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Community Recognition, 2016 Edition
Ah, the end of January/beginning of February always brings forth good news for those of us that are active in our respective technical communities. Many community recognition programs announce their new year rosters. I’m proud to say that I made … Continue reading
My 2015 Review and 2016 Goals
So, I know I’m a little late with this. I’ve been told that I have a bad habit of just being slightly behind the times. Guess this proves it. What’s the whole point of this particular blog post? Pretty simple. … Continue reading
The Road From Nowhere
Since I’ve told you a story or two, why not tell another one? Seems everyone in the virtualization community loves a good story. Let’s rewind our clocks back to 2013. I’d love to be able to pinpoint an exact moment … Continue reading
Virtualization Field Day 6
I’m going to set the scene for a story. It started in late May 2015. I had just arrived back to Kansas City from a rather impromptu Cisco Live 2015 visit. I wasn’t planning on going, but I got contacted … Continue reading
Tales of a GitHub newbie…
Well, I finally did it. I finally started playing with GitHub. I’ve threatened to do so in the past, but I figure this is going to be one of the better ways to share code than just expecting anyone to … Continue reading
Resolving UCS Director’s Issues with Associating UCS Central Global Service Profiles to UCS C-Series
Forgive the long winded title, but I really struggled on how to put all of that information up there. First and foremost, let’s describe the program I ran into while trying to associate a Global Service Profile (I’ll refer to … Continue reading
It’s been a while….
No. Seriously. It has. I just realized that I hadn’t posted here since late May. Many things have happened over the time (Cisco Live, KC VMUG UserCon, VMworld)…My goal is to start posting more either here or in collaboration on … Continue reading
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The continued adventures of UCS Central in UCS Director!
It’s now been roughly 15 months since I first started working with Cisco UCS Director. While I love what the product brings to the table, there are times where it just frustrates me like no end. My current point in … Continue reading
Passed the VCP5 Delta Exam!
Happy to report that I finally got around to passing the VCP5 Delta (VCP550D) exam. This will extend my VCP5 certification for another couple of years. Finally nice to have one of my certification goals knocked out. The ill-timed announcement … Continue reading
My current technology feud: UCS Director & the Nexus 7000 platform
Over the last 6-12 months, I’ve been tasked with baking the Cisco UCS Director platform (which I do feel is a really solid platform, even with some very evident flaws) for rollout into a production environment. It’s no secret that … Continue reading
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