Brocade buys Foundry, validating Cisco Data Center Strategy

Brocade announces intent to buy Foundy — Why would Brocade do this? The writing was on the wall … Either become a Ethernet company or get crushed by Cisco. Related Posts“Jawbreaker”, merchant silicon, QFabric, and flat networks Routing over Nexus 7000 vPC peer-link? Yes and No. Great questions on FCoE, VN-Tag, FEX, and vPC Cisco [...]

Re-certified

I passed the 350-001 Routing & Switching Exam to re-certify my CCIE status.  This was the new 3.1 version of the test with 105 questions.  I can tell you that this test is no walk in the park, they have definitely cranked up the difficulty here.  Word of advice:  Know your OSPF cold! Related PostsCCIE R&S Written Test Study [...]