Hardware

When servicing unfamiliar AIX server one of the commands you will find very helpful is lspv. This will display all physical drives installed in the RS/6000 or pSeries server. lspv – list physical volumes, this will display the list of drives installed. hdisk0, hdisk1 etc.
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Here is how I configured a Cisco Pix 506E for remote access.  This is the runnig config, I changed the ip and other info for security reasons.   PIX Version 6.3(5) interface ethernet0 auto interface ethernet1 auto nameif ethernet0 outside security0 nameif ethernet1 inside security100 !— Define the privilege mode password enable password QveUAuiX...
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I was always a Cisco fan until I came across Netscreen firewall vpn routers. Netscreen was acquired by Juniper networks sometime ago. I was hired to work for a project for Sleep Country Canada, to implement a VPN infrastructure. I did not have a choice but learn how to configure the Netscreen firewall and...
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This is how I installed the Equallogic SAN on an IBM eSeries server with AIX 5.2 ML9. AIX maintenance level 7 and above has native iSCSI drivers. Anything older then you will need to download the Cisco iSCSI drivers from Equalogic or Cisco’s website. First create the volume on the SAN, this is pretty...
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Last night or early this morning I had to stay my and work on a new network connectivity with a financial institution.  I am not going to name the institution but will only say that it is one of the largest financial institution in the USA. At the scheduled 1 a.m. eatern time, I...
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VPN (Virtual Private Network) has now become the means of communication for many small to enterprise level organizations.  If you are scarce on financial resources then VPN may be the way to go for connectivity between two remote locations.  All it will cost is the monthly charge for internet access,   the access can be...
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