Ansible: Automate Cisco IOS Configuration

UPDATE: The content of the post is now obsolete for more current up to date please refer to Ansible: Automate Cisco LAN Deployment. Hi everyone, today we're going to look into Ansible to deploy networks running Cisco IOS. It is one of the configuration management tools like Puppet and Chef. I've used Ansible before to update, upgrade, …

Configuring Cumulus Linux High Availability Layer 2 Network – Part 2

Hi everyone, we're going to continue where we left off in the previous post, so far we have configured: MLAG in our spine and leaf switches Bridge as a VLAN-aware bridge Uplinks and downlink port as a trunk port Bonding (Link aggregation) In this post we will configure. Switch Virtual Interface (SVI) Virtual Router Redundancy …

Configuring Cumulus Linux High Availability Layer 2 Network (Part 1)

Hi everyone, today I just would like to share a lab configurations on one of the validated design from Cumulus Linux,  which is the Data Center Layer 2 High Availability. Cumulus Linux is a specialized network-focused Linux distribution based on Debian that run on a bare-metal network switch. The specific configuration will include: Layer 2 interface (access …