The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group
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The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group is an independent users group which meets on the first Wednesday of each month for the open exchange of technical information regarding the networking
industry and Cisco products for the benefit of Cisco users.
Our meetings are free to attend - all we ask is that you sign up via our membership / meeting announcements mailing list.
We also have a pizza buffet starting at 6:00 pm (no charge) with the main meeting starting at 6:30 pm.
Our Next Meeting - Wednesday
October 3, 2018
MRA
Basic Configuration and Troubleshooting
This session will introduce one of the
integral, money-saving features of the Cisco
Collaborations Solution, Mobile and Remote
Access(MRA). MRA extends office connectivity
to on-the-go and remote employees, providing
a seamless experience to customers when they
are outside the enterprise network. This
feature allows external Cisco Jabber mobile
users and Cisco Telepresence endpoints to
securely access video, voice, contents,
voicemails, instant messaging(IM), and
presence without the need to connect through
a VPN. During the session, the basics of how
MRA works, various deployment scenarios,
Expressway basic configuration elements,
DNS, and certificate requirements will be
discussed. There will also be a deep dive to
understand what configuration is required on
CUCM, IM&P, firewalls, and endpoints(Jabber,
TC/CE Endpoints, IP Phones). After this
session, you will be able to configure and
troubleshoot the MRA solution with ease and
time to spare.
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Victoria West,
CCIE Wireless #49749
A CCIE Wireless with industry
experience in voice and wireless
technologies. Victoria has a
Bachelor’s degree in Computer
Technology, and has worked for Cisco
for 6 years. Along with supporting
the technology, she is responsible
for conducting trainings, technical
writing, onboarding new employees,
and mentoring new employees in the
Collaboration TAC Team.
Swagata Bose, CCIE
#40580 (Voice & Collaboration),
CUSS, ITIL
A double CCIE and a dual Bachelor in
Science(BS in IT and Mechanical)
with over 8 years of industry
experience of Cisco Solutions.
Swagata is a backbone engineer at
the Cisco Technical Assistance
Center(TAC) and holds great
expertise in Jabber, Cisco IM and
Presence, Gateways, Cisco Unified
Communications Manager, Cisco Unity
Connection, Cisco Unified Attendant
Console. He holds a CCIE mentor
badge and is trained in RHCE/RHCSA,
Virtualization 101, PMP, PSP, Accent
Neutralization and Technical Content
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Victoria West
Swagata Bose |
Sponsor for October 3, 2018
DFWCUG welcomes
CSS Corp as our monthly meeting sponsor for
October 2018
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helping customers differentiate and succeed.
Founded in 1996, CSS Corp is a
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Local Contact:
Mark Jacobs
mark.jacobs@csscorp.com
972-405-6705
Our Last
Meeting - Wednesday September 5, 2018
Getting started with Network Automation using Python
Continuing the topic of Network
Automation/NetDevOps, let's look a bit more
on the practical side of using all this "new
technology". Now that you've got Python
up-n-running (thanks Beau
Williamson-March2018), have some ideas of
how to access devices to gather info and/or
push config parameters using Netmiko (thanks
Kirk Byers-April2018), and have some
practical Python programming skills (thanks
Matt Denapoli-August2018), let's delve
deeper in the real-world details of pull and
push aspects of Network Automation. We'll
work with a mix of vendor gear, a mix of
network operating systems that do and don't
support REST API's, and some of the
differences of what you can do with or
without API's. There will be examples of
running scripts from Windows/PyCharm/Python
and Linux/Python.
This is a mini hand-on lab session so bring
your laptop loaded with your Python tools
and WLAN connect to an isolated lab system
(no Internet access, totally isolated for
this hands-on lab system). Not only will you
write your own scripts (follow Jeff), you
will also have the opportunity to access
real equipment to validate your newly
created scripts do work!
If you don't have a laptop with Python
already installed, goto the DFW_CUG YouTube
channel and watch Beau Williamson's
presentation on March 7, 2018, to get you
up-n-ready.
Jeff Carrell,
Network Instructor - HPE Education
Services
Jeff Carrell is a Network Instructor
for HPE Education Services. Jeff
facilitates many networking courses
offered by HPE, serves as a SME for
customized courses for specific
customer requirements, and
participates in course development.
Jeff is a frequent industry speaker,
freelance writer, IPv6 Forum
Certified Trainer, and prior to HPE
was a network instructor and course
developer to major networking
manufacturers. He is a technical
lead and co-author for the book,
Guide to TCP/IP: IPv6 and IPv4, 5th
Edition and lead technical editor on
Fundamentals of Communications and
Networking, Second Edition.
The DFWCUG wishes to thank
GDH Consulting for being our meeting sponsor
for September 2018
As leaders in the staffing industry, we
at GDH work every day to understand the
needs of our clients and find top talent to
help clients achieve their goals. Our growth
is based on a foundation of respect for both
candidates and clients. Our daily ambition
is, and will continue to be, placing the
right talent in the right positions so that
both employers and candidates get exactly
what they need.
At GDH, we know that trust defines our
ability to help clients and candidates find
each other, and the value we place on that
trust will remain—no matter what else
changes or how much we grow. Candidates can
rely on us in the most stressful of times,
and clients know that our in-depth knowledge
of their needs will result in the absolute
best candidate placements for every job.
GDH has a 13+ year relationship with Cisco
Systems, and is currently one of Cisco’s
Preferred Services Partners for both
Professional Services and Staff
Augmentation. We manage one of the largest
teams of Red Badge resources, and that team
is continually growing. Any IT Professional
interested in an opportunity to support one
of the world’s leading technology companies,
please contact your local GDH
representative.
Alexis Nagy
Sr. Account Executive
972-535-2400 – Office
214-732-0180 – Cell
anagy@gdhinc.com
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