I have only been blogging for 3 months and I do not consider myself successful or expert by any stretch of the imagination. However, I have learned many things about what it takes to be a blogger. It took me a few months to get a handle on it, so this is about providing information for other people to jump-start their own blogging efforts. This post details how to use the features of a blog site, promote yourself and provide content that people are interested in.
Author: vcdx133
Chief Enterprise Architect and Strategist, 4xVCDX#133, NPX#8, DECM-EA.
Cisco UCS Configuration Guide for vSphere – Part 3 – LAN
This is part 3 of the Cisco UCS Configuration Guide. This post is broken into two components: configuring the physical Server/FC/LAN links and the creation of UCS LAN policies.
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Rise of the Super Architect
With the Software Defined Data Center, essential services are being pushed into the hypervisor: Server, Network, Storage, Security. With that change in technology, you are starting to see a shift in the evolution of an architect’s skill-set. It is now becoming necessary for an IT Professional to break the traditional model of single silo expertise and transform into a multi-silo “Super Architect”.
VCDX – Supporting Documentation
Once you have finished your design documents, you then have to prepare the supporting documentation. The length of this task is very often underestimated by aspiring candidates, who either rush the job to make the submission and possibly have their application rejected due to incompleteness or miss their submission date.
VCDX – Study Group Etiquette
It is commonly known that the best way to increase your chances of achieving the VCDX title is to join a Study Group, have your design reviewed by VCDX-level peers, participate in VCDX-level Mock Defences and be mentored by already qualified VCDXs.
With that being said, the Study Group is a symbiotic relationship where each participant is expected to contribute to the group and give as much as he or she receives. There are no free rides.
VCDX – Logical & Physical Design Blueprints
One of the requirements for the VCDX submission is a set of Logical and Physical Design Blueprints. As the name suggests, the Blueprint collates all of the pertinent information from each technology silo of the Architecture Design into one document. I have heard of candidates not using a separate set of broadsheets and still being accepted, however my advice is take the time and effort to prepare the A3 diagrams.
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VCDX – How do I measure if my Customer Requirements are being met?
One of the biggest challenges with developing your design is checking and measuring how closely your Logical and Physical Design decisions have aligned with the Customer’s Business Requirements. This is one of the reasons why it is worth starting your design from a blank sheet of paper and ignore any templates you may have access to; they distract you from the fundamental process.
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