
You read the release notes cover to cover before every upgrade, right? This one almost caught me. I was prepping a cluster for an upgrade to AOS 7.5.1 when a known issue in the release notes gave me pause. A quick look at the upgrade history confirmed the cluster was squarely in the affected population, and the upgrade …
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I recently deployed a new Nexus 93180YC-EX switch into my home lab, to replace the aging 9372PX. Sure, for a home lab this was fine, but I wanted to get up to some 25Gbe speeds! I've got various equipment connected to that old Nexus, with 2 Nutanix clusters and single VMware cluster, plus various other things, nothing …
Read MoreCisco recently patched two critical vulnerabilities in their firewall products, discovered after probable nation-state actors targeted them in a campaign dubbed "Arcane Door". These zero-day vulnerabilities, found in devices running ASA and FTD software, were exploited to implant malware and possibly steal data. Cisco …
Read MorePosting this more as a note to myself as a reminder and to also read the release notes a bit more carefully! After recently going thru an upgrade of the Firepower Management Center from 7.0.x to 7.2 FMCv, specifically on the Nutanix AHV platform I ran into a bug where the VM would not boot after the upgrade. While the …
Read MoreCisco seems to be having a rough go of it lately with bugs that have a time bomb for certain hardware and software. Following up on the Signal Component issues – that plagued a large number of product lines (And in Cisco’s defense affected more than just Cisco – other vendors are affetected). I’m still waiting to find …
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