jinja2 Jinja2 Switch Templating with FreeZTP This is a sanitized example of a switch template that I built out with a strong focus on keeping the process as simple and unbreakable as possible for the intended end-users.
cisco Cisco EEM: Auto Interface Descriptions These applets will automatically update the description of an interface where a new CDP neighbor is detected, if not already described accordingly.
cisco Cisco Smart Install - IOS-XE Stack Auto-Allocation When this snippet is added to a Jinja2 template it will automatically build out an EEM applet that will set switch priorities and renumber all switches in the stack.
cisco Cisco Smart Install - IOS-XE Upgrade Caveat IOS-XE 3.7.4 cannot upgrade to 16.3.6 via smart-install because *new force* isn't appended. This workaround uses EEM applets in the FreeZTP J2 switch template to download install the updated image.
cisco AnyConnect VPN with(out) DUO 2FA A user's status can be set as 'Bypass' in the Duo Admin Panel (to bypass 2FA), but as an exercise we can also use Duo's Auth Proxy along side a separate authentication server in an environment with Duo 2FA users and non-2FA users.
cisco NX-OS Default Interface from Enable Mode Considering the 9000v is really only for labbing this isn’t a huge deal, but I was able but to default an interface from enable mode; config mode is not required.
cisco NX-OS Dynamic Routing over vPC VLAN Configure EIGRP on the N9K platform to establish dynamic routing adjacencies and achieve ECMP on a vPC VLAN.
cisco Fix: Cisco MARS Upgrade from Recovery Recently I received an RMA replacement for a CS-MARS-20 unit that had a failing drive. After restoring the backup from version 6.1.5 everything was back to normal, but we needed to get onto the latest version (6.1.8).