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 Subnets Networking Tutorial

Posted on August 31, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will explain NetApp Subnets. This is the sixth post in our NetApp networking video tutorial series. Links for the other videos in the series are at the bottom of the page. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp Subnets Video Tutorial [youtube v =...

NetApp NVMe-oF Tutorial

Posted on August 27, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, you’ll learn about NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) in ONTAP. Compared to the other storage protocols, NVMe is very new. You can check out the tutorial on it in my Intro to SAN and NAS course. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp NVMe-oF Video T...

NetApp Broadcast Domains and Failover Groups Tutorial

Posted on August 26, 2020 By

NetApp Broadcast Domains and Failover Groups Tutorial

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will explain NetApp Broadcast Domains and Failover Groups. This is the fifth post in our NetApp networking video tutorial series. Links for the other videos in the series are at the bottom of the page. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp Broad...

Cisco Portfast, BPDU Guard, and Root Guard

Posted on August 25, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about Spanning Tree Portfast, BPDU Guard, and Root Guard. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco Portfast, BPDU Guard, and Root Guard Video Tutorial [youtube v = DMZ2YbN78XM maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1″] &...

NetApp VLANs Networking Tutorial

Posted on August 21, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will explain about NetApp VLANs. This is the second post in our NetApp networking video tutorial series. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp VLANs Networking Video Tutorial [youtube v = rQzDIlIntNQ maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”...

NetApp Unified Replication

Posted on August 20, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, you’ll learn about unified replication which allows you to configure both SnapMirror and SnapVault on the same destination volume to provide both disaster recovery and backup capability. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorials.   NetApp Unified ...

Spanning Tree and HSRP Alignment

Posted on August 18, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn how to align your spanning tree and HSRP configuration so that they line up with each other. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorials. Spanning Tree and HSRP Alignment Video Tutorial [youtube v = jabA01bQLNA maxwidth = 100%] [testimon...

NetApp Interface Groups Tutorial

Posted on August 17, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will explain the NetApp Interface Groups. Interface Groups enable link aggregation of one or more Ethernet interfaces. This is the first in a series on NetApp networking, you can find links to the other tutorials at the bottom of the page. Scroll down for the vide...