Blueprints
Network Service Engine – Part 1
This is the initial diagram for one of my Network Service Engines. These are small boxes that I use to handle some important network functions that I need to have provided by hardware devices rather than virtual machines. These will be configured to provide DNS Server Services, DNS Resolver Services, NTP (Network Time Protocol) Services, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Services), Certificate Server Services, and possibly other items as we work to discover the best way to construct, provision, and maintain the lab.
This configuration is for one of the basic building blocks of a lab – I will have two of these working together to provide some redundant services for my main lab, and an an isolated instance of a third to work with my Linux workstation lab.
All of the IP addresses depicted are RFC-1918 private addresses that are non-routable on the Internet. Caution: You should always check to make sure that whatever you are doing on your own network will not conflict with your Internet Service Provider (or whomever manages your network) before using an IP range.
Projects
Network Service Engine – Part 1
This is the initial diagram for one of my Network Service Engines. These are small boxes that I use to handle some important network functions that I need to have provided by hardware devices rather than virtual machines. These will be configured to provide DNS Server Services, DNS Resolver Services, NTP (Network Time Protocol) Services, […]
An Introduction to Projects
This segment is where I will be discussing complete projects end-to-end. I will label the projects so that you can follow from one post to the next, but some segments will be cross-posted where it makes sense for visibility in other segments of this website.
About
An Introduction to This Website
jaymeslab.io is a thought that has been percolating in the back of my mind for quite some time. Given the opportunity that I have to present a session on building a computer lab environment at VMware Explore 2023, I decided that it is time to move from the ideation phase to the realization phase. The […]
Hardware
An Introduction to Hardware
One of the most challenging steps in the process of beginning to put together a computer lab environment is choosing the hardware that you are going to use to accomplish the task. This category will discuss all things hardware including (but not limited to): Computing hardware, Networking Hardware, and Storage Hardware. Here you will find […]
Operating Systems
An Introduction to Operating Systems
Operating Systems are to hardware as a driver is to a car. The operating system is the entity responsible for making everything run and providing some level of performance while accomplishing its mission. There are a number of Operating Systems available from Open-Source based operating systems to custom designed operating systems that are meant to […]
Networking
An Introduction to Networking
Networking is simple. Plug the right cable in the right ports and get two machines to talk to one another. While the exercise of developing and testing the switch and router configurations may be left to the reader in this introduction, they will be discussed in-depth in this section of posts and comments. Networking is […]
Software Development
An Introduction to Software Development
While it may not be your intention to build a lab in order to develop software of any description, it is something that I use my lab for on a regular basis. Because of this, I will be including a section on software development. I think you will find that even an entry-level systems administrator […]
Virtualization
An Introduction to Virtualization
A long time ago, in a galaxy not so very far away, the original virtualization concept sparked into existence. In fact, it was IBM with the System/360 mainframe that started the computing industry on the road to virtualization with the initial concepts of time-sharing and virtual memory. These were invented for very much the same […]
Change Log
Change Log – 17-Sep-2023
- Updated layout to fix inconsistent type-faces
- Added sections for Projects and Blueprints
- Updated category list and menus
- Added new categories
- Moved Software Development to a sub-category of software
- Added first post for Blueprints (Network Service Engine – Part 1)