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• Building Configuration Policy Checks, Part 3

  Implementing Changes Once you have your network policies defined, see the prior posts Part 1 and Part 2 , then implemented in a configuration policy check, you need a way to correct any non-compliant configurations. An obvious choice for remediation is... Posted May 13 2011, 12:51 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: compliance, change management, Configuration management, configuration update, configuration policy, config policy, configuration change, configuration compliance, device grouping, device tagging, interface tagging, configuration checking

• Building Configuration Policy Checks, Part 2

  In the prior post, I explained why configuration policies are needed. Now it is time to discuss how to build policies. I like to start with the written policies, because that tells me what was intended. An example is: "All network devices will be... Posted May 04 2011, 01:55 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: compliance, Configuration management, Configuration Repository, configuration update, configuration policy, config policy, config archive, configuration change, configuration compliance, configuration checking

• Building Configuration Policy Checks, Part 1

  I'm building configuration policy checks for a customer and realized that it would be beneficial to share the design choices and implementation details that I encountered. The tool that I used is NetMRI's Configuration Policy, but the same thing... Posted Apr 28 2011, 03:45 PM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: configuration policy, configuration change, configuration compliance, configuration checking

• Packet Pushers Podcast

  I did a Packet Pushers Podcast recently with Greg Ferro and Josh O'Brien , talking about the common network problems that we see in operational networks. The list of topics comes from a poster, The Top 25 Network Problems and Their Business Impact... Posted Oct 19 2010, 09:33 AM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: Configuration management, Configuration Repository, configuration policy, duplex setting, spanning tree loops, configuration change, configuration compliance, HSRP, default route, black hole route, duplex mismatch, routing black hole

• Cisco Debug Enabled?

  Have you ever accidentally left debug enabled on a Cisco network device? I have, many years ago. I had been doing some troubleshooting and was interrupted by someone with a question. Auto-logout closed my session and by the time I returned to what I was... Posted Apr 13 2010, 11:18 AM by tslattery with | with no comments Filed under: ping, Featured, NetMRI script, configuration compliance