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I recently was attempting to install CUCM 7 on an older MCS-7825 server...unfortunately, the server is old enough that it only had a CD-Rom drive (and CUCM 7 is on DVDs)...Stumbled onto this utility:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/
Allows you to "burn" an ISO image onto a USB stick (and make a bootable USB drive in the process). Nice! Worked well for my CUCM install, but has a million other uses too.
While randomly searching for a Cisco DSP Calculator, I came across this link with a plethora of free Cisco tools - go Brad Reese! (a fellow I commonly see in Network World magazine).
Excellent tool - allows RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, etc... all from a single, tab-based utility. It looks like someone took Putty Connection Manager to the next level.
Yes, I am still alive, but have been EXTREMELY busy over the last couple months. So, a quick post for a quick link that I always dig too long to find:
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumOneTimeServers
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers
Update: You can also point to the NTP server pool (in the US) at us.pool.ntp.org. Thanks Brent!
If I love posts like this, does it make me a geek?
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/38197
Ahhh...cool tools to waste hours with. Just what I need.
Just found this "news" in my Junk Email folder (sometimes you find gold in there!). Has anyone had a chance to try this Free IP SLA Monitor from Solarwinds? Looks interesting, but I'm worried about installing yet another cool-sounding-free-tool that runs for 5 minutes then explodes in order to convince me to buy a multimillion dollar product.
We take a break from our regularly scheduled Cisco programming to bring you this 'killer free-product' alert. I've now added VMWare ESX server (free) to my list of "programs that will change your life." I believe we actually have Microsoft to thank for making this product free since they're now trying to compete with VMWare by including Hypervising with MS Server 2008.
If you haven't seen it, VMWare ESX allows you to do essentially the same thing VMWare Server does, but without running on a client operating system (well, technically there's a 32MB VMWare operating system it runs now). I know, it doesn't sound that cool, but I can't begin to describe the performance increase for all my virutal machines. About 3 weeks ago, I converted my Dell Poweredge 2900 server to this product...Suddenly, I got a raise, my dog stopped barking, my neighbor brought me chocolate chip cookies, and I found an extra 5 bucks I had forgotten in my shorts pocket months ago (I love it when that happens).
Seriosuly...VMWare ESX server cannot be explained; you must experience it for yourself.
