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mvknl · 04-04-2018

Hi Guys, We're running into the following issue. I think it's a weird one. We have performed a migration to ACI and everything works as expected. However, when we reboot a VM and let it boot via PXE it doesn't work. If we use a normal PC in the sam...

mvknl · 03-14-2013

Hi Guys,Since IOS 15.X it is possible to authenticate users who are using SSH to connect to a device with their RSA public/private key pair. One of the limitations of this technology is that you can only define 10 users for this authentication scheme...

mvknl · 01-15-2013

Hi Guys,For a customer of mine I've designed an Out of Band management solution. This solution is based on a Cisco 2901 with a Hwic-16A module and a DSL module. The device will be hardened and access will be restricted via AAA and ACL's. Furthermore ...

mvknl · 11-22-2012

Hi All,A while ago I red somewhere that the recommended way to create portchannels is to use the static 'on' configuration. However, I'm not able to find this information anymore. Does anybody here have a reference to the recommended way to configure...

mvknl · 10-17-2012

Hello all,Does anybody know a place where I can rent Nexus 7000 equipment online? I wish to test some configuration changes but do not have a lab environment available. Renting a lab environment is much cheaper than building my own.I've looked at INE...

mvknl · 03-30-2022

Hi Kirankelkar, What exactly are you looking for? To be able to do VMM integration you need a vlan pool and the right account with sufficient rights to create and modify portgroups in VMware (I assume VMware here). The rights you need are documented ...

mvknl · 10-06-2021

An External Bridged Domain in ACI is used to create an L2out. L2outs are rarely used. You would use a L2out when you have a network which is routed outside of the fabric, but L2 attached within the fabric and you want to apply contracts on them. Usua...

mvknl · 04-15-2020

It's still a work in progress. These posts are pre-published posts for a whole lot more which ultimate goal is to help people pass the DCACI exam. This is a lot of work and not yet done. But I'm still working on it. As to whether leafs are a bottlene...

mvknl · 04-14-2020

Hi Steven, It's nice to see my own blog being referenced here. I hope you like it (even though the referenced article caused some confusion). As to connecting stuff to the spines, currently there are four use cases (that I'm aware of). Except for rem...

mvknl · 11-25-2018

Hi Velo84, Yes, you need an activation key. When you've installed and booted the simulator it will give you a challenge. You need to provide this challenge to your Cisco Sales representative. They can generate a key for you based on that challenge....

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Combining RSA based authentication and Tacacs

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