Q&A Session for Hyperflex System Engineer Virtual Enablement - WebEx, 15 - 18 June

2020

Session number: 1625315221

Date: Monday, 15 June 2020
Starting time: 09:00

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###Moises Navarro (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:40#

Q: #I saw solutions from Cisco that starts with 2 nodes. Is that true?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:44#
A: #Correct, HX Edge with 2 Nodes that has to be deployed with Intersight
only. It will be covered on this training.###
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###Ankit (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:42#

Q: #How do we migrate data from traditional SAN to hyperflex systems?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:45#
A: #While deploying/installing HX you have the option to configure FC or
iSCSI storage. It can be configured later as well, on UCSM.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:43#

Q: #Do we have storage only node in Hyperflex?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:45#
A: #Coming soon. It's on the roadmap.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:49#

Q: #Is there any option to force hyperflex to a vm, for lab or demonstration
purposes?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:50#
A: #I'm not following you. Could you rephrase your question?###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:53#

Q: #What is we are not buying Fabric Interconnects and directly connecting
Hyperflex to ToR switches in HA mode? will that be a supported configuration?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:54#
A: #No, standard HX cluster nodes must be directly connected to FI's. Only HX
Edge solution doesn't require FI's.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:53#

Q: #if*#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:54#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:54#

Q: #Is there eny option to emulate an environment to excerices or test the
hyperflex?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:55#
A: #Only dCloud for now. They are using a simulator for labs.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:53#

Q: #LACP is required for Network Connection? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:55#
A: #Between FI's and Upstream? It doesn't matter but LACP is always
recommended.###
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###Csaba Fodor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:56#

Q: #Can ACI be used on the Nexus SWs, or is it only NXOS?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 09:59#
A: #ACI is fully supported. It will be covered on this course. Just connect
FI's to leaf switches.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:56#

Q: #Why do I need the top of rack switches and the FIs? First we said that Cisco HX
includes network what others do not and then we need another networking device.
That is something that I do not understand.#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:00#
A: #With ToR we mean upstream switches that connect to the rest of the
network. For example your DNS, NTP, DHCP servers and of course the internet for
Guest VMs. All HCI solutions require upstream switches.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:57#

Q: #If there is a an FI Failure... What is the impact? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:01#
A: #We have always two FI's, so no downtime in case of one ONE FI failure.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:57#

Q: #Do we have packet drops ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:18#
A: #Maybe for a brief time while the traffic is switching to subordianate
FI###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:57#

Q: #Will it affect the storage performance?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:29#
A: #Slightly, because it will be switched over the port-channel port to the
upstream switch instead of locally switching.###
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###Samuel (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:01#

Q: #Installation VM comes along with HyperFlex from factory or should be pushed
after it reaches customer site?#
Priority: #N/A##
 ##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:30#
A: #You have to download it from software.cisco.com and deploy it on your
laptop (VMware workstation) , or any other ESXi.##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:30#
A: #But you can use Intersight that is hosted by Cisco for HX installations
as well.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:06#

Q: #Both FI are active? or they work as Active / Passive?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:31#
A: #Both are active, but FI 1 will be used e.g. managemnet, vmtion and FI 2
for storage traffic. This will be covered as well.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:10#

Q: #My understanding is that I need a specific disks for HX. Meaning that all disks
must be of the same type. Is that Correct?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:32#
A: #Correct, same type and size of disk inside every HX Converged node. Cisco
is working on a solution to have heterogeneous drive support. Maybe end of 2020.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:11#

Q: #While increasing hard disk capacity by adding an additional server, would it
required to purchase CPU license for virtualization?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:32#
A: #This is a requirement of VMWare, so yes. Even in case of compute only
nodes.###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:12#

Q: #why can't we use FI as our upstream switches as well?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:33#
A: #You can do it. But you always have another layer in your network, right.
Also upstream switches are needed for HA.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:12#

Q: #That means if I have 3 nodes and I need 1 more disk then I actually add 3
disks, fore each node one, right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:34#
A: #Correct. You have to add one drive on each HX Converged node. Don't
forget that 6 drives is minimum in case of Standard CLuster, 3 drives in case of HX
Edve.###
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###Michael Jacobsen (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:13#

