From 35414993a74699973f2ae8c684cc1f3644fd2bb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pim van Pelt Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:42:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Tuesday, we're home again --- content/blog/wk8day2.md | 68 ++++++++++++++++++- static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG | 3 + static/img/headline/9T9_DnB.png | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG | 3 + 4 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/headline/9T9_DnB.png create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG diff --git a/content/blog/wk8day2.md b/content/blog/wk8day2.md index 7242c5d..adcf08b 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk8day2.md +++ b/content/blog/wk8day2.md @@ -1,7 +1,69 @@ --- -title: "Week 8, Tuesday:" +title: "Week 8, Tuesday: Quinn made us dinner" date: 2024-09-17T21:55:00+02:00 -draft: true --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/9T9_DnB.png" alt="Credit: 9T9_DnB, YouTube" >}} + +Marina had a terrible night, it seems. She kept on waking up, then it was too warm, so she turned on +the AC, which made a lot of noise. All in all, I did not manage to notice much of anything, as I +slept through the whole night with only one quick bathroom break in the middle somewhere. + +At 09:30 we bounce from the hotelroom. I still think it's cool that you can get hotel rooms for +budget prices, as I don't need all that fancy stuff that I don't use anyway. I'd personally rather +pay € 63,- for the room and _know_ that it'll be simple, than that I pay € 350,- and feel +I'm being ripped off all the way. This is my kind of place! + +The day was actually quite light on excitement. We drove from Nancy through the Elsace into Basel, +and had a chuckle as a car in front of us was trying to weave their way into the 'shorter' of the +two lanes at the border, while we decided to stay in our 'longer' lane and make a little chicane +through the border crossing; but _they_ got flagged and had to have a chat with the popo, while +there was nobody on the 'longer' lane. So once again: taking shortcuts is not always smart! + +In Basel we switched drivers just one more time, and I chauffeured us the last leg home, where we +arrived at around 13:00 or so. Our driveway was blocked by some semi truck with a trailer and a +*lot* of mud. It turns out, they're rebuilding/refurbishing the playground in the neighborhood +behind ours, and it seemed easier (for them anyway) to use our street to gain access to it. But, +Marina walked into the ground-zero and quickly emerged with a coffee drinking brother, who moved the +truck so I could pull into our driveway. No harm, no foul! + +We unpacked our stuff, had some lunch, and then I went downstairs. First of all, to finish the +journal entry for the day-before-yesterday (Yes, all this traveling is taking its toll on my +timing!) but also to do a little bit of nerd-prep: + +* I have these two nice _Checkpoint_ 48x25G + 8x100G switches, but they refuse to load the +linux switchdev driver, so I spent a few hours messing around with `mfa2` and `mstflint` and +`mlxfwmanager` and such. My buddy Vlad gave the correct tip: just download the flash from a working +switch, and then burn it with `mstflint` while allowing the tool to change the PSID (== device SKU). +Result: two new Debian running 48x25+8x100 in my stash. Yaay! +* Tomorrow I get to deploy IP-Max at the Stollen datacenter in Lucerne, and I still have a bunch +of ASR9001s (including one that I took out for a spin a few weeks ago). They need to be staged, +cables and things arranged, so that tomorrow morning I can shuttle it all to Lucerne for a smooth +deploy. + +I spend the rest of the afternoon doing these things, and as well preparing the IPng equipment for +the site: One VPP router (Dell R630, 2x25G, 4x10G, 2x1G); One Hypervisor (Dell R730, 2x10G, 2x1G, +256GB memory and 3x3.84TB enterprise SAS); One Centec switch (8x1G RJ45, 8x1G SFP, 20x10G SFP+, +8x25G QSFP); and One APU6 out-of-band with WiFi. That's my "standard issue" point of presence and +it's going to be super fun to bring this all up. I boot the machines and give them their IPMI and +management IPs in _IPng Site Local_, connect them together, and tidy up the configs. These should be +'shoot and forget' tomorrow. + +By the time I'm done with these configs, so is Quinn. Such a sweetheart, he has promised to make us +dinner tonight, to welcome us home! His dishes are a pasta with caramelized onions; and a lukewarm +potato salad with vinaigrette. He aces it, and it is absolutely scrumptious. I take seconds and +embellish a little bit with thirds: it's _that_ yummy, that I forgot to take pics!! + +After dinner, we hang out on the couch and watch one _Black Mirror_, and at 22:00 or so, I turn in +for the night as I need to trek to Luzern tomorrow with a stack of computer and network gear with +Fred. I can't wait! + +## Pictures of the Day + +{{< gallery-category >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG" caption="The totallu cute micro Pavé d'Affinois that Marina used for breakfast" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-17/IMG_1359.JPG" caption="The very last picture of the car with IPng sticker - it's coming off before we hit the Swiss border!" >}} +{{< /gallery-category >}} + +{{< gallery-modal >}} +{{< gallery-script >}} diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67eb745 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/fullsize/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:d6941fd4d7de7f4ae1d69293485f11ab8dc1a7a76e9447b52924cb29d3dde8f3 +size 1574339 diff --git a/static/img/headline/9T9_DnB.png b/static/img/headline/9T9_DnB.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..848dd39 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/headline/9T9_DnB.png @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:6585b1c3c4718167e3b32662156fcd10e042b7579e1acf0eacc19aed8d53c025 +size 127051 diff --git a/static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e29808 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-17/IMG_1357.JPG @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:220ee8964bdb9fdaf2f28276725c6fe40f7c2131b31b238a4d4f306e13d3a755 +size 48299