Networking, Automation, Infrastructure as code, Telemetry
By now, many of us are familiar with using REST APIs to accomplish network automation tasks. But some may have wondered what the effort involved in providing one.
A fun way to explore ‘the other side’ is to write a useful little chatbot to integrate with your collaboration tool of choice. This blog shows how to connect Slack with Cisco ACI using Python and FastAPI.
Continue reading “Chatops with Python & FastAPI”
DevAsc has been a dream of mine since the beginning, but I never really found the time during this crazy year. When Cisco extended the deadline for the DevNetClassof2020 though, I took that as a sign and started my journey at short notice towards the end of 2020. Now you can learn what I think about the exam and the way I prepared.
Continue reading “DevNet Associate – Travel Report”
You might have seen this before. Periodic drops with massive ICMP echo requests (ping) against an IP of a switch or router (doesn’t matter) and someone complaining about packet loss while ‘testing’ the network.
It’s not broken and here is why.
Continue reading “Coping with CoPP – Why ICMP Drops Happen”
In contrast to the CSR1000v it took me a few attempts to get a running installation of Nexus 9000v, so maybe this post helps someone to save time (or me, when I look back in a few month).
Continue reading “How to deploy Cisco Nexus 9000v on VirtualBox / Win10”
