Aaron P.

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My Blog has moved to "My Teneo !!!"

Aaron P. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2011, 12:52 pm
If you are seeing this post, that means that I have not turned on redirection yet.  All new posts are now going to My Teneo !!! I have moved all the posts on this blog over, but redirection is obviously not turned on yet.  There are just a few posts that redirection is failing, due to special cha...
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Redirecting WordPress to Liferay Blogs

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jun 17, 2011, 11:19 pm
I love WordPress.  I really do.  If nothing else, I love the statistics that WordPress gives me per post.  However, my primary move to another site is simply because I want one integrated site, instead of maintaining two individual ones. So, being that Liferay is my choice, and I don’t want to...
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New Blog Site soon!

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jun 7, 2011, 5:31 pm
Sorry for the lack of posts.  I’m actually creating a new site called MyTeneo!!! For the primary reason that I’ve noticed since I kicked off this site back in 2007, more people are using the Teneo name.  Now, obviously, I have no trademark for a Latin word, but it was a bit disconcerning that...
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Liferay 6+ and Blog Portlet Ideas

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 22, 2011, 1:04 pm
So, I’m in the process to looking at other vendor’s for my Blog.  I really like WordPress for a number of reasons, but I want my website to be fully integrated with my blog.  I don’t want to have 2 seperate websites. Liferay is my choice (mostly because I love java, it’s very expandable, ...
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HP Les Stuart Interview

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 14, 2011, 5:03 pm
Video of me interviewing Les Stuart of HP ESSN (Enterprise Server, Storage, Network) management group.  Unfortunately, we could not get a “quiet room” in time, so we had to do this on the “Interop Floor”.  So, there is alot of background noise.  Sorry.  Hope you can hear it. http://blip...
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Interop 2011 finishes – Systems Mgmt

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 13, 2011, 4:35 pm
Came back from Interop Las Vegas yesterday. What a blast! I met so many great people from Twitter and HP Networking team, I can’t name everyone. But, you know who you are!! The first day Interop started, I got put into “systems management” mood. Dunno why, but I just wanted to know everything...
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HP's Network Management with FlexNetwork Architecture

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 11, 2011, 2:02 am
During Interop, I’ve had the pleasure to discuss, in detail, HP’s ideas and plans for a “Single-Pane” management interface, coming from Les Stuart, Distinguished Architect. It should come as no surprise, that HP is the *KING* of applications.  Their product line is very diverse.  Some wou...
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HP FlexNetwork Architecture

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 10, 2011, 3:32 am
Today, Dave Donatelli, Executive VP for HP, announced HP’s FlexNetwork Architecture. There is no doubt, that HP has been gaining alot of ground in their Procurve sales for the enterprise.  Being that their price points are below that of Cisco, with functionality one would expect in the enterpris...
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Sophos vs McAfee: Is there a winner?

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 2, 2011, 10:21 pm
I just finished up with a comparative study of Sophos and McAfee.  The results were interesting.  Sophos actually detected mal-ware that my existing McAfee implementations did not, and it is extremely fast.  If I were to have picked my favorites of Sophos it would be: 1).  Tiny differential upd...
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Syslog-ng and filters

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jan 23, 2011, 12:52 pm
So, over the weekend, I had to update 200 routers with SNMP configs, and point them to my SYSLOG server. Easy, right? Well, tedious, since half-way I figured I should have used EXPECT, but by then, I was already half-done. Anyway, after all my work, I noticed that my syslogs were not receiving an...
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Network Management: What is it?

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jan 14, 2011, 11:53 pm
What does it mean to manage a network?  In today’s world, network management is a marketing term used to target professionals aimed at network systems.  To me, its much like using “Cloud”…. you ask 10 people, and you’ll get 10 different answers. I’m going to attempt my thoughts and op...
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Diagramming with OmniGraffle Pro 5: Useless Subgraphs

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jan 4, 2011, 11:47 pm
The subgraph function of OmniGraffle 5 Pro is shown here The concept is brilliant but the implementation is useless.  Here is my use case: I have generated LOTS of diagrams that become so large, it is cumbersome to navigate or view.  Zoom in, zoom out, pan, zoom in again……In the past, I’v...
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My System Engineer's toolkit for Mac

Aaron P. posted an article on - Dec 30, 2010, 11:08 pm
As Mac’s become more and more prevalent in today’s enterprise, more and more engineers are using Mac’s as their primary workstation.  While many of us use VMWare’s Fusion to run Windows for those apps that require it, this post is to identify programs I use on an almost daily basis, running...
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The general rules of networking.

