post it. So, forgive this one last SmartNet post in order for me to ensure the record is more complete....
2013, Nov 13 — 2 minute readIn my previous post, I began to describe differences between SmartNet and my previous experiences with server hardware support coverage as a systems architect. Now, we will continue the exposition. A contract number is used to tie Cisco hardware or...
2013, Sep 06 — 3 minute readHardware failure repairs. Firmware updates. Software updates. Facts of life for the IT professional. As are the support contracts that provide those services. In some ways, they provide restful sleep at night. In others, nothing but inexperience induced frustration. As...
2013, Sep 06 — 3 minute readA fairly long post today that focuses mainly on the Systems to Network engineer transition. Might be interesting to those networkers who are curious about a day in the life of ‘those systems guys’. As a Linux systems engineer, over...
2013, Jun 07 — 4 minute readYet another blog about technology? Well, not exactly. Yes, there might be some technology posts here and there, with the requisite code or configurations or diagrams. By and large, I hope this will be much more. First things first, though....
2013, Jun 06 — 2 minute readSummary In short, this site is my blog, containing my thoughts, opinions, and analysis about technology, life, etc. I do not accept direct, monetary compensation to produce any specific content for any specific vendor, group, etc. It goes without saying...
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