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Cisco Data Center (Nexus/UCS)

NEXUS NX-OS: Useful Commands, CLI Scripting, Hint…

Whether you’re new to Cisco Nexus switches or have been working with them for years this article will show how to get around the Nexus NX-OS using smart CLI commands and parameters, create your…

Supernetting & CIDR

What is Supernetting (Route Summarization) & How…

Supernetting is the opposite of of subnetting, and is also known as route aggregation or CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing). Supernetting is a technique that allows multiple smaller network blocks…

Subnetting

IP Subnet Calculator

This free online Subnet Calculator provides a fast and easy way to calculate all aspects of any IP Address and Subnet Mask. Simply enter your desired IP Address and Subnet Mask below and press Calc…

Windows Servers

Understanding, Creating, Configuring & Applying W…

This article explains what Group Policies are and shows how to configure Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Group Policies. Our next article will cover how to properly enforce Group Policies (Group…

Network Fundamentals

Network Unicast - Its role and Importance

Unicast is a communication method used in computer networking where data is sent from a single sender to a specific destination device. In this method, the sender sends the data packet to a uni…

ICMP Protocol

ICMP Protocol - Part 2: Echo / Echo Reply (Ping)…

As mentioned in the previous page, an Echo is simply what we networking engineers call a 'ping'. The Echo Reply is, as most would guess, the 'ping reply'. ICMP Echos are used mostly for trouble…

Web Application Vulnerability Scanners

How to Test for SQL Injection Attacks & Vulnerabi…

SQL injection vulnerabilities have held the first spot on the OWASP Top 10 list for quite some time. This is due to the fact that they are both still widespread and can lead to very serious consequen…

Ethernet Protocol, CSMA/CD, Collisions

The Ethernet II Frame Format

The following is a description of the frame format described by the original Ethernet Version II specification as released by DEC, Intel, and Xerox. Like the 802.3 spec, the Version II spec defines a…

Windows Servers

Simple Guide on Installing & Configuring a Window…

A Windows Active Directory Certification Authority server (AD CA), also known as a Certificate Authority, is an essential service to every organization’s Active Directory as it can manage, issue, rev…

Cisco Routers

How and Why You Should Verify IOS Images On Cisco…

Chances are we’ve all needed to upgrade our Cisco’s device IOS software at some point. While upgrading the IOS software on a Cisco device is considered to be a fairly simple process, it can turn out…

Routing

OSPF - Part 6: OSPF LSA Types - Purpose and Funct…

Our previous article explained the purpose of Link State Update (LSU) packets and examined the Link State Advertisement (LSA) information contained within LSU packets. We also saw the most common LSA…

Windows Servers

Hyper-V Best Practices - Replica, Cluster, Backup…

Hyper-V has proven to be a very cost effective solution for server consolidation. Evidence of this is also the fact that companies are beginning to move from VMware to the Hyper-V virtualization plat…