Q: #Can we buy just any disk or are disks vendor-locked, so we can buy it only from
Cisco?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:35#
A: #Only the ones that is Cisco selling on CCW.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:20#
Q: #If a cluster having 20 nodes with existing free slots for additional hard disk
expansion, then we must increase equal capacity + Qty across the cluster.. Is that
right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:35#
A: #That is correct...for now we have this requirement. heterogeneous drive
support is coming end of 2020, hopefully.###
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###Moises Navarro (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:35#

Q: #is HyperFlex Profiler and Sizer available for HX edge?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:36#
A: #Of course. https://hyperflexsizer.cloudapps.cisco.com/ui/index.html#/###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:39#

Q: #How does the native replication for the 2nd DC work?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:41#
A: #You have HX both sites and you will establish connectivity first, then
create a network for nat replication and finally protect the VM's. They will be
copied (first all data, later only increments). You can then protect your VM's on
2nd DC and replicate##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:42#
A: #replicate to 1st DC.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:41#

Q: #how many maximum nodes can be supported / added to Edge deployment clusters?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:42#
A: #Expansion of HX Edge is not supported. We will probably get support for 2
and 3 nodes expansion, but max will be 4.###
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###Samuel (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:42#

Q: #Is that HyperFlex Edge can be upgraded to Standard ESXi to add more than 4
nodes?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:43#
A: #No, 4 nodes is the limit. Everything above is Standard HX cluster with
FI's. ###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:44#

Q: #will the slides of the course be sent by email?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:44#
A: #You have the Student Learning Guide with the same slides plus
explanation. Slides in PDF or PPT can't be shared per Cisco policy.###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:46#

Q: #ok...and Q&A ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:46#
 A: #I can share that with you, but I think that you can save it as well on
exit (end of the training). If you don't have that option let me know and I will
send it to you. ###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:46#

Q: #Standard ESXi - 3 to 64 nodes (32 + 32... This is something not clear and need
more clarity here)#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:47#
A: #32 converged nodes and 32 compute-only nodes. Only with that combo you
can have 64 nodes in one ESXi based cluster.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:49#

Q: #That means, Hyperflex not having an option to expand only storage capacity by
adding a node without CPU licenses. Is that right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:51#
A: #A storage only node is coming soon, but for now you have to use regular
converged nodes to expand storage or simply add more drives.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:50#

Q: #Cisco WOM and Intersight can be sold to exisiting vblock & flexpod customers
too right? Not necessary to be with Hyperflex only.. Correct me if i am wrong
please#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 10:52#
A: #Correct. CWOM works with many vendors, EMC, Pure storage, IBM...###
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###anas (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:53#

Q: #could we get the slides at least please ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:04#
A: #Sorry, Cisco doesn't share that.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:54#

Q: #thank you#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:04#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###anas (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:54#

Q: #so it could help with our study#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:04#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Hisham (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:13#

Q: #please declare certification & advise if there is prerequisit from cisico to
get it#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 10:58#
A: #I will answer this question publicly after the break.##
 ##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:07#
A: #Exam #700-905. No prerequisit. You can pass the exam easily after this
course.###
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###Hisham (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:24#

Q: #would you please share course materails too? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 10:59#
A: #Only Learningspace.cisco.com materials are available, you have everything
here.###
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###Hisham (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 09:46#

Q: #please share materials ( PDF)#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 10:59#
A: #Only learningspace.cisco.com student guide is avaliable.###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:08#

Q: #Can we add compute only node (UCS) to hyperflex cluster.. if Yes is there any
limitation.? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 11:00#
A: #Yes, hardware compatibility is limitation, type of cluster, etc. We will
cover it in details later.###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:14#

Q: #Can we turn off Installer VM once configuration is completed?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 11:00#
A: #Yes###
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###Jaspreet Singh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 10:50#

Q: #Can we get the ppt#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 11:00#
A: #Only learningspace.cisco.com student guide is available.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:15#

Q: #Hyperflex already tested with Vsphere 7.X and when can we expect those
validated system to public?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:18#
A: #No information about that yet, but I assume that it will be availabe with
the next release.###
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###Moises Navarro (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:21#

Q: #There is a yellow box that hides some of the content#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:23#
A: #Fixed###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:24#
Q: #What is the default network configuration in CIMC the when the HX is shipped?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:26#
A: #All blank. You will configure CICM with the Installer.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:30#

