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.

Flash Pool Tutorial – NetApp VST (Virtual Storage Tier)

Posted on August 14, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will explain how Flash Pool aggregates on NetApp ONTAP storage systems work. Flash Pool is a NetApp VST (Virtual Storage Tier) caching technology. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Flash Pool – NetApp VST (Virtual Storage Tier) Video Tutorial...

NetApp ALUA and SLM Tutorial

Posted on August 13, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, you’ll learn about ALUA and SLM, which stand for Asymmetric Logical Unit Access and Selective LUN Mapping respectively. These are used to control what paths are going to be advertised to the client to access its SAN storage. Scroll down for the video and also ...

NetApp High Availability

Posted on August 12, 2020 By

NetApp High Availability

In this NetApp training tutorial, I will discuss NetApp High Availability on FAS controllers. Your storage system is almost certainly going to be a mission critical component in your environment so you don’t want to have any single points of failure. Controller redundancy is provided by the H...

NAS Network Attached Storage Overview

Posted on August 10, 2020 By

In this SAN and NAS Storage tutorial, I’ll cover the basics of Network Attached Storage and show you what NAS looks like from the client’s point of view with a lab demo. I will also examine the differences between NAS and SAN. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Want the comple...

How the Spanning Tree Works

Posted on August 4, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about how Spanning Tree works. Spanning Tree is an industry-standard protocol, which is enabled by default on all vendors’ switches. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. How the Spanning Tree Works Video Tutorial [youtube v ...

Spanning Tree Root Bridge Election on Cisco Switches

Posted on July 21, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about manipulating the Spanning Tree Root Bridge Election. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. The Spanning Tree Root Bridge Election on Cisco Switches Video Tutorial [youtube v = kfug7FMswz0 maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id...

Cisco STP Spanning Tree Versions

Posted on July 14, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about the different Spanning Tree versions. There have been a few different versions over time, which have improved on the previous versions. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco STP Spanning Tree Versions Video Tutorial [yo...

Cisco Spanning Tree Terminology – The Bridge

Posted on June 23, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about the Spanning Tree terminology of bridges. This is going to just be a short lecture and I wanted to cover this before we get into the details of how Spanning Tree works. Scroll down to see the video and also text tutorial. Cisco Spanning ...