Packet Pushers - Community Show

It’s not well understood that the IETF is a group of volunteers. Anyone who turns up, participates, and contributes can be a part of the process. In practice, real contributions are made by those people who have the support of their employers.

As enterprise IT has cut costs, enterprise participation in the IETF has been reduced to almost nothing.

In this show I talk to Darren Petis about his IETF participation with the backing of his enterprise employer and the value that it brings.

Darren is part of the Enterprise Data Center Operators (EDCO) group. Its goal is to represent enterprise interests in standards bodies and regulations, and to encourage and coordinate collaboration and to monitor protocol changes.

Thanks to Huawei, which covered travel and accommodations to enable the Packet Pushers to attend IETF 99 and record some shows to spread the news about what the IETF is up to.

Today in the Community Channel, Greg Ferro speaks with Remy Leone about the F-Interop Platform, a European project to simplify interoperability testing for IoT networking.

As the Web site states, the F-Interop Platform provides “remote interoperability, conformance and performance tests for the Internet of Things.”

Greg and Remy discuss how the platform works and the goals of the project. You can get more details at the Web site. You can also follow Remy on Twitter.

This podcast was recorded at the IETF 99 meeting in July 2017. Thanks to Huawei, which covered travel and accommodations to enable the Packet Pushers to attend IETF 99.

Captive portals are widely used for accessing WiFi. The problem is that there is no specific method for activating these portals. With unencrypted HTTP it was a simple matter to redirect requests to a Web server and force a login (sometimes called a speed bump).

The rise of HTTPS using TLS encryption prevents interception and, to date, smartphone vendors have been implementing their own methods to detect and activate a captive portal.

This Community show discusses an IETF draft standard, CAPPORT Architecture, to produce a common method for detecting portals.

Our guest for today’s conversation is Dave Dolson from Sandvine. David is involved with the Captive Portals Working Group.

Thanks to Huawei, which covered travel and accommodations to enable the Packet Pushers to attend IETF 99 and record some shows to spread the news about IETF projects and initiatives.

Show Links:

CAPPORT Architecture – IETF

Capport WG Status Pages – IETF

Today. Viptela has agreed to be acquired by Cisco.

Cisco’s ability to provide software defined WAN with the current IOS technology isn’t working out too well. Mostly, we hear negative feedback about iWAN, APIC-EM and Prime, which is the SD-WAN strategy. We also hear that Cisco hasn’t been winning deals in the Enterprise WAN space even when the discounts are aggressive.

Ethan and Greg have jumped on the microphones for an unplanned, free-form discussion of a bunch of thoughts on both sides of the acquisition. On balance, we are both excited about this and believe it’s going to be a positive outcome for customers.

Links

Link: Thank you Viptela Customers, Partners and Employees | Viptela – http://viptela.com/thank-viptela-customers-partners-employees/

Link: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Viptela | The Network – https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1841607

Link: ESHARP.NET – Technology and life with Eyvonne Sharp – http://www.esharp.net/

Link: Cisco Snaps Up Viptela | Light Reading – http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/sd-wan/cisco-snaps-up-viptela/d/d-id/732441?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT

Link: Cisco Acquires Viptela: Facts & Commentary – Packet Pushers – https://packetpushers.net/cisco-acquires-viptela-facts-commentary/

Link: List of SD-WAN Vendors – Packet Pushers – https://packetpushers.net/virtual-toolbox/list-sd-wan-vendors/

The Infotrek podcast gets into cutovers, and tackles recent news including a police request for recordings from an Amazon Echo, free music vs net neutrality, and false alarm Facebook alerts.

Your hosts discuss:

* What is a cutover?

* When do cutovers typically happen and why do they happen at those times?

* How to prepare for a cutover

* Contact sheet (list of personnel involved and contact info)

* Change plan

* List of all equipment/devices being modified

* Backdoor access information

* Step by step changes followed by verification steps

* Notes about each step and its purpose

* Break up changes into independent phases to avoid complete rollback

* Documentation and diagrams

* Contingency/rollback plans

Your Hosts:

John W Kerns is a network and systems engineer based in the Los Angeles/San Diego area. His background is in two traditionally stovepiped skill sets; systems administration and switching/routing/security. Most of his time is spent as an implementation engineer for a medium sized VAR. You can visit his blog at blog.packetsar.com or follow him on Twitter @PackeTsar.

Derek Pocoroba is a Director of Enterprise Networking in the San Diego area. His background is heavy in enterprise networking and he holds CCIE #18559 Routing & Switching. Derek spends much of his time as a solutions architect, focusing on network architecture and design for his customers. You can visit his blog on PacketPushers and LinkedIN or follow him on Twitter @dpocoroba.

Mike Aossey is a Director of Practice Management in the Orange County, CA area. His background spans across many different technologies in IT, but he focuses mostly on collaboration and programming. Mike spends his time day to day overseeing SMEs and architecting VoIP solutions. You can visit his blog on  www.aossey.net or follow his rants on Twitter at @aossey.

Today on the Infotrek podcast, guest Juan Cruz joins us to talk about the new features of Windows Server 2016 and why we’re still waiting for it; all after we discuss the LinkedIN buy, Google Fiberless, and Chef’s new “Habitat.”

We discuss:

* Why is the GA release so late?

* Federation with non-AD identity management systems

* GUI is an install-able feature

* What are Storage Replicas?

* Faster reboots with “Soft Restart”?

* Automate your network with Network Controller?

* Hyper-V Features

* Nano Server (SWEET!)