Q: #Why cloud not the FI handle the link failure on L1/L2 Interconnect link?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:33#
A: #This would be a split brain scenario if both links are down. That's why
we have two of them.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:31#

Q: #However, in order to use the installer, I need to have a network connection
first, right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:34#
A: #Yes, the installer must be able to reach UCSM, vCenter. Basically all HX
networks that are used and will be used for the deployment.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:39#

Q: #Thanks I understanand that part.#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:39#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:45#

Q: #How do we expand this S-Series Storage capacity? will it support cascading or
must be a seperate hardware?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 11:48#
A: #S Series is not part of HX. You will use S Series for backup.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 12:10#

Q: #I understand that S Series is for backup. Question is, S Series system allow
the hardware to expand using daisy chain or not.. Any feedback is highly
appreciated#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 12:26#
A: #Sorry, I don't have an answer to that question.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:06#

Q: #audio is open#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:08#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###AAMIR ZAHOOR (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:17#

Q: #can we get link for study guide and exam prep guides#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:22#
 A: #Please send me an e-mail to [email protected] with full name.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:19#

Q: #Is the vpshere 7.0 supported in hyperflex environment?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:25#
A: #6.7 U3 is the latest that is supported. 7.0 will be supported soon.###
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###Moises Navarro (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:21#

Q: #Does it work with other Hypervisors different from ESXi?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:24#
A: #Hyper-V and KVM as part of HX Application Platform for know.###
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###AAMIR ZAHOOR (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:32#

Q: #Student Guide for this training , not exam is link availbe or only lab guide is
there#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:36#
A: #That is correct. The student guide is available only on learningspace.
You will get an e-mail from Cisco about that.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:34#

Q: #What happens if we delete the HyperFlex snapshots? where the vm and application
data will be sitting on that moment? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:36#
A: #The VM will stay on the same location if you delete the HX snapshot.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:39#

Q: #What kind of logging information do I get from the CVMs?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:40#
A: #You will configure Syslog on HX Connect, which is the administration tool
of HX.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:41#

Q: #What if I need to troubleshoot during the initial installation prozess?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:46#
A: #You have logs on the installer VM that yu can generate and take a look.
Same logs can be sent to TAC###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:44#

Q: #where does iovisor run? ESXI or cvm or on the guest VM#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:46#
A: #on every ESXi. In case of Hyper-V on CVM###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:46#

Q: #Thanks#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:48#
A: #You are welcome!###
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###James Briggs (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:49#

Q: #Does it use the same sharding as used in ACI?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:56#
A: #Yes, it's similar to shards. Three copies, evenly distributed across the
whole StorFS filesystem.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:51#

Q: #What is the default Replication factor? or it need to be selected during
installation?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:53#
A: #no def but RF3 is recommended for Standard Cluster, especially for
scalability and fault tolerance. ##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:53#
A: #You need at least RF3 and 5 nodes for 2 Node failure tolerance###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:52#

Q: #RF=3 -> would it support 2 server node failure?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:53#
A: #Yes, but with 5+ nodes.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:53#

Q: #When you distribute the data accross multiple clusters, can you seperate the
data of different tenants?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:57#
A: #We can't distrubute data across multiple clusters. Only one HX cluster.
You can have multiple HX clusters but they are independed (storage wise) or each
other. ##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:57#
A: #You can use the same vCenter, though.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:54#

Q: #Is that also possible for Edge Clusters?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 13:58#
A: #What exactly? The fault tolerance? With HX Edge 2, 3 or 4 node only one
node can fail at a time becuase of the quorom where we need more than 50% of nodes
running.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:02#

Q: #in an scenario with 3 nodes cluster, and 1 node alive, with RF=3, is the data
still available??#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:04#
A: #Cluster will shut down in order to protect data corruption.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:04#
Q: #i mean 2 nodes down at same time, in that scenario, wouldnt be the data still
available? you should have at least one copy of your chunks data, right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:05#
A: #Yes, no data loss (well maybe a tiny amount that could not be stored on
time). Cluster will shut down to protect the data. Only with quorum the cluster can
be running.###
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###sally onsy (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:05#

