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.

IP Address Classes

Posted on April 28, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about the IP address classes. We’re going to cover Classes A, B, and C which are used for allocating addresses to our hosts, and then Classes D and E. Scroll down for the video and text tutorials.   IP Adress Classes Video Tutorial ...

NetApp SANtricity Platforms Overwiew: E and EF Series

Posted on April 23, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I’ll give you an overview of NetApp’s E and EF-Series platforms that run on the SANtricity operating system. Scroll down for the video and text tutorials.   The E-Series and EF-Series platforms provide simple, easy to manage, fast, and reliable bloc...

Cisco Equal Cost Multi Path ECMP Tutorial

Posted on April 21, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about Equal Cost Multi Path, ECMP. Cisco Equal Cost Multi Path ECMP Video Tutorial [youtube v = wGLi_V_FQpk maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1″] If multiple paths to a destination network have an equal metric, the router will...

NetApp Cloud Storage Solutions Overview Tutorial

Posted on April 16, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I’ll give you an overview of NetApp’s Public Cloud Storage offerings namely Cloud Volumes ONTAP, NetApp Private Storage, and Cloud Volumes Service. Scroll down for the video and text tutorial. NetApp Cloud Storage Solutions Overview Video Tutorial [youtu...

Private IP Addresses (RFC 1918) Tutorial

Posted on April 14, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about the private address ranges. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Private IP Addresses (RFC 1918) Video Tutorial [youtube v = Icp4FkmpDkA maxwidth = 100%]   [testimonial_view id=”1″]   These were documen...

NetApp StorageGRID WebScale Overview Tutorial

Posted on April 9, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I’ll give you an overview of StorageGRID Webscale which is NetApp’s object storage platform. Scroll down for video and also text tutorial. NetApp StorageGRID WebScale Overview Video Tutorial [youtube v = wV_wUKruAbc maxwidth = 100%]   [testimonial_v...

CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing Tutorial

Posted on April 7, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’re going to learn about CIDR, which is Classless Inter-Domain Routing. Scroll down for the video and text tutorial. CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing Video Tutorial [youtube v = ncsJ0uJu4n0 maxwidth = 100%]   [testimonial_view id=”1″...

NetApp Converged Infrastructure: FlexPod and NFLEX

Posted on April 2, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, I’ll give you an overview of NetApp’s converged infrastructure solutions, FlexPod, and NFLEX. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp Converged Infrastructure Overview Video Tutorial – FlexPod and NFLEX [youtube v = Q26aiu7H9_g max...