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Elliot Dierksen · 02-05-2026

I have a question about exporting policies from a Multi-Site External Network in NDFC 3.2.2m. I have to rebuild the core routers because I already had VPC built when I imported them, and it won't let me add a VPC port channel if the VPC wasn't built ...

Elliot Dierksen · 09-29-2025

I got an inter-fabric link to work between an External and Inter-Fabric Connectivity fabric and a Data Center VXLAN EVPN - iBGP. Now what I need is to create a link between two External and Inter-Fabric Connectivity fabrics, but the the option to cre...

Elliot Dierksen · 05-07-2025

I recall looking at this a while back and letting it go, but it is bothering me again. This is from spec sheet, but it doesn't make sense. There are 6 PCIe slots, MLOM, and MRAID. Where are slots 8, 9, and 10?

Elliot Dierksen · 02-20-2025

This came up in another thread, but I wrote an article on CLN describing how I deployed multi-cluster CER for two different customers. https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/article/cer-multi-cluster-design

Elliot Dierksen · 11-12-2024

I am having a hard time writing a query for a GetXMLDocumentData step. I was trying to model it off one in a previous script, but I am striking out. Here is the XML that was returned to me from a REST call. TEXT[<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8...

Elliot Dierksen · 05-22-2026

Jabber would normally be operating on the untagged (aka data) vlan. It is not uncommon to have a switch QoS policy that strips DSCP markings to prevent misbehaving applications from trying to give their traffic priority. I would check that first. Are...

Elliot Dierksen · 05-21-2026

That is really interesting. I was surprised that CUSP got killed off, but I guess it is back now. It seemed popular with CCE ATP partners.

Elliot Dierksen · 05-21-2026

I would add that you have to run the risdb commands on EVERY node that is running the Call Manager service, and then mash that together.

Elliot Dierksen · 05-20-2026

This is post I was talking about. It also has my comments on how I got the script to work on Ubuntu. https://community.cisco.com/t5/unified-computing-system-knowledge-base/cisco-standalone-c-series-host-update-utility-usb-image-utility/ta-p/3638625

Elliot Dierksen · 05-18-2026

There is a post by a Cisco employee with a script to extract the files. There are some quirks depending on the Linux distribution you are running. I haven't had to do this in a while, but I recall there are also different versions of getfw depending ...

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