My Lexicon: Fexen
Fexen (noun, pl.; pronounced Fex-uhn) Usage “Do we have any copper FEXen on those switches?” Explanation Fexen is the plural of FEX (the Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender modules). Oh, I know, “FEXes” is just as easy […]
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My Lexicon: Nexii
Nexii (noun, pl.; pronounced nex-eye) Usage “I have built a leaf/spine fabric using Nexii.” Explanation Nexii is the plural of Nexus, obviously. To talk about “Cisco Nexuses” is ugly. Referring to “Cisco Nexus switches” is syllabically […]
My Lexicon: To Prop Up a BGP Route
Reading Greg Ferro‘s regular entries to his Network Dictionary, I’m reminded that I occasionally get accused of making up my own terminology. Sometimes though, there’s not a nice clean way to describe the thing you […]