Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Tim Franklin
> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, but also happens to set a lot of hardware and software defaults is the issue :(

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:58:19PM -0500, James Wininger wrote: > We would need to send notifications out to say about 400 customers. > Ideally the system would send an attached PDF. It would be great if this > system were SQL based etc. (a) Use ASCII. Using PDF for this is insane. (b) You're de

RE: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread Leigh Porter
> -Original Message- > From: Rich Kulawiec [mailto:r...@gsp.org] > Sent: 22 February 2012 11:04 > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Customer Notification System. > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:58:19PM -0500, James Wininger wrote: > > We would need to send notifications out to say about

Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread Carlos Asensio
Hi there, Anyone know a way of simulate a Cisco CAT6500 IOS? We're trying to deploy a lab of our production environment. Thanks in advance, Carlos.

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Tim Franklin wrote: >> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? > PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. > One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, but > also happens to set a lot of hardware and software defaults is the issue :( LC LOAD A4 then. -- -

FCoE Deployment

2012-02-22 Thread Jack Morgan
Does anyone know of any company or organization deploying FCoE[1] in a production environment? I'm curious how widely adopted this technology is. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre_Channel_over_Ethernet http://fcoe.com/ Thanks, -- Jack Morgan

Re: FCoE Deployment

2012-02-22 Thread Tore Anderson
* Jack Morgan > Does anyone know of any company or organization deploying FCoE[1] in > a production environment? I'm curious how widely adopted this > technology is. FCoE was until very recently the only way to do centralized block storage to the Cisco UCS server blades, so I'd imagine it's quite

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread R. Scott Evans
What, no programmers in your NOC to roll your own? --- #!/usr/bin/perl use DBI; # define variables ($sendmail, $from, $database... etc) $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database:$server", $user, $pass); $mysearch = $dbh->prepare("SELECT customer,cid,email FROM $table WHERE $find); $mysearch->exe

RE: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread Carlos Asensio
Hi John, Thanks for your answer but, as far as I know, with GNS3 we can't run a CAT6500 IOS. Any alternative? Cheers, Carlos. -Mensaje original- De: John Kreno [mailto:john.kr...@gmail.com] Enviado el: miƩrcoles, 22 de febrero de 2012 15:25 Para: Carlos Asensio Asunto: Re: Cisco CAT6

Re: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 22/02/2012 15:36, Carlos Asensio wrote: > Any alternative? Ebay. Nick

RE: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread Carlos Asensio
Hi Nick, Thanks for your answer. We'll take it into proper consideration. Any other alternatives? Cheers, Carlos. -Mensaje original- De: Nick Hilliard [mailto:n...@foobar.org] Enviado el: miƩrcoles, 22 de febrero de 2012 16:41 Para: nanog@nanog.org Asunto: Re: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulat

RE: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread Hank Nussbacher
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Carlos Asensio wrote: Not supported: http://www.gns3.net/hardware-emulated/ -Hank Hi John, Thanks for your answer but, as far as I know, with GNS3 we can't run a CAT6500 IOS. Any alternative? Cheers, Carlos. -Mensaje original- De: John Kreno [mailto:john.kr..

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Tim Franklin wrote: >> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? > > PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. > > One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, but > also happens to set a lot of hardware and software defaults is the issue :( While there is some

Re: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread -Hammer-
NO. There is no method. Go to Ebay and buy one. Sorry. Or if you are a big enough customer you can ask Cisco to mock up your solution in one of their labs. -Hammer- "I was a normal American nerd" -Jack Herer On 2/22/2012 9:48 AM, Hank Nussbacher wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Carlos Asensio

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread Daniel Rohan
On Feb 22, 2012 6:35 PM, "R. Scott Evans" wrote: > ** NOTE - this is off the top of my head, ie.. not tested. That said, > it's more or less a simplified version of what we do. > whoa. best humble brag I've seen in a few weeks, Scott. And that's saying a lot considering this is NANOG. On Feb 2

