Welcome to the Flackbox blog, where my aim is to help you build your cloud and data center career. If you’re looking to widen your knowledge across server, networking and storage technologies then you’ve come to the right place. I regularly upload training video tutorials featuring vendors such as Cisco, NetApp and VMware.

NetApp Multiprotocol Tutorial

Posted on December 11, 2020 By

NetApp Multiprotocol Tutorial

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will cover NetApp Multiprotocol configuration for CIFS and NFS NAS. NetApp Multiprotocol allows both Windows and UNIX based clients to access the same files and folders. Scroll down for the videos and also text tutorial. NetApp Multiprotocol Video Tutorial [youtub...

NetApp ONTAP Performance Overview

Posted on December 10, 2020 By

In this NetApp tutorial, I’ll give you an overview of the performance in ONTAP storage systems. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp ONTAP Performance Overview Video Tutorial [youtube v = SwwHgyWctiU maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”2″]   ONTAP Perfor...

Cisco Unicast, Broadcast, and Multicast Traffic

Posted on December 8, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA tutorial, you’re going to learn about the three main types of traffic that will send over an IP network, which are unicast, broadcast, and multicast. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco Unicast, Broadcast, and Multicast Traffic Video Tutorial [youtube v =...

NetApp Storage QoS Tutorial

Posted on December 3, 2020 By

In this NetApp tutorial, you’ll learn about ONTAP Storage QoS and how you can use it to control the performance that will be given to your workloads. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial.   NetApp Storage QoS Video Tutorial [youtube v = pzX1Kdaz1mA maxwidth = 100%] [testimonia...

Cisco OSPF Cost Metric

Posted on December 1, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA tutorial, you’ll learn about the OSPF metric which is the cost. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco OSPF Cost Metric Video Tutorial [youtube v = xHqMIw55CSo maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1″]   OSPF Metric Calculation   As OS...

NetApp Storage Architecture Tutorial

Posted on November 30, 2020 By

NetApp Storage Architecture Tutorial

In this NetApp training tutorial, we will focus on NetApp storage architecture. The NetApp storage architecture is organised into disks, aggregates, RAID groups, volumes, Qtrees and LUNs. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. The NetApp Storage Architecture – Video Tutorial [youtu...

NetApp SAN Utilities: MPIO, DSM, SLM, & Host Utilities

Posted on November 27, 2020 By

NetApp SAN Utilities

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will cover MultiPath Input/Output (MPIO), Device-specific Modules (DSM), NetApp Host Utilities, and Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA). These are the software utilities that allow the initiator (the SAN client) to discover and correctly use multiple paths to th...

NetApp Replicated Database, Quorum, and Epsilon

Posted on November 26, 2020 By

In this NetApp tutorial, you’ll learn about the Replicated Database (RDB), quorum, and epsilon. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp Replicated Database, Quorum, and Epsilon Video Tutorial [youtube v = DyPlOD2tLYc maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”2″]  ...