NETCONF, REST, XML, JSON, YAML And Other Buzzwords
Not content to merely play with NETCONF, I have taken a side step briefly to complete another little tool that relies on a REST API and JSON. I’ll come back on the NETCONF script soon, […]
Articles by John Herbert
Talking About Software Gone Wild
In case you don’t follow Ivan Pepelnjak’s blog (and if not, why not?), I was honored – and a little shy – to be asked to talk to him about my “F-Script” and programming in […]
Is NETCONF Ready for Prime Time?
This week a colleague of mine (also a script junkie) was writing a change script to create a VLAN. In this case he was adding the VLAN to a Cisco FabricPath domain, and he observed […]
Pluribus Server Switch – WLTM Engineer With Ideas!
I was talking to a colleague this week about Facebook’s recent announcement of their “Wedge” open switch platform. The promise of this switch is pretty cool stuff, and we ended up having an interesting discussion […]
The XML Schema and the Paywall
As a follow on from my post on Cisco’s acquisition of Tail-f and Cisco’s commitment to open standards, by chance I happened to need to grab the XML schema for a Nexus 5020 so I […]
Thoughts on Cisco Acquiring Tail-F Systems
I met the lovely folks from Tail-F at Networking Field Day 7 earlier this year, and I was impressed with their NCS product. If you haven’t already seen what Tail-F is up to, do take […]