* Shielded VMs

* Hot change memory and NICs on VMs

* Storage Resiliency

Your Hosts:

John W Kerns is a network and systems engineer based in the Los Angeles/San Diego area. His background is in two traditionally stovepiped skill sets; systems administration and switching/routing/security. Most of his time is spent as an implementation engineer for a medium sized VAR. You can visit his blog at blog.packetsar.com or follow him on Twitter @PackeTsar.

Derek Pocoroba is a Director of Enterprise Networking in the San Diego area. His background is heavy in enterprise networking and he holds CCIE #18559 Routing & Switching. Derek spends much of his time as a solutions architect, focusing on network architecture and design for his customers. You can visit his blog on PacketPushers and LinkedIN or follow him on Twitter @dpocoroba.

Mike Aossey is a Director of Practice Management in the Orange County, CA area. His background spans across many different technologies in IT, but he focuses mostly on collaboration and programming. Mike spends his time day to day overseeing SMEs and architecting VoIP solutions. You can visit his blog on  www.aossey.net or follow his rants on Twitter at @aossey.

Juan Cruz is a Partner Technology Strategist with Microsoft in the Orange County area. His background is Cloud Infrastructure and application virtualization. Juan spends much of his time working with Microsoft Partners build their Cloud Practices using Microsoft solutions. You can visit his page on LinkedIn.

 

The team is back to talk about the love/hate relationship with Change Management after we discuss Amazon’s new discovery service, an update on the 2012 LinkenIN hack, and how virtualization is over the hill.

We discuss:

* What is change management and what purpose does it serve?

* When is it in appropriate to use it and when it is inappropriate?

* What effect will DevOps have on change management? Doesn’t change management fly in the face of continuous delivery?

Your Hosts:

John W Kerns is a network and systems engineer based in the Los Angeles/San Diego area. His background is in two traditionally stovepiped skill sets; systems administration and switching/routing/security. Most of his time is spent as an implementation engineer for a medium sized VAR. You can visit his blog at blog.packetsar.com or follow him on Twitter @PackeTsar.

Derek Pocoroba is a Director of Enterprise Networking in the San Diego area. His background is heavy in enterprise networking and he holds CCIE #18559 Routing & Switching. Derek spends much of his time as a solutions architect, focusing on network architecture and design for his customers. You can visit his blog on PacketPushers and LinkedIN or follow him on Twitter @dpocoroba.

Mike Aossey is a Director of Practice Management in the Orange County, CA area. His background spans across many different technologies in IT, but he focuses mostly on collaboration and programming. Mike spends his time day to day overseeing SMEs and architecting VoIP solutions. You can visit his blog on  www.aossey.net or follow his rants on Twitter at @aossey.

The trio is back to talk about troubleshooting, how much fun it can be, and how to approach it, but first they share their widely respected opinions *scoff* about the ‘Race for the Container Space’, using DNA as your tier-4 storage media, and the promise of autonomous taxis.

[Editor’s note: This episode was originally recorded in May, but technical issues prevented it from being posted on Packet Pushers until June, making the news out of date. That’s on the Packet Pushers, not your podcast hosts.]

Your Hosts:

John W. Kerns is a network and systems engineer based in the Los Angeles/San Diego area. His background is in two traditionally stovepiped skill sets: systems administration and switching/routing/security. Most of his time is spent as an implementation engineer for a medium-sized VAR. You can visit his blog at blog.packetsar.com or follow him on Twitter at @PackeTsar.

Derek Pocoroba is a Director of Enterprise Networking in the San Diego area. His background is heavy in enterprise networking and he holds CCIE #18559 Routing & Switching. Derek spends much of his time as a solutions architect, focusing on network architecture and design for his customers. You can visit his blog on PacketPushers and LinkedIN or follow him on Twitter at @dpocoroba.

Mike Aossey is a Director of Practice Management in the Orange County, CA area. His background spans across many different technologies in IT, but he focuses mostly on collaboration and programming. Mike spends his time day to day overseeing SMEs and architecting VoIP solutions. You can visit his blog on www.aossey.net or follow his rants on Twitter at @aossey.

Links:

If you have been in a service desk role, you need to watch The Website is Down.

@dpocoroba’s troubleshooting article on PacketPushers.

Agile is a set of principles for software development. If you’ve ever worked with developers or DevOps professionals you’ve probably encountered lots of Agile terminology.

But you don’t have to be a developer to benefit from Agile principles. Creative people can combine Agile concepts with engineering skills to solve problems. On today’s episode we’re joined by an experienced Agile coach and an IT recruiter to find out how Agile can improve IT infrastructure projects and careers.

Our guests are Jon Stahl, President of LeanDog and a distinguished Agile and Lean Coach; and Dawn Swit, a project management professor and owner and “Purveyor of Tech Talent” at Next IT Staffing.

You can listen to part 1 of our Agile series here.

Please note that this show was recorded from a floating office boat where LeanDog has its offices, so you may hear some of the background noises from the environment the audio.

Links:

Agile Discussion Guide – LeanDog

Next IT Staffing

There are many pop-culture references to the phrase ‘Army of One’, including the Coldplay song, the United States Army recruitment slogan, and Clint Eastwood in the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales.

For today’s episode of The Next Level, we’re using the phrase to describe an IT pro who has to do a little bit of everything, from networking to systems administration to setting up new applications to security and more. These pros have the dedication and grit to stick to their beliefs, the fortitude to hold the line in the face of overwhelming odds, and the skills to get the job done.

You might be an army of one because of the size of the organization you work for, or because of an emergency situation where you had to step up to a challenge.

Join forces with us as we speak with industry veterans Brian Harrington, Jim Whalen, and Jim Kennedy about what it means to be an army of one.

Links:

Patch Management mailing list

myITforum email list

Dale Carnegie sales and communications training

Literally, Figuratively Speaking podcast

The CLEcast podcast