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.

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...

Subnetting Overview

Posted on March 31, 2020 By

Subnetting Overview

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’re going to understand how we can implement submitting. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial.   Subnetting Overview Video Tutorial [youtube v = a_ChLbdUH-4 maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1″]   Subnetting is a r...

NetApp Deduplication, Compression, and Compaction Tutorial

Posted on March 27, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, we will cover deduplication, compression, and compaction. These are ONTAP storage efficiency technologies that help save physical space and reduce cost. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp Deduplication, Compression, and Compaction Video Tutoria...

Cisco QoS Overview

Posted on March 24, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, I’m going to give you an overview of Quality of Service (QoS). When people talk about QoS in general, they’re usually referring to queuing. Scroll down for the video and text tutorial. Cisco QoS Overview Video Tutorial [youtube v = 9gEujvDdAbI maxwid...

NetApp Thin Provisioning Tutorial

Posted on March 19, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, we will take a look at NetApp Thin Provisioning which makes it appear to your clients that they’ve got more storage available than the actual physical storage space that is really on their storage system. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetAp...