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Italy here we come for Pizza and Pasta

So yeah I’m off to Italy to live on Pasta and Pizza for 10 days (Who ever though letting me out was a good idea), I mean i wish it was a holiday but no work calls. Now I’m not a massive Golf fan but its the Ryder Cup and this year its hosted in Italy at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

  • Located in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy
  • Designed by Jim Fazio and David Mezzacane
  • Offers an 18-hole championship golf course
  • Beautiful countryside setting with scenic views
  • High-quality facilities and services for golf enthusiasts
  • Exclusive club atmosphere
  • Known for its excellent course conditions and challenging layout
  • Has a clubhouse, restaurants, and various amenities for members
  • Frequent host of prestigious golf events

Yes I did take that from a ChatGPT prompt

Nerd Stuff you say?

I know everyone is a sucker for some good networking stats and figures and i’m trying to get some to add, but as for the hardware we have

  • A matched pair of Aruba Networking CX 8360v2‘s at two different locations
  • Branching to four 8360v2’s again two at each location linking to each core in LAG’s as distrubution switches
    • Each member of each distribution switch is linked via a VSX Lag to its counter part at the other location
    • Management interfaces are linked to their own physical network
  • Linking on to each core are two Aruba 7240XM Gateways totalling 4 with each having access to each core directly
  • Each location has its own Pair of ESXi hosts with two nics in each one to each core from each host
  • Each host has one interface linked to the management network and the iLO is linked to the management network
  • Each location has its own Internet connection and set of public IP’s along with a floating VIP that are connected to a wan switch per site that are interconnected
  • Theses back off the L3 traffic to four Fortigate Firewalls running in two HA pairs (one per site)
  • Each firewall connects to the local WAN and Core LAN switch and the remote WAN and Core LAN switches
  • For WiFi there where Circa 840 Access points mainly made up of AP-585-RW’s for the bulk of the outdoor coverage
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