Re: FCoE Deployment

2012-02-22 Thread Chaim Rieger
On 2/22/2012 7:02 AM, Jack Morgan wrote: Does anyone know of any company or organization deploying FCoE[1] in a production environment? I'm curious how widely adopted this technology is. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre_Channel_over_Ethernet http://fcoe.com/ Thanks, I do what wou

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 22/02/2012 15:50, Owen DeLong wrote: > While there is some truth to this, in reality, if everyone else would > just use 8.5" x 11", then, the US would no longer be different. :p There are still two other countries in the world which only use imperial measurements: Burma and Liberia. I can see

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 2/22/12 07:50 , Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Tim Franklin wrote: > >>> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? >> >> PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. >> >> One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, >> but also happens to set a lot of hardware and softwar

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread JC Dill
On 21/02/12 2:58 PM, James Wininger wrote: We would need to send notifications out to say about 400 customers. Ideally the system would send an attached PDF. Why are you sending an attachment? I hate it when businesses think that they will somehow improve my reading experience by bloating up

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:09, Joel jaeggli wrote: ... > If we just stop printing things the problem goes away. I think Xerox promised me a paperless office (starting in the 1980s?). I am still waiting.

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread acv
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:34:49AM -0800, JC Dill wrote: > > 99.999% of the time there is absolutely no benefit in the attachment. > But by pushing customers to open attachments to get the content we are > encouraging them to be complacent about opening all attachments, and > that's a great wa

[BIZ] Colocate at New York

2012-02-22 Thread Olivier CALVANO
Hi we want see a colocate at New York: * Equinix or telehouse * 1/4 or 1/2 rack (only private rack with 1/4 or 1/2 door) * 1 Kva Dual Feeds * 1 Cross Connect Fiber * no internet. If you know a good supplier ;=) Thanks Olivier

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread Stephen Sprunk
On 22-Feb-12 10:34, Gary Buhrmaster wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:09, Joel jaeggli wrote: >> If we just stop printing things the problem goes away. > I think Xerox promised me a paperless office (starting in the 1980s?). I am > still waiting. That's an odd thing to expect from a company t

Re: Cisco CAT6500 IOS Simulator

2012-02-22 Thread Abdulkadir Egal
Hi Carlos Let me know offline what hardware you need. Regards Abdul On 2/22/12 7:46 AM, "Carlos Asensio" wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Thanks for your answer. We'll take it into proper consideration. > > Any other alternatives? > > Cheers, > Carlos. > > -Mensaje original- > De: Nick H

RE: common time-management mistake: rack & stack

2012-02-22 Thread Dan Golding
> -Original Message- > From: Leo Bicknell [mailto:bickn...@ufp.org] > > At the risk of offending many folks on NANOG, our industry is more like > a trade than a profession. In many cases we would do better to treat > our people (in terms of how they are managed) like skilled trades, > el

RE: FCoE Deployment

2012-02-22 Thread Pierce Lynch
> FCoE was until very recently the only way to do centralized block storage > to the Cisco UCS server blades, so I'd imagine it's quite widely adopted. > That said, we don't run FCoE outside of the UCS - its uplinks > to the SAN are just regular FC. Agreed, very much the only implementation I ha

Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Jeroen van Aart
After reading a number of threads where people list their huge and wasteful, but undoubtedly fun (and sometimes necessary?), home setups complete with dedicated rooms and aircos I felt inclined to ask who has attempted to make a really energy efficient setup? This may be an interesting read, i

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Joe Greco
> Right now my always on server is a VIA artigo 1100 pico-itx system > (replacing the G4 system) and my "router/firewall/modem" is still the el > cheapo DSL modem (which runs busybox by the way). I have an upgraded > workstation that's "sometimes on", it has a mini itx form factor (AMD > phenom

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 22.02.2012 um 22:48 schrieb Joe Greco: > You also don't have to > buy a MMS; the lower end Mac mini's are also plenty powerful, can be > upgraded similarly, but lack OS X Server and the quad core CPU. With 10.7, Server is now a $50 add-on download from the Mac App Store, no special hardware r

