[c-nsp] Nexus 7707 as Internet Edge Router?

2017-07-25 Thread Rick Martin
We have solicited quote from our local, and normally very trusted, Cisco partner for Internet Edge Router with 10X10G towards service provider and 2X40G towards our network. Current deployment will be two 2X10G LAG bundles to ISP's (40G), this will be replacing current MX104. I did not specify

Re: [c-nsp] Physical Network TAP devices

2017-07-19 Thread Rick Martin
We have yet to make a purchase but over the years we have looked at several with GigaMon being one of the leaders. An interesting option that I think we will seriously consider is Cisco Nexus 9K platform running what Cisco calls Data Broker. I find it appealing that the Nexus switch can run in

[c-nsp] Tabo Topic? Third party Maintenance

2017-01-23 Thread Rick Martin
? If so what has been your experience with them? Or do you stick strictly to OEM maintenance? Thanks in advance for any input. Rick Martin Network Architect State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems (501) 682-4037 ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

Re: [c-nsp] FW: L2 network - MPLS question

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Martin
: Saku Ytti [mailto:s...@ytti.fi] Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 12:59 PM To: Rick Martin Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] FW: L2 network - MPLS question On 6 May 2016 at 19:17, Rick Martin <rick.mar...@arkansas.gov> wrote: Hey, > We are deploying Catalyst 3650;s w

[c-nsp] FW: L2 network - MPLS question

2016-05-06 Thread Rick Martin
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Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Rick Martin
in our Nexus environment. Thanks! Rick Martin Network Architect State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems (501) 682-4037 -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 6:36 AM To: cisco-nsp

Re: [c-nsp] VZW 4G LTE Interface Card

2014-12-11 Thread Rick Martin
Josh, We use both the VZ and ATT version of this card and have experienced the throttled situation with a couple of our ATT sites. This has always turned out to be a configuration on ATT's end where they are automatically throttling us to 3G speeds after so many GB have been downloaded. We

Re: [c-nsp] Full Duplex

2014-11-21 Thread Rick Martin
On 11/18/14, 2:16 AM, M K wrote: If you have an expressway with lanes in both directions and a speed limit of 100 MPH, you don't call it a 200 MPH expressway. (That's full-duplex). Yes, but if you view that as cars per second, which is a bit more comparable to bits per second - 100cps

Re: [c-nsp] Config Backups

2012-03-02 Thread Rick Martin
We are actually using 2 commercial products today; 1. Cisco Works 2. HP Network Automation And one home grown script on Linux that runs out and grabs the config on all firewall enabled routers every night to assure that the firewall is still applied - some of our techs disable firewall while

[c-nsp] When do you upgrade IOS?

2012-02-16 Thread Rick Martin
.What drives you to upgrade code on critical routers switches? 2.Do you upgrade code on a fixed schedule if not driven to by some other immediate requirement? Thanks for any info you can provide Rick Martin Network Architect State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems

Re: [c-nsp] Flow tools- sampling rate on ISR-G2?

2012-01-20 Thread Rick Martin
I apologize for hijacking this thread but it appears we have a lot of NetFlow attention here and I want to keep the momentum for my own use :) We currently utilize netflow in conjunction with Cisco MARs for security incident management of our ~2,000 remote sites. We also use CA's NetQoS for

[c-nsp] SNMP trap for default route change?

2011-10-03 Thread Rick Martin
Is there a specific SNMP trap that can be sent in the event that the default route flips from one interface to another? In particular I want to know if the default route changes from T1 to 3gHWIC in Cisco ISR platforms. If not via SNMP trap what are other ways of knowing when the default route

[c-nsp] Internet routing in a vendoe MPLS environment

2011-07-11 Thread Rick Martin
for any info you can share. Rick Martin Network Architect State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net

[c-nsp] Router bakeoff tools, methodology and metrics?

2011-02-22 Thread Rick Martin
makes the winner) Thanks in advance for any info you can share with us. Rick Martin Network Architect State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [c-nsp] High Density T1 aggregation device - migrating to MPLS

2010-12-17 Thread Rick Martin
Of Jeremy Bresley Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 3:43 PM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] High Density T1 aggregation device - migrating to MPLS On 12/3/2010 12:16 PM, Rick Martin wrote: We are in the planning stages for a conversion to an MPLS infrastructure, we have about

[c-nsp] High Density T1 aggregation device - migrating to MPLS

2010-12-03 Thread Rick Martin
We are in the planning stages for a conversion to an MPLS infrastructure, we have about 3,000 connections on this statewide network which spans 3 major carriers territory. We expect we will wind up with one vendor at the core. Assuming vendor A wins the core we expect we will have to provide

[c-nsp] Cisco IOS firewall and Juniper WAN Optimization

2008-10-01 Thread Rick Martin
is not an option as all traffic would then bypass the IOS firewall rules. We also have an issue with NAT in this configuration. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Juniper seems to be stumped. Thanks Rick Martin Network Engineer State of Arkansas, Department of Information

Re: [c-nsp] NAT and hairpin's

2008-07-17 Thread Rick Martin
We run into this frequently with our public school networks, a couple of things we try to do; 1. Eliminate the hairpin traffic to the router - DNS trickery as already mentioned and/or a second nic in target server - we configure our routers with the public network as a secondary IP on the

Re: [c-nsp] Giving customers access to your gear.

2008-06-04 Thread Rick Martin
Troy wrote in part; 2) If the customer wants to provide a their own router, they may do so and eliminate this issue. Basic configs are provided and any support beyond that is billed at $150 per hour, minimum 1 hour. What is your routing policy when a customer owns their own router and

[c-nsp] Cisco LS 1010 ATM Switch

2008-06-02 Thread Rick Martin
or OC12's then shipping those OCX's out the door or to router interfaces. Thanks in advance for any guidance Rick Martin Network Engineer State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] 6509 power supply question

2008-05-23 Thread Rick Martin
Jeff wrote; On a somewhat related note... we have a 6509 that was somehow originally wired for 110v, so we're only getting half the power rating out of them. I have new 220v mains, plugs, and cables ready... can they be bumped over one at a time hot, or does it have to be down cold? I

[c-nsp] Prove it's not the network!

2008-05-13 Thread Rick Martin
would be appreciated. We are currently looking at SolarWinds WAN Killer and a traffic generator from Omnicore LanTraffic V2. I am also open to different types of solutions to point to where the problem is actually located. Thanks in advance for any suggestions Rick Martin Network Engineer State

Re: [c-nsp] GigE input/output errors

2007-05-25 Thread Rick Martin
I would suspect the negotiation, our 7206 to 6513 gig links are setup like this and we have no problems; 7206VXR with NPE-300 and gig card; interface GigabitEthernet2/0 description connection to RC-blah1 Gig9/13 ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.6 255.255.255.252 negotiation auto ! Cat 6513 Sup 2