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Archive of entries posted by William Caban

Networking Lab Series: LAB 1 PART 1

Many of my friends have asked me to mentor them or do customized training for them, well, even when I want, I can’t have the time on regular basis. So, I have decided to post some exercises here so they can go step by step. (I should warn that this is not for beginners).
NOTE: THE [...]

Accessing the hidden console of VIPs of a 7500

The 7500 platform use the VIP (Versatile Interface Processor) for WAN interfaces. When dCEF is active the actual processing of the packets is done by these interfaces. Each one has its own CPU, memory, etc. The troubleshooting of this VIPs is difficult from the main IOS. In order to gain access to a deeper level [...]