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This blog was developed for IT Professional (who I refer to as Computer/IT Wiz) to provide a means to share technological solutions or practices that are applied to solve a problem or improve overall environment functional conditions.

I have updated this blog mission to include resources on methodologies and ways of  applying best practices with an architecture mindset that will meet business objectives in line with their strategy and vision.

The resources will derived from various vendors point of view to create a complete picture to improve the effectiveness when applying the cloud architecture methodologies in practice.

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Verify Hotfix Applied to Cisco FirePower Threat Defender (FTD) via CLI

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in Uncategorized

Installed firmware hotfix to a Cisco FirePower will not change the display base version in the FirePower Device Manager (FDM). To verify that the hotfix is applied, it will need to be checked via the CLI which is tracked in the patch history. Connect to the FirePower using SSH to the IP address of the … Continue reading Verify Hotfix Applied to Cisco FirePower Threat Defender (FTD) via CLI

Recovering from a Cisco 9500 Firmware ISSU Upgrade

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in Cisco, Routing & Switching, Uncategorized

Today, I had a activity to execute an IOS XE upgrade on a Cisco 9500 switch using from the current version to a newer version which is running in SSO mode. I started by performing pre-checks on the verify that the switch is in the correct state and working as expected. The pre-checks included: Check … Continue reading Recovering from a Cisco 9500 Firmware ISSU Upgrade

Social Engineering Mitigation Techniques

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in Uncategorized

I was thinking about the social engineering techniques of spear phishing especially whale phishing and I asked myself the question: What is the benefit of the C-suite of an organization requiring high level access privilege to computer systems? The executives has no need to access backend server infrastructure since they are only consumers of the … Continue reading Social Engineering Mitigation Techniques

GNS3 VM startup error with Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI enabled – Resolved

by Samuel Mitchell, posted in Data Center Virtualization, Hyper-V, Network Virtualization, Security, Uncategorized, VMware

I have spent many days setting up my GNS3 LAB on my high spec laptop, only to be disappointed at the end of all that effort suddenly with a startup error “Feature ‘hv.capable’ was 0, but must be at least 0x1. Module ‘FeatureCompatLate’ power on failed. Failed to sart the virtual machine” I have the … Continue reading GNS3 VM startup error with Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI enabled – Resolved

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