Q: #when using HX sizer, is the total usable disk result of the toll will be after
using RF3 ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:10#
A: #Correct. Use "I have a fixed config" to find out more about that. Ask me
if you're stuck.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:06#

Q: #understood#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:10#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:06#

Q: #can that behaviour changed in order to save data? data availability in some
cases is more important #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:11#
A: #No, you can make it only more strict :)###
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###sally onsy (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:07#

Q: #when using HX sizer, is the total usable disk result of the tool will be after
using RF3 ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:11#
A: #Correct. Use "I have a fixed config" to find out more about that. Ask me
if you're stuck.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:24#

Q: #The hypervisor is installed in house keeping drive?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:30#
A: #No, boot drive, same for CVM. Housekeeping drive will store CVM data like
logs, cleaner etc.###
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###Samraj (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:24#

Q: #Or only the CVM is present in housekeeping drive#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:30#
A: #Not even CVM (booted from boot drive)##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:31#
A: #Cisco is planning use two M.2 in RAID with two partitions, one for
booting and one for housekeeping, but no dates yet.###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:33#

Q: #Write cache level 2 and 3 has the same data as level 1 cache?dont know if my
question makes sense though#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:38#
A: #Same data. It's actually primary, secondary, tertiary. The CVM will copy
the data to all three, but on different nodes. The primary copy will be stored
where the CVM (that was selected for that data) is running.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:38#

Q: #in the documentation we can read that in allflash, read is primary copy if
possible#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:39#
A: #Correct. I had this question maybe 2 times (yours included). AF reads
from the primary##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:40#
A: #Hybrid reads from all###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:39#

Q: #but not clear what primary copy means#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:40#
A: #Primary means that it's stored where the CVM is runnig. On destaging only
the primary copy will copied to the capacity tier.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:39#

Q: #ok, primary copy is stated by the CVM "responsible" of that block then#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:41#
A: #Correct.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:40#

Q: #??#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:41#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:41#

Q: #understood, thanks smail#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:41#
A: #You are welcome.###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:45#

Q: #Thanks Smail:)#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:48#
A: #You are welcome Wanjira.###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:48#
Q: #Smail,if all flash is reading from the primary copy only isnt that some sort of
locality ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:49#
A: #No, because the guest CVM could be running on Node 1 but the primary copy
is on node 8.##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:49#
A: #I mean guest VM, not Guest CVM.###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:52#

Q: #understood thanks!#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 14:52#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:10#
A: #Depends on you, just be aware that in case of stretched L2 link failure
you will not be able to connect to the FI on the other site.###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:08#

Q: #In Stretched cluster, the FI's OoB should be streched or can they have vlan
dedicated to the single site?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:12#
A: #This depends on your. You can have it both, it's not imporatnt for HX
operations but for site failure.###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:13#

Q: #ok so it is not mandatory to have the stretched OoB for the correct
functionality of the stretched HX cluster, right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:12#
A: #Correct.###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:14#

Q: #ok...but if OoB are routed L3, does it work the same? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:15#
A: #Well, yes. The link between site is L2 and you can route it over that, or
use any other way to connect to your FI OoB (Router with IPSec over Internet for
example).###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:17#

Q: #thanks #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:18#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:21#

Q: #sorry maybe I dont understand at well, The M4 cluster can expand with M5, the
M5 can not expand with M4, am I right?#
Priority: #N/A##
 ##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:26#
A: #That is correct. You can have a M4 based cluster and expand it with M5,
but not vice versa.###
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###hani altaher (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:21#

Q: #Is intel scalable Second Generation CPU supported?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:26#
A: #Yes, Skylake and Cascade lake###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:39#

Q: #Please clarify on the specific use of housekeeping/system drives#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:45#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Wanjira Anjimbi (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:43#

Q: #it's been answered by Veselin,,thanks!#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:45#
A: #Good job by Veselin :)###
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###Shanker Mahagowli (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:58#

Q: #I have requirement to lift and and shift Nutanix box and connect to cisco ACI,
Is it viable?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 15:59#
A: #This is a HX course, not Nutanix :). You may connect it to ACI, but I
don't know any details. ###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:59#

Q: #What happens if my license expires?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:00#
A: #It will keep running, no worries. Your Cisco account manