The holiday’s are nearly upon us, and in the spirit of giving, Mix Master Mitch has graced us with his latest rap video. This time around, Mitch decided to focus on setting up NetFlow on a Cisco Catalyst 6509 switch. Take a look.
Mix Master Mitch was also kind enough to give Systrax an exclusive interview. It was hard to pull him away from his legion of screaming fans, but he managed to sneak off for a few minutes to give us his insight on his latest creation.
Mix Master Mitch is at it again. Seems like he just can’t get enough of the lime light. During the day this mild mannered hip hop sensation works in sales at Plixer and on weekends, he becomes Sanford, Maine’s biggest celebrity. Read more »
Just a few weeks ago we announced that Mix Master Mitch was back in the studio recording a follow up to his hit single “NetFlow Rap.” MMM fans will be excited to know that mixing and final production on the song is finished. Today the IT rap star kicked off shooting for the video and there was no shortage of network traffic analysis rhymes.
To help build the hype of what is sure to be the biggest thing to happen to the Internet since March Madness online video streams, I thought I would give a little peek behind-the-scenes.
With the impending arrival of Scrutinizer version 7, Mix Master Mitch, not being one to rest on his laurels, has been working hard on new material. Due to the overwhelming support for the original NetFlow Rap, a followup was all but guaranteed.
Mitch, who still remains grounded after signing an exclusive deal with Plixy Plix Records for an undisclosed amount, has been spending many late nights creating phat beats for his new single.
Every once in a while I need to stretch my legs, and generally I go to see how the developers are doing up in the penthouse. Although they occupy the premium space here at Plixer, the penthouse has no windows. The view wouldn’t have been that great anyway as the penthouse overlooks the parking lot. Anyway, I went over to the coffee machine to get a cup of premium Joe (another perk). I spotted the quarter jar and looked both ways to see if anyone was watching. I’m kidding…. I always pay.
I dropped in on the lab, and my counterpart, Mr. Flow Analytics had his nose almost pressed against his monitor. What are you up to? “Cool stuff,” he said. Then he brought up Wireshark and showed me some very interesting new fields available in Cisco NetFlow version 9 and IPFIX. Click to enlarge the screen capture below:
Notice the SRC_VLAN, SRC_MAC, etc. These are all new fields and few Cisco NetFlow reporting software packages report on them. Very nice. Anyone interested in reporting on VLANs or MAC addresses using Cisco NetFlow? Please contact me.
BTW: These are the new commands he typed into the Cisco 2800 router:
• ip flow-capture fragment-offset • ip flow-capture ttl
• ip flow-capture vlan-id
• ip flow-capture icmp
• ip flow-capture ip-id
• ip flow-capture mac-addresses
The used Cisco 2800 router we purchased is now running alpha code from Cisco Systems, which we are testing for some additional advanced features that can’t be discussed just yet. I don’t want to get in trouble with Cisco like Mix Master Mitch.
Sadly, not all my walks are this eventful, but I’ll be sure to check in on the developers again soon to keep you all informed.
Plixer International is proud to present the YouTube debut of Mix Master Mitch’s first single, “NetFlow Rap”.
Enjoy!
Lyrics
Workin’ in IT’s a breeze
Got my chair back, feet up, crossing my knees (cuz I’m feelin’ it)
Got the collector running data, it’s reelin’ it
Writing data to mySQL, there’s no sense concealing it
Because I got it Scrutinized
A Big Mac, super sized
Just spent 9 grand, now all my NetFlow’s analyzed
Finally realized I needed a tool
Called up the Plixer and they took me to school
Engineer’s on site, and if that wasn’t enough
Even set me up to integrate their stuff with WhatsUp
Tables charts and graphs galore
Signed up for the webinar and learned that there was even more
Now I can run a report
And find out which cohorts are busy building heavy forts on my ports
Check my Top Conversations every single minute
Now when there’s a network battle, instantly I win it
There’s not another tool on the market to top this
I got a group and a flash map for every office
Now when I’m off eating crawfish
An alarm is set off, and I will know, so I can instantly stop this
So go to triple dub dot plixer.com
And download it off the web – don’t need a CD-ROM
So get a demo let them show you the tool
Cuz nobody thinks its cool to be the “I don’t know fool”
Go go to Plixer and they won’t steer you wrong
Then you too could sit back and listen to this song
But if you don’t go, I won’t be help responsible
When you get busted by the network constable
So just download and play today
They even have a free version if you don’t want to pay
Case in point, get your network fixed
And I know just the guy to do it, it’s the plkixey plix
You need this, in any given network today
Don’t know how you’ve been livin’ with no NBA
If every day you fall victim to performance paralysis
I don’t know why you think you don’t need behavior analysis
So if you’re waitin’, procrastinatin’, hesitatin’, and tool debatin’
You can escape from the fake statement you’re statin’ and makin’
It’s frustrating, making mistakes, because you’re pacin’ and waitin’
For the boss to stop flaking, wake up and stop the budget breaking
So many vowel sounds that now my head is aching
May fall off because it’s loose, just like the feet of Kevin Bacon
But back to the track and the point that I was makin’
Hold up, there’s a phone call that I’m about to be takin’
(hello)
There’s a radio station, somebody listens to it
But there’s an issue because there’s not enough legit bandwidth
We can resolve this real quick, just ran a report and found out that it’s Chris
Went to his cubicle and said Chris what’s this
The T1 is lit, the boss is pissed and pitching a fit
What’s that? How did we find out about it?
With the Plixer Flow Analytics
I spit this, just like a baby spits spinach
Flow Analytics will finish your decision, due to the features within it
Competition watching – chances of winnin’ business diminish
Like they were presidential running mates of Dennis Kucinich.
