Jordan Villarreal

Senior Technical Advocate for NetBox at NetBox Labs // Just a networking guy talking about networking things. // All opinions are my own. // (He/Him)

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

"I can't get to Facebook... Internet must be down..."
<Submits P0 Ticket> @digitalbyte_ #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Alexis Bertholf (@digitalbyte_) is up to bring it home with how we Make Network Engineering Cool Again. But I don't know when it stopped! I guess I'm about to find out. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Amer Fahar and Mohammad Zaman from @Nokia are up next, giving us a ContainerLab. 2 part hands on session too! Looking forward to it. Let's build something. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

An interesting observation from #CHINOG12. The automation topics are a hair more advanced than I'm accustomed to seeing at events like this. A full blown functional pipeline is a step up from changing NTP servers using Ansible. https://t.co/zdOP8DCo6A

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Now, John Howe (@VirtJunkie) is going to run through creation of a modern, fully integrated network automation pipeline that starts with a service request in Jira Service Management and ends with a verified configuration pushed to a Palo Alto firewall #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Alright, this is a pretty relatable workflow. Very interested to see how this is all stitched together. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Time to kick off the afternoon tracks! I'll be on the B side, hanging with the rest of the automators. @bewing03 bringing us into Ansible Network Resource Modules. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Great career conversation with Petr Lapukhov (@petrlapu), Sergey Kolobov, Dane Jackson, Tom Kacprzynski (@tomkac_net), and Alexis Bertholf (@digitalbyte_) #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Q: What skills are lacking among network engineers?
A: Automation. Troubleshooting. Cross domain understanding. Communication.
My own input? Story telling skills. Soft skills. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Time for a career panel. "Routing Your Career: Expert Insights" - If you want to be a VXLAN expert, that job exists. If you want to be a generalist? That job exists too. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

I love this concept out of @damgarros' presentation. Your default option should be safe. The ansible example is a great example of this. What a way to shoot your network in the foot! #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

I -really- like @damgarros using DHCP as an example of idempotency. It's a great way to illustrate the importance with a technology engineers are already familiar with. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Time to tune in to @damgarros from Opsmill. Focusing on how we can build trustworthy network automation, from principles to practice. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

The dark purple lines are showing off when the world started to sanction Russia. More specifically, Russian media. Dataplane was able to see that (large purple lines) from multiple global POPs. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Time to learn about what https://t.co/2f4fmIe1wg observes from its global network of sensors with John Kristoff (https://t.co/wXg2OR2WFT) #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Wait... fiber that doesn't contain a solid core? That's a new one to me. I guess when latency is king, you do whatever you can to save it. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Next up is @jfilliben talking about the speed of data when it comes to high frequency trading. I wonder if there are any commonalities, or lessons learned, with this and networks for AI workloads. #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Listening to @petrlapu walk through a history of networks for AI workloads. This slide stuck out. I'm still in awe over how we've connected the GPU workloads to their own network. Never would have imagined that leap when I was focused on GPUs for Quake 25 years ago #CHINOG12

[Jordan Villarreal @SystemMTUOne]

Ready for #CHINOG12? I know I am! Time for some human networking. @_CHINOG_