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Creating device templates in Cisco vManage is a crucial skill for network administrators looking to streamline and automate the management of their Cisco SD-WAN infrastructure. By using device templates, you can standardize configurations across multiple devices, ensuring consistency and reducing the likelihood of configuration errors.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) stands as a foundational protocol in the realm of internet routing, facilitating the exchange of routing information between different autonomous systems (AS). In this technical blog, we'll delve into BGP and explore the significance of the ip as-path access-list command on Cisco devices.

Hey Team! Today we will be looking at a quick “How-To” on how to go about Editing/Deleting NAT rules and Access Control List entries, inside of Cisco Defense Orchestrator for Firepower Management Center. Let’s get to it!

In my seemingly endless quest for the CCIE, I have learned about two decently powerful tools that together make an incredibly powerful and custom solution for modern DevOps/DevNet network; Embedded Event Manager (EEM) scripting, and Guestshell in IOS-XE devices. EEM scripting is far from new in the world of Cisco networks, it is a custom event driven scripting tool that executes custom...

The migration to cloud-based communication solutions offers significant advantages. However, organizations can maintain a measured pace and seamlessly integrate existing on-premises PBX or PSTN infrastructure with Webex Calling through Local Gateway Deployment. This approach allows you to capitalize on your previous investments while enjoying the benefits of cloud calling.

Using DNA Center (Catalyst Center) LAN Automation to make your life easier.

I am currently deploying an SD-Access fabric using Cisco's DNA Center, now rebranded as Catalyst Center. As part of this project we used the LAN automation process to build the network to all of the access switches. We had about 15 different switches in 15 different IDFs so using this process made quick work of...

Another year and another Webex One event! This event was promised to have the most innovative announcements and by the looks of it, Webex could be on its way to be the most feature UCaaS product out there.

We will go over the key announcements in this article and what’s refreshing about these announcements is that Webex isn’t creating feature for the niche people out there, they are reinventing...

Starting with Firepower 7.2, Cisco announced the ability to manage these firewalls using a Cisco hosted Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center (cdFMC). I recently had a project setting up cdFMC for the first time so I figure I would go over what I learned and show how to access cdFMC, how to import policies, and join your first Firepower firewall.

Recently I captured a Wi-Fi survey for a customer. While looking at the data in Ekahau. I noticed a small area that had lower data rate than the rest of the building. While trying to figure out why I checked the normal suspects like signal strength, noise, signal to noise ratio, co-channel interference, and channel width. The data from these categories all looked good and there was no clear...

In the dynamic landscape of modern telecommunications, the role of a Collaboration Engineer is one filled with continuous evolution and challenges. Throughout the course of their career, these professionals often find themselves at the forefront of critical transitions within an organization's communication infrastructure.