Aaron P. posted an article on - Dec 20, 2010, 6:47 pm
I’m not sure why, but I got this crazy idea in my head to start coming up with “Rules of Enterprise Networking”. I say, ‘crazy’ because there is NO WAY you can list it all! So, why do this? Lately, I’ve been seeing two kinds of articles. One is for the beginner. The other is for the ad...
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Enterprise Network Rule 1: Always Plan for Problems

Aaron P. posted an article on - Dec 11, 2010, 6:18 pm
In a perfect world, everything works as expected, and will continue to work indefinItely. Obviously, this just doesn’t exist, and we have to plan ahead for this. Unfortunately, there is not a guide on what to plan for. The possibilities are just too great to list in a single publication. Most of...
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New Blog Layout/Design

Aaron P. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2010, 12:42 am
Just now got around to reading some great blogs that I follow, after who knows how long! There seemed to be a pattern on many of them….. they cleaned up their blogs. Then it occurred to me, that MY blog was way to cluttered with very little useful information, distracting from the focus of the s...
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EMC Luns and vmWare: Best Practices?

Aaron P. posted an article on - Nov 14, 2010, 2:18 pm
Okay, so I’m at a cross-roads right now using iSCSI LUNs with vmWare vSphere.  I have 4 vmWare hosts participating in a cluster.  Among all the benefits of introducing a SAN to a virtual environment, one is intriguing.  “To be able to copy a LUN as another LUN, and attach a vmWare instance to...
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HP Field Tech Day

Aaron P. posted an article on - Aug 4, 2010, 8:36 am
I’m totally disappointed! I just received an invite to my first Tech Field Day in sunny California at HP’s campus. It will be focused on the new Procurves, what they are doing with 3com, and the HP Labs. I had to decline as we are just finishing up moving 2 data centers that previous weekend....
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Why am I a Mac lover?

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jul 25, 2010, 12:02 pm
I am such an avid Apple lover. I’m not exactly sure when this happened, but it did. I would suspect it would be when Apple moved to OSX. That was during a time when I was getting interested in the Unix/Linux circa 1997-1998. I had installed my first FreeBSD and Redhat installations. Now, Apple h...
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Why do I choose complexity?

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jun 20, 2010, 8:31 am
I have always loved complex systems.  Not because they make me feel smart, or because I just want to be the only one who knows how to do it.  But, because it opens up options for me. For example, when I was deciding on a phone system 3 years ago, it boiled down to “Shortel” and “Cisco”. ...
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Network Lockout Trap!

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jun 18, 2010, 8:28 pm
Ever logged in remotely into a switch or router and made a typo or change that locked you out of the system?  Boy, I have!  And, recently on Twitter, same thing happened to someone else. I was on my core switch, and instead of working on interface g0/23, I fat-fingered it, and worked on interface...
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Juniper EX Switch auto-negotiate gotcha

Aaron P. posted an article on - Jun 2, 2010, 11:32 pm
I ran into a problem today with interfacing a Juniper switch interface with an ATT fiber line. This was not a switchport, but rather, a layer-3 interface connecting to a 100Mbps fiber line. We were noticing severe network issues over this line. While we were getting end-to-end connectivity, large ...
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Microsoft Antivirus…….. good?

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 5, 2010, 2:40 am
Recently, I’ve been following Microsoft’s antivirus since my Admin brought me up to speed on it. They are actually doing really well in the market. Which is really ironic. As Microsoft was really never known well for it’s security. Their answer is usually asking the same question twice, or ad...
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The Undesireables

Aaron P. posted an article on - May 5, 2010, 1:58 am
So many times, I’ve introduced technology that I received flack for. For example, dropping Exchange for Domino, or Cisco for Juniper. Even using Linux instead of Windows. McAfee vs Symantec vs Sophos. Take your pick. Yes, I use Linux where I can, and Windows when it fits best. I use open-sourc...
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IPv6: Fact or Fiction

Aaron P. posted an article on - Apr 23, 2010, 7:56 am
IPv6 is supposed to be the savior of current network protocols. Lots of advantages, little hassle. So, why haven’t we moved over to it yet? Well, there are a few reasons for me. Most, of which, just requires disciplined thinking. See, I’ve gotten use to the idea of just “knowing” where ...
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I'm getting an iPad!!

Aaron P. posted an article on - Apr 10, 2010, 1:17 pm
Due to my recent contributions to my company, they are giving me an iPad 3G 32GB! How awesome is that!!
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Juniper replacing Cisco?

Aaron P. posted an article on - Apr 10, 2010, 12:45 pm
Okay, well, maybe not *that* dramatic, but it got you reading, didn’t it? So, in a previous post, I mentioned how impressed I was in Juniper’s EX switching line. I mean, they were running the internet (and most ISP’s still are), so they must know Ethernet and IP pretty well, right? Well, ...
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New Datacenter

Aaron P. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I am totally missing my routine blogging, and I need to get re-organized.  Work is overwhelming me (when does it not for most people?). We are moving one of our datacenter’s located in Cleveland Ohio.  This datacenter currently hosts 50+ servers, plus a PBX and Call Center, along with an AS...
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Mac + Final Cut Studio

Aaron P. posted an article on - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
My two hobbies in one video….. Final Cut Studio and Mac.  Check out this video showing how “Leverage” is made entirely using Mac’s and Final Cut Studio. http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/#leverage
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