Bitumen refers to bituminous sands, which are a type of petroleum deposit.
History prior to arriving to UCC
The switch lived a happy life with Apache Energy in Perth.
UCC history
Not a lot of history yet!
Current tasks
Core switch/router
Current software configuration
Bitumen current runs Cisco IOS v12.2
Current hardware configuration
2x SupIV Supervisors 2x 6 port GBIC cards 2x 24 port GigE cards 1x 48 port GigE card
Future plans for the machine
Given Bitumen has full Layer 3 capacity, potentially moving all NAT, firewall etc to it
Useful commands when working with Bitumen
More for Wheel than anyone else, the following might be considered useful
Configuring a port
bitumen>en bitumen#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. bitumen(config)#int Gi7/2 bitumen(config-if)#switchport description demo bitumen(config-if)#switchport access vlan 3 bitumen(config-if#no shut bitumen(config-if)#end bitumen#write mem
Thanks to:
Brad Peczka for acquiring for the club via his employer, Apache Energy Limited (to whom we are very grateful), then delivering and configuring with UCC members. [MRD], [DTK] and [CJS] for re-racking and re-patching.
