Cisco Cisco 9300 IOS upgrade and Smart Licensing Introduction This blog post describes how to upgrade Cisco Catalyst C9300 Series Switch using Install mode. The example shows the Suresh Vina May 19, 2022 6 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Syslog with Splunk In this blog post, I will show you how to send and visualize Cisco ASA syslog in Splunk. Splunk is Suresh Vina May 10, 2022 6 min read
Netmiko Python Network Automation with Netmiko - Part 2 In the previous post, we have seen how to get started with Netmiko and send a single command to a Suresh Vina May 7, 2022 5 min read
Netmiko Python Network Automation with Netmiko - Part 1 Netmiko a popular Python library used in Network Automation, providing a simple and easy-to-use interface for interacting with Networking Devices. Suresh Vina May 6, 2022 10 min read
Palo Alto A simple guide to Palo Alto Active/Passive Failover High Availability is one of the most crucial parts of network operation. In terms of routers and switches, we have Suresh Vina Apr 26, 2022 7 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Packet Capture Having the ability to take packet captures directly on the Firewall is a lifesaver during any Network Troubleshooting. In this Suresh Vina Mar 19, 2022 5 min read
Cisco OSPF default-information originate This blog post shows how to inject a default route into a normal OSPF area. In order for OSPF to Suresh Vina Mar 13, 2022 6 min read
ISE 802.1X - Deploy Machine and User Certificates If you want to use EAP-TLS, EAP-FAST or TEAP as your authentication method for 802.1X then you may need Suresh Vina Feb 19, 2022 4 min read
ISE Cisco ISE CIMC firmware upgrade When I was looking to upgrade the CIMC on the SNS-3515 appliance I was very confused. I couldn't Suresh Vina Feb 9, 2022 3 min read
Cisco Cisco ASA Syslog Simplified This blog post focuses on how to configure Logging/Syslog on the Cisco ASA firewalls. Having relevant logs sent out Suresh Vina Jan 20, 2022 8 min read
ISE Cisco ISE Admin access with AD Account What if I tell you that only 3 out of 10 ISE admins use AD for ISE admin login (trust Suresh Vina Jan 11, 2022 5 min read
ISE Cisco ISE Patch Install Example Cisco releases ISE patches occasionally, like 3 or 4 patches a year for each version. The patches contain bug and Suresh Vina Jan 8, 2022 3 min read
ISE Cisco ISE Log4j Patch Installation CSCwa47133 If you haven’t heard about Log4j vulnerability, then you must have been living under a rock for the past Suresh Vina Jan 5, 2022 3 min read
Linux Raspberry Pi as a router using iptables I have a Raspberry Pi 4 which I solely use to block ads using Pi-hole. I recently came across a Suresh Vina Jan 1, 2022 4 min read
NetDevOps Ansible with Cisco - Variables Prerequisite This blog post assumes you have a basic understanding of Cisco devices and Ansible. If you are not familiar Suresh Vina Dec 29, 2021 9 min read
NetDevOps Using Ansible with Vagrant If you are not familiar with Vagrant, I highly recommend reading my previous Vagrant Introduction post here. Vagrant for NetDevOpsThere Suresh Vina Dec 28, 2021 7 min read
NetDevOps Vagrant for NetDevOps There were many situations in the past where I had to quickly set up a Syslog server or a Radius Suresh Vina Dec 27, 2021 13 min read
ISE Configure F5 TACACS+ authentication against Cisco ISE Overview You can use TACACS+ to authenticate and authorize users into the F5 BIG-IP system which eliminates the need to Suresh Vina Nov 20, 2021 4 min read