Category: Cisco
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Cisco RPS (Redundant Power Supply)
If you have Cisco switches you may have noticed that there is a little plate covering something on the back. This something would be the RPS port. Cisco has a few devices, RPS’, used to backup your standard power. If the power supply in your switch malfunctions, the RPS will kick in and provide power.…
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Cisco 2600 + Mikrotik RB750
Whenever I need to terminate a T1, I’ll usually use a Cisco 2600. A 2610 with a T1 interface can be had for $60. I install these along with a mikrotik pretty regularly, so I thought it would be fun to rig the two together. I decided to just mock up a face plate, though…
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Configuring And Troubleshooting Older Fractional T1s
Cisco has the link here. Remember to use your: show serialX/X show controllers serial X/X show service-module # this most importantly General T1 troubleshooting is here.
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Check Your Cisco Certificates
If you need to verify what certs you have and also when they expire, check the Cert Tracking Center. I’ve got to hit another one sometime towards the end of this year…I like to recert with at least 6 months to spare 😛
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Reset UC500 To Factory Defaults
I found this nice little link that gives you the run down. It is fairly easy to get back to the default configuration… 1. Get into IOS command line mode. 2. Go to ‘enable’ mode(default password is ‘cisco’). 3. Type in ‘show flash:’ Page down toward the bottom of the list. One of the last…
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Power Requirements For Cisco Aironet
You can see the chart here. I have 3 6500 chassis full of PoE blades(WS-X6348-RJ-45). All of them are slightly older and supply only prestandard power. The cards are only able to supply 7 watts max per port, which means you can basically power phones and light APs. I found that my aironet 1200s weren’t…
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Parse Your Cisco Devices To Reconcile Customer Information
Since I work for a datacenter, we have a LOT of ports. Our customers hang off of a handful of pieces of equipment, but we have a lot of density on these devices. Every so often we run the numbers for how much bandwidth is subscribed to each customer as well as how much are…