macOS: FaceTime HD Camera Not Working In Microsoft Teams?
KB ID 0001671 Problem My firm are in the middle of moving from Skype to Teams, so more and more online meetings are being done with Teams. I have had some problems trying to get my camera to work? Solution Firstly you need to ‘Allow’ Teams to use the camera; Click the ‘Apple’ icon > System preferences > Security and privacy > Privacy > Camera > Tick to enable ‘Microsoft Teams’ (Note:...
vSphere: Get ESX Server Serial Numbers
KB ID 0001670 Problem A few weeks ago I needed to sort out some extended warranty for a customers servers. To do that I needed the serial numbers of those servers, (a mixture of IBM/Lenovo and Dell Servers). As I didn’t fancy a drive to two different datacenters, I wanted to try and get them programatically. Solution After some searching I came across a post by one of my old EE buddies LucD with exactly what I needed. I’m...
Microsoft Teams: Custom Background Images
KB ID 0001669 Problem With the current lockdown and everyone working from home, I’m using Teams a lot. I use one of the images that I use here at PNL as one of the background images that ‘appear’ behind me when I’m using the webcam in Teams. I was asked today how I did that, so I thought I’d write it up here. Solution I’m using Teams on my MacBook but the procedure it pretty much the same in...
Cisco ASA: Mixing TCP and UDP in Object-Groups
KB ID 0001668 Problem I like object-groups, they can make your firewall configs a lot smaller/neater and if you need to add a host, network, range, or port, then you can simply add the new requirement to an existing group. But what if you want to allow both UDP and TCP ports, you can create a service group for TCP and add the ports and a service group for UDP and add the ports, and add them into your ACL where you would expect ports...
macOS: ASDM Developer Cannot Be Verified
KB ID 0001667 Problem When trying to connect to a Firepower 1010 ASDM I was met with this; “Cisco ASDM-IDM.app” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this ap is free from malware Solution If you’ve spent much time using macOS then this is quite common, Open System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General tab > You will see a warning about the Cisco ASDM-IDM...
Firepower 1010 Review
KB ID 0001666 What Is It? I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these for a while. So thanks to my employer for sending me one to take a look at. The Firepower 1010 appliance is aimed at Small Office / Home Office, and possibly Small Remote Branch offices. But like its predecessors it will probably get put in EVERYWHERE because it’s ‘cheap’, (Note: for cheap, read possibly under-specced* and the wrong...
Brocade Switches Getting the Serial Number
KB ID 0001665 Problem If you have fiber channel switches, (regardless of the vendor,) scratch the surface and underneath it’s probably a Brocade. (Unless it’s a Cisco Nexus then you are in the wrong place my friend, move along!) e.g an HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch (Yeah it’s a Brocade 6505), or an IBM SAN24B-4 Express Fabric Switch (you guessed it, Brocade). If you need to get the serial number for them,...
IBM Storwize: Get The Serial Number
KB ID 0001663 Problem I’ve got a client that has a couple of Storwize V5000 storage arrays. I needed to get the serial numbers for them today, but I could not find them in the GUI? Solution As usual things are much simpler at command line, SSH into the storage array and simply use the following command; lsenclosure Note: As you can see, I’ve got one Controller (with the cans in it,) and one expansion shelf. The first part...
Cisco ASA – Update Activation Key (From ASDM)
KB ID 0001662 Problem I recently did a post on adding extra licences to AnyConnect, (with the current surge of people working from home). I exclusively work at command line, so when I was asked how to do the same in the ASDM I had to go and check 🙂 Solution Connect to your firewalls ASDM console, then navigate to > Configuration > Device Management > Licensing > Activation Key > Enter you new Activation Key > Update...
Get Free Cisco AnyConnect Licences For COVID-19 Homeworkers
KB ID 0001661 Problem Cisco released information on their blog a few days ago to say that they would be offering free Umbrella, Duo and AnyConnect Licences to customers in the wake of the the COVID-19 outbreak. Thats great news, but there’s no information on how to get the AnyConnect licences. It just says speak to your Cisco partner. As I am a Cisco partner I was confused, and it seems my colleagues were also. So I contacted...