"The network is vast and infinite" – Motoko Kusanagi
Ok, this is a continuation of two streams of articles here, first my recent NETCONF tutorial here, and secondly my very old project (back then in Java) of visualization of … Read More
So let’s learn about NETCONF, but first a bit of history and perspective. Everyone in networking business at least once heard about SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), which is the … Read More
The target was simple, we have an internal cloud datacenter at work that provides users and customers both virtual machines and physical machines. Each machine has to network interface cards … Read More
A small lab showing basic configuration of BGP between Cisco and HP (Comware v5). This is just something small we deploying recently, there is nothing grand here, only a minor … Read More
So, HP has made one if its significant moves last November (2013) with the first public release of their OpenFlow based SDN VAN Controller 2.0. And because you can download … Read More
In this article we will have a quick look at all basic MPLS L2 VPNs (CCC/Martini/Kompella) and also one that is by far the most coolest, the VPLS (or sometimes … Read More
Well, we all know STP as L2 loop-protection protocol running now in 99.9% of networks worldwide (where L2 loops are possible). HP Networking however developed a method that they hope … Read More
As I stumbled on E-Series hidden commands last time, on A-Series/H3C devices hidden commands will be presented in this short post on H3C 5800 L3 switch and on different models … Read More
Some vendors, like Cisco uses commands that are hidden, and undocumented. ProCurve has a complete command line interface mode with these commands and in this brief post, I will give … Read More
Ok, this post is about basic configuration of MPLS and the basic MPLS VPNs theory so you can understand the HP Networking (HPN) A-Series (or commonly known as H3C series) … Read More
As I finally had the opportunity to have a look at HP Networking (HPN) product lines with the basic BGP/MPLS configuration, I thought of creating a little summary of configuration … Read More
VRRP standard was not made to enable any form of load-balancing on single virtual IP (default gateway) like the GLBP standard does. But that didn’t stopped one Chinese vendor to … Read More
