Cisco Champion Radio

In this episode, Cisco Champions Aaron Kirk discuss the NOC  at Cisco Live with Joe Clarke. Cisco Champion Host Aaron Kirk (https://twitter.com/amkirk), Cisco Champion member, Technical Marketing Engineer Cisco Guest Joe Clarke, Cisco Distinguished Services Engineer Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - The importance of automation in the NOC - The numbers behind the NOC - What the Cisco Live NOC team looks like in terms of size and roles - What equipment is used to build the NOC - Preparing for a Cisco Live event - What the NOC team does once Cisco Live starts - How and why the MetroCluster are set-up for Cisco Live - Cisco Live stories, surviving worse case scenarios and tools that the team created and uses - How Webex Teams comes into play - The most important lesson Aaron and Joe have learned - What Aaron and Joe would change for future shows More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/cisc

In this episode, Cisco Champions Mat Jovanovic and Luc Robalo discuss Cisco ACI with John Weston & Juan Lage. Cisco Champion Hosts Mat Jovanovic (https://twitter.com/matjovanovic), Cisco Champion member, European SDDC Chief Technologist Luc Robalo (https://twitter.com/lucrobalo), Cisco Champion member, Senior Network Engineer Cisco Guests John Weston, Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center Business Unit Juan Lage (https://twitter.com/juanlage), Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center Business Unit Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Brief history of ACI - Deploying and scaling ACI - MultiPod, MultiSite and MultiCloud - Overview of NAE - White listing model - Compatibility matrix for various hypervisors - Brownfield vs greenfield - Programming the fabric - VMware and other 3rd-party integrations - VXLAN/VLAN encapsulation More information and resources here:

In this episode, Cisco Champions Rowell Dionicio and Robert Boardman discuss Cisco WiFi Troubleshooting and Optimization with Jerome Henry. Cisco Champion Hosts Rowell Dionicio (https://twitter.com/rowelldionicio), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer Robert Boardman (https://twitter.com/robb_404), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer Cisco Guest Jerome Henry, (https://twitter.com/wirelessccie) Principal Engineer, Technical Marketing, WiFi Business Unit Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Tools for trpubleshooting wifi - Packet analysis – MIMO considerations - Using Excel to troubleshoot - Access point coverage - Most common issues - Jerome’s process for optimizing a wireless network More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep-12-wifi-troubleshooting-and-optimization

In this episode, Cisco Champions Mat Jovanovic and Luc Robalo discuss Cisco MultiCloud with Pete Johnson. Cisco Champion Hosts Mat Jovanovic (https://twitter.com/matjovanovic), Cisco Champion member, European SDDC Chief Technologist Luc Robalo (https://twitter.com/lucrobalo), Cisco Champion member, Senior Network Engineer Cisco Guest Pete Johnson (https://twitter.com/nerdguru), Technical Solutions Architect Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Use cases for Multicloud - Trends for cloud adoption and usage - How the ubiquity of software has changed the world - Security concerns of the cloud - ACI Anywhere - Cisco workload optimization - Metrics for moving workloads around More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep11-cisco-multicloud

In this episode, Cisco Champions Rowell Dionicio and Francois Vergès discuss Cisco RRM with Jim Florwick. Cisco Champion Hosts Rowell Dionicio (https://twitter.com/rowelldionicio), Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer Francois Vergès (https://twitter.com/vergesfrancois), Cisco Champion member, Wireless Network Engineer Cisco Guest Jim Florwick, Technical Marketing Engineer, Enterprise Networks Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - Most common misconceptions of RRM - Channel management - Initiating a DCA restart - Designing for RRM - How to validate your designs - Tips for doing a site survey - FRA and RRM - What to consider when configuring and placing APs - New RRM features Cisco is working on - Setting intervals and thresholds - Default global RRM TPC settings - dBm TX power in the RRM GUI - RRM data collection - Jim’s 3 big things for working with Cisco RRM More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com

In this episode, Cisco Champions Wendell Odom and Pieter-Jan Nefkens discuss Getting Published with guest Brett Bartow. Cisco Champion Hosts Wendell Odom (https://twitter.com/wendellodom), Cisco Champion member, Cisco Press Author Pieter-Jan Nefkens (https://twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Lead Consultant Guest Brett Bartow, Product Line Manager, IT Professionals Group, Pearson Education (Official Publishing Partner of Cisco Press) Moderator Brett Shore (https://twitter.com/brettshore), Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - How to approach a publisher - Pitfalls, best practices and keys to success for first time authors - How many pages should an author target for a book - What is in the publisher’s head when reading pitches - The complexities of publishing technical content - What should have in place before approaching a publisher - The process leading up to signing a contract - Tools and techniques to get your topic organized and/or solidified - Timeline for gettin

In this episode, Cisco Champions Martin Schönbacher and Håvard Staub Nyhus discuss Cisco Tetration with Cisco guest Jothi Prakash Prabakaran. Cisco Champion Hosts Martin Schönbacher (https://twitter.com/nfvguy), Cisco Champion member, Datacenter Architect Håvard Staub Nyhus (https://twitter.com/hnyhus), Cisco Champion member, Senior Consultant Cisco Guest Jothi Prakash Prabakaran, Product Marketing Manager Moderator Breana Jordan, Cisco Champion Program Management Podcast Discussion Topics - The idea behind Cisco Tetration - Cisco Tetration use cases - Cisco Tetration deployment models and options - All about the software sensor - On-prem versus SaaS - Policy enforcement and sensor security - 3rd party hardware sensors - 3rd party integrations - Multi-layering More information and resources here: https://blogs.cisco.com/perspectives/ciscochampion-radio-s5ep8-cisco-tetration