How to Configure IPsec VPN between Azure and Fortigate Firewall

This post is about the configuration of IPsec VPN between Azure and Fortinet Fortigate firewall, as part 2 of the post “How to Configure Azure Hub and Spoke Topology” Overall Topology Environment *On-prem Environment has a pair of Fortinet Fortigate firewalls with a public IP of 4.4.4.4 *Virtual Network Gateway (with local gateway and connection […]

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How to Configure LACP between FS and Cisco

This post is about configuring LACP between FS and Cisco Switches. Environment * FS Switch end * Cisco Switch end * 4x 10G connection in between FS switch configuration ====Change the port speed to 10G as our Cisco 9300 can only support 10G ====Configure the LACP Cisco Switch configuration LACP status Useful links https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/12_2sb/feature/guide/gigeth.html https://resource.fs.com/mall/file/user_manual/s5860-20sq-and-s5860-24xb-u-switches-configuration-guide.pdf

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How to Fix “Set-Csuser : This cmdlet has been deprecated” in Teams PowerShell

This post is to fix the “Set-Csuser : This cmdlet has been deprecated. Use the new Set-CsPhoneNumberAssignment and Remove-CsPhoneNumberAssignment cmdlets instead” error in Teams PowerShell. Environment *Microsoft Teams configured with Direct Routing for PSTN calling *All users Were migrated from On-Prem Skype for Business *All AD users are created locally in Domain Controller first, then

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How to Connect Juniper QFX EVPN-VXLAN and VMware ESXi using LACP

This post is about configuring LACP between Juniper QFX (EVPN-VXLAN design) and VMware ESXi hosts. Environment *2x Juniper QFX 5120 Switches configured with EVPN-VXLAN, the design is a Collapsed Spine Fabric as described below: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/solutions/topics/task/configuration/collapsed-spine-fabric-cloud-dc-configuring.html *If you connect your ESXi hosts directly to the QFX switches, you have to use LACP in between as this

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How to fix the “Provide the migration license” Error on Cisco Webex Phone

This post documents the process to fix the Cisco Webex Phone “Provide the migration license. Contact your administrator” error. Environment *Cisco Webex Calling with PSTN Call enabled *Cisco 8845 phone that migrated via the steps below *Phone is showing up with correct MAC address in Cisco Webex portal, but with migration license error. Root Cause

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How to Configure Dial-up IPsec VPN from Fortinet FortiGate to Juniper SRX

This post is to document the process of configuring dynamic IPsec VPN from Juniper SRX to FortiGate Firewall, then configure OSPF over IPsec tunnel interfaces with a bit of OSPF route filtering. Environment 1 x Fortinet FortiGate Firewall with dynamic WAN IP address 1 x Juniper SRX firewall with Static WAN IP address Requirement is

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How to Migrate VMware Standard Switch to Distributed Switch

This post is to document the process of migrating VMware Standard Switch to Distributed Switch. The purpose of this change is to enable LACP on both VMware Hosts and Core/Top of Rack Switch. Environment Three-node cluster connected to Two-Switch stack with redundant connection for each switch On each switch port, it is configured with standard

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