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Marcel Plug
I've run a SheevaPlug at home for a few years now. I don't do anything fancy with it, but it does what I need it to do. Mostly that is file server, web server, jump-box for network testing. Also testing different linux software for this and that... (Quagga runs nicely, but won't hold a full BGP

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Leigh Porter
On 22 Feb 2012, at 22:04, "Stefan Bethke" wrote: > Am 22.02.2012 um 22:48 schrieb Joe Greco: > >> You also don't have to >> buy a MMS; the lower end Mac mini's are also plenty powerful, can be >> upgraded similarly, but lack OS X Server and the quad core CPU. > > With 10.7, Server is now a $50

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Joe Greco
> Am 22.02.2012 um 22:48 schrieb Joe Greco: > > You also don't have to > > buy a MMS; the lower end Mac mini's are also plenty powerful, can be > > upgraded similarly, but lack OS X Server and the quad core CPU. > > With 10.7, Server is now a $50 add-on download from the Mac App Store, no > speci

Re: common time-management mistake: rack & stack

2012-02-22 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Feb 17, 2012, at 18:55, Owen DeLong wrote: > I also think that when we spend too many consecutive weeks/months/years > behind a desk without going out in the real world, we become progressively > more detached from the operational reality where our designs have to operate. In software, this

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Leigh Porter wrote: You dudes need to get with the times and put all this stuff in the cloud. Ok so I joke a little.. The "cloud" seems to be a more modern implementation of the mainframe "paradigm" (and now I feel soiled having used 2 such words in one sentence). It has its uses, though it'

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Marcel Plug wrote: I've run a SheevaPlug at home for a few years now. I don't do anything fancy with it, but it does what I need it to do. Mostly that I wonder how reliable the storage is in these things. Is it comparable to modern SSDs? Oh and I also have native IPv6 on my DSL. I like t

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Leigh Porter
On 22 Feb 2012, at 22:40, "Jeroen van Aart" wrote: > Leigh Porter wrote: >> You dudes need to get with the times and put all this stuff in the cloud. >> Ok so I joke a little.. > > The "cloud" seems to be a more modern implementation of the mainframe > "paradigm" (and now I feel soiled having

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Joe Greco
> On 22 Feb 2012, at 22:04, "Stefan Bethke" wrote: > > Am 22.02.2012 um 22:48 schrieb Joe Greco: > >=20 > >> You also don't have to > >> buy a MMS; the lower end Mac mini's are also plenty powerful, can be > >> upgraded similarly, but lack OS X Server and the quad core CPU. > >=20 > > With 10.7, S

Re: FCoE Deployment

2012-02-22 Thread David
yep, we're doing FCoE in an EMC Symettric, ESX, Nexus environment. All of our FCoE is over 10gb CNAs. We are having good results, though we hit an odd bug on QLogics cards initially on pur HP DL 580s (affected twinax only -- if you dropped on uplink , ie testing failover, throughput dropped to

Re: FCoE Deployment

2012-02-22 Thread David
our reason btw was to cut down on cabling/switch costs, it starts to add up when you consider how many blades get eated by 1gb copper. going to DL580s amd a few hp chassis. A chassis used to eat nearly 64 copper 1gb and 32 fiber channel connections. on FCoE/CNAs, we're literally talking 4 x 1

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Joe Greco wrote: Quite frankly, it's a little horrifying how quickly people have embraced not owning their own resources. On one hand, sure, it's great not to have to worry about some aspects of it all, but on the other hand... The web sites that we entrust our data to can, and do, vanish:

colosolutions abuse contact?

2012-02-22 Thread Carlos Kamtha
Hi, I'm hoping to get a hold of an abuse contact at colosolutions.com. Any help is greatly appreciated. If so, please contact me offlist. Cheers, Carlos.

