Delicious Bookmarks

• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Architecture White Paper
  The official source for Cat6k architecture and design questions.
• Notes on Cisco Catalyst 6500 architecture
  High-level overview of the various backplane and fabric options in the Cat6k.
• Extracting a 3DES key from an IBM 4758
  Software-based attack for stealing the crypto keys from a tamper-resistant IBM crypto processor.
• PowerCLI: Changing a VM IP Address with Invoke-VMScript
  How to update the IP address of a Windows VM programatically using the PowerShell-based PowerCLI.
• Auto-configure Linux vmware-tools at Boot time
  Bash initscript to ensure your vmware tools get reconfigured when the kernel is upgraded. Could use a tweak to not run on a non-VM host.
• Upgrade SQL Express to Standard or Enterprise
  This will come in handy if you start out with vCenter running on the included SQL Express server and later outgrow it.
• VMware Virtual Center Attributes – It’s all about the details
  Covers a lesser-known but VERY useful feature in vCenter for adding metadata to virtual machines.
• VMFS or NFS
  Performance and other considerations when choosing a storage architecture for vSphere. Also touches on FC vs. iSCSI/NFS.
• Designing Secure Multi-Tenancy into Virtualized Data Centers
  Cisco Validated Design for the just-announced VMware/NetApp reference architecture.
• Cisco Internal WAAS Implementation
  High-level overview of Cisco IT's WAAS rollout to 200+ remote offices. The resulting CIFS optimization lead them to massivly consolidate file services to regional hubs.
• The Great vSwitch Debate
  Outstanding 8-part coverage of vSwitches and potential VMware network designs.
• Cisco Data Center Interconnect Design and Implementation Guide
  (PDF) Describes a portion of Cisco’s system for interconnecting multiple data centers for Layer 2-based business applications. Covers VSS and vPC.
• Linux performance basics
  Good, quick introduction to vmstat, iostat, and top for checking Linux performance stats.
• vSphere 4.0 Hardening Guide Public Draft Released
  Multi-PDF guide/checklist for securing vSphere in enterprise, DMZ, and special-access environments.
• vSphere Host Died Abandon Ship!
  Adding vSphere vCenter Alarms & Actions. How to automatically move your VMs off a dying host.