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.

Cisco Layer 3 EtherChannel

Posted on January 5, 2021 By

In this Cisco CCNA tutorial, you’ll learn about Layer 3 EtherChannel. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco Layer 3 EtherChannel Video Tutorial [youtube v = C2pH3k1UX6g maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1″]   You can see that with the configuration examp...

Why We Have The Spanning Tree Protocol

Posted on December 23, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA tutorial, you’ll learn why we have the Spanning Tree protocol. To understand why we need to have it, I need to first start off with a review of ethernet path selection. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Why We Have The Spanning Tree Protocol Video Tutorial [y...

Cisco StackWise, VSS, and vPC

Posted on December 22, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA tutorial, you’ll learn about Cisco’s multi-chassis EtherChannel options of StackWise, vPC, and VSS. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco StackWise, VSS, and vPC Video Tutorial [youtube v = VPg_V7SSbQw maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1...

ARP – The Address Resolution Protocol

Posted on December 21, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about ARP, what the Address Resolution Protocol is, how it works, and what are the commands to be used. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. ARP – The Address Resolution Protocol Video Tutorial [youtube v = N2C8SeVi9gs maxwi...

NetApp AADM and Balanced Placement

Posted on December 17, 2020 By

In this NetApp tutorial, you’re going to learn about Application Aware Data Management and Balanced Placement. This is an application-driven process that you can use, which will automate a lot of that work for you. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. NetApp AADM and Balanced Plac...

Cisco VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol Tutorial

Posted on December 16, 2020 By

Cisco VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol Tutorial

In this Cisco CCNA training tutorial, you’ll learn about Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) which enables the deletion, renaming, and addition of VLANs on switches configured as VTP servers. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Cisco VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol Video Tutorial [youtube...

Why We Have EtherChannel

Posted on December 15, 2020 By

In this Cisco CCNA tutorial, you’ll learn about why we have EtherChannel. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. Why We Have EtherChannel Video Tutorial [youtube v = lWF5wa5xRuM maxwidth = 100%] [testimonial_view id=”1″]   Campus Design – Oversubscription   W...

RAID Groups and Aggregates on NetApp ONTAP

Posted on December 14, 2020 By

In this NetApp training tutorial, you’ll learn about RAID groups and aggregates, how they relate to each other, and considerations for how best to configure them. Scroll down for the video and also text tutorial. RAID Groups and Aggregates on NetApp ONTAP Video Tutorial [youtube v = PTCKW4wa5Y...