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Marcel Plug
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > I wonder how reliable the storage is in these things. Is it comparable to > modern SSDs? No issues so far. As I said though, I don't push it too hard. I don't have any specs or stats off hand, so I can't get any more detailed. I use a

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Marcel Plug wrote: No issues so far. As I said though, I don't push it too hard. I don't have any specs or stats off hand, so I can't get any more detailed. What's the speed like? I'm pretty happy with them, I just wish my DLink would stop requiring reboots... I assume you connected it to

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread James Wininger
Well there isn't anything wrong with the mail list approach, but it is more complicated than sending email to a list of customers. We have several types of services (transport, ss7, managed Noc svc etc). Having the db backend would give us flexibility for future notifications based on type of s

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of February 22, 2012 3:48:42 PM -0600, Joe Greco is alleged to have said: Right now my always on server is a VIA artigo 1100 pico-itx system (replacing the G4 system) and my "router/firewall/modem" is still the el cheapo DSL modem (which runs busybox by the way). I have an upgraded worksta

Re: Customer Notification System.

2012-02-22 Thread James Wininger
Well we would not be sending the notification in an attachment, but there are times when it would be nice to send a list of circuit ids (exported from billing system as PDF) or some other exported doc to the notification. -- Jim Wininger Indiana Fiber Network Desk - 317-777-7114 Cell - 317-432

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

2012-02-22 Thread James Wininger
http://www.sol.net/tmp/nanog/toolbox2.jpg A sweet memoriesthe 3COM/USR screwdriver. Nice to see someone still has one. -- Jim Wininger On Feb 18, 2012, at 9:41 AM, "Joe Greco" wrote: >> Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a >> t-shirt? Who goes to the

Re: Most energy efficient (home) setup

2012-02-22 Thread george hill
On 02/22/12 21:13, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > I felt inclined to ask who has attempted to make a really energy > efficient setup? My current always-on home server is: - 3U rackmount box, Supermicro H8SGL, 450 watt '80-plus platinum' PSU - 8-core Opteron 6128 _underclocked_ to 800Mhz - 16 GB of EC

do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Randy Bush
don't filter your customers. when they leak the world to you, it will get you a lot of free press and your marketing department will love you. just ask telstra. randy

RE: do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Christian Nielsen
Who once said, there is no such thing as bad press? http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/dodo-takes-blame-for-internet-outage-affecting-millions-20120223-1tpqq.html http://www.itnews.com.au/News/291364,telstra-router-causes-major-internet-outage.aspx "Dodo has revealed a "minor hardw

Re: do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Randy Bush
> "Dodo has revealed a "minor hardware issue" was behind a Telstra > outage that impacted multiple service providers and internet services > nationwide" bs, trying to blame it on a vendor. a customer leaked a full table to smellstra, and they had not filtered. hence the $subject. and things when

Re: do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:44 AM, Randy Bush wrote: \ > and things when further downhill from there, when telstra also did not > filter what they announced to their peers, and the peers went over > prefix limits and dropped bgp. Oh! so protections worked! >:)

Re: do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Randy Bush
>> and things when further downhill from there, when telstra also did not >> filter what they announced to their peers, and the peers went over >> prefix limits and dropped bgp. > Oh! so protections worked! imiho, prefix count is too big a hammer. it would have been better if optus had irr-based

Re: do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Peter Ehiwe
IOS-XR On 2/23/12, Randy Bush wrote: >>> and things when further downhill from there, when telstra also did not >>> filter what they announced to their peers, and the peers went over >>> prefix limits and dropped bgp. >> Oh! so protections worked! > > imiho, prefix count is too big a hammer. > >

Re: do not filter your customers

2012-02-22 Thread Jay Mitchell
I'm laughing now, but it wasn't funny a couple of hours ago. Seems a lot of the .au govt needs to learn some carrier diversity... On 23/02/2012, at 4:41 PM, Randy Bush wrote: > don't filter your customers. when they leak the world to you, it will > get you a lot of free press and your marketin