Monthly Archive: January 2017

Jan 30

SDM Templates on Cisco switch

SDM IPv4

SDM (Switching Database Manager) is used on Cisco Catalyst switches to manage the memory usage of the TCAM. For example, a switch that is only used for switching won’t require any memory to store IPv4 routing information. On the other hand, a switch that is only used as a router won’t need much memory to …

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Jan 29

CDP and LLDP on Cisco catalyst switch

CDPvsLLDP

CDP and LLDP are both discovery protocols used to find information about first hop neighbor network devices. The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary Data Link Layer protocol developed by Cisco Systems. It is used to share information about other directly connected Cisco equipment, such as the operating system version and IP address. CDP …

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Jan 29

Upgrading an Active/Standby Failover Configuration on Cisco ASA

In this article are listed steps to upgrade Cisco ASA firewall setup in Active/Standby Failover Configuration. We assume that console connection is not available and only remote SSH connectivity is possible. Note: During reload and failover you may be disconnected Prep work: – New image (asa825-51-k8.bin) is already loaded into Active and Standby unit. Upgrading …

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