• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Network Infrastructure,  Xsan

    Configure sFlows on a Brocade 8470

    sFlow is an industry standard that allows network equipment with the appropriate agents to send data to sFlow collectors, which then analyze network traffic. You can install sFlow on routers, switches, and even put agents on servers to monitor traffic. Brocade (along with most other switch manufacturers) supports sFlow. Before you do anything log into the switch and check the current flow configuration: show sFlow To configure, log into the switch and use the the int command to access an interface. From within the interface, use the following command: sflow forwarding Then exit the interface using the very difficult to remember exit command: exit Repeat the enablement of forwarding for…

  • Business,  Xsan

    Brocade buying Foundry

    $3 Billion dollars is a lot of money, but I can’t think of a company more worth it.  Foundry makes amazing Ethernet switches.  Brocade makes good Fibre Channel switches and SAN products.  Foundry routers are not a shabby lot either.  It will be interesting to see whether Brocade uses this to go head to head against Cisco.   Juniper has been trying to go head-to-head with Cisco for awhile.  Now, with a new Brocade + Foundry and Juniper, Cisco will need to stay sharp or see serious parts of its business get eroded away.