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Cisco Live 2011 – Recap

Fryguy — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:22:16 +0000

Ahhh… It’s Sunday – just a few days after Cisco Live 2011 has come to a close and I am still recovering! Why am I still recovering one might ask? Well, my liver needs time to recuperate, the 3 hour time difference is a killer, leaving at 7 AM and getting home at 6PM is tough, and just all the information and knowledge gained last week is still soaking in! I will admit – it was an AWESOME experience this year!
So I see I owe you a recap for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I will start with Tuesday first..

Tuesday

Well my first class on Tuesday was BRKRST-3045 – LISP and to my surprise this was a LARGE class! I would guess that there was close to 1000 people in attendance for this one, blew me away! LISP is a cool protocol that I blogged about some time ago here – LISP – Say What?. They covered the protocol and the components of it in detail, the operation of LISP as well as some Use Cases. It was a great class and has generated a few new blog post ideas – so the future looks bright for this one!
After that class it was a quick break over to Tom’s Corner ( NetworkingNerd ) that was basically a table outside of the registration and World of Solutions entrance. It turned out to be a great meeting place for all the Twitter people out there, and we had a crowd! We usually met there before going to a class, session, WoS, or anywhere else – nice common place that was easy to get to.

Cisco Live 2011 – Saturday (Registration)

Fryguy — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:24:33 +0000

Well the day has finally come, it is time for Cisco Live 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. Everything here is looking great, things are still getting setup but the Wireless is up and working, registration opened early, and I am set to go.
So, the big question every year is what does the bag look like? Well, here is your answer – looks great! Tom ( @NetworkingNerd) mentioned to me that these are the TSA Friendly backpack bags, AWESOME! What is a TSA Friendly bag? Well, you can check the TSA website for exact details – link – but in short they are bags where the laptop storage section open like a butterfly to go through x-ray without having to remove the laptop from the bag.

So, here are pics of the bag. It is black, orange, and gray – not a bad color combination at all!

CCIE Data Center – Rumored

Fryguy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:12:17 +0000

With Networkers, err Cisco Live, coming up quickly in less then a week the rumor mill is a buzzing with some good rumors. There is a rumor that a new little brother in the Nexus line is coming, but the one that has my attention is perhaps a new CCIE level certification – might even be retiring one that has overlapping technologies (storage). Over on 2bccie.com, there is a post in regards to the CCIE Data Center track being discussed on day during the CCIE Lunch at Cisco Live Melbourne – link. While that is all still rumors, here is what I can gather by researching available resources and taking some educated guesses on what would be on the lab. I will also admit that this was briefly discussed at Cisco Live 2010 and that was in a session that would have the knowledge about the topic, so much of this comes from what I can read from my chicken scratch notes. Obviously, Cisco has been working on this for some time and the maturity of the line is finally at the stage and market saturation where this certification makes sense.

Cisco Live Attendee Expectations

Fryguy — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:00:56 +0000

A few months ago (wow, has it been that long) I did a post on Cisco Live 2011 – Why you should go… and wanted to now follow that up with what you should expect while you are there as well as what you should bring with you. If this is your first time I hope that this helps, if this is your 2nd, 3rd, etc time – please post in the comments with suggestions. Each and every one of us experiences the event a little different, so sharing is always helpful and appreciated.
What do you need to bring with you for this event and what should you do to prepare? Pack a good size suitcase and leave room! You have the chance to get so many shirts, bags, whiz bangs, and other nick-knacks at World of Solutions you will need the space. Not to mention if you shop at the Cisco Store there and get shirts, books, golf balls, pens, etc – you will need a place to take all that stuff back with you. The first few years I would up shipping things back, and that does get expensive real quick!

Cisco Live 2011 Schedule

Fryguy — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:22:21 +0000

Figured I would put up a quick post with my current Cisco Live class schedule. This is my schedule as of today and, as always, is subject to change. All times are in Vegas time!

Saturday
	Fly and check in at Mandalay Bay as well as register for the event

Sunday
	8:00 – 17:00	TECDCT-8001	Next Generation Data Center Infrastructure

Monday	9:30 – 11:30	BRKARC-3470	Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch Architecture
	12:30 – 14:30	BRKARC-3471	Cisco NXOS Software – Architecture
	15:00 – 17:00	BRKRST-2335	IS-IS Network Design and Deployment

Tuesday	8:00 – 9:30	BRKRST-3045	LISP – A Next Generation Networking Architecture
	10:00 – 11:00	GENKEY-4700	Keynote and Welcome Address
	12:30 – 14:30 15:00 – 15:30	BRKCOM-1005 GENNOC-9190	UCS Systems Architecture Overview Cisco Live NOC Tour (CCIE/NetVet)
	16:00 – 18:00	BRKCRS-3144	Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Wednesday
	8:00 – 10:00	BRKCOM-2006	UCS Reference Architecture for Enterprise Applications
	10:30 – 11:30	GENKEY-4701	Cisco Technology Keynote
	12:30 – 14:30	BRKDCT-2121	Virtual Device Context (VDC) Designing and Implementation Considerations with Nexus
	16:00 – 18:00	BRKVIR-3013	Deploying and Troubleshooting the Nexus 1000V virtual switch

Thursday
	8:00 – 10:00	BRKCOM-1002	Data Center Architectures and Virtual Private Data Centers with UCS
	10:30 – 11:30	GENDCT-4642	Town Hall: Data Center
	12:00 – 14:00	BRKARC-3472	NX-OS Routing & Layer 3 Switching
	14:30 – 15:30	GENKEY-4702	Closing Keynote: William Shatner
	16:00 – 17:30	BRKMPL-2108	Global WAN Redesign Case Study

Friday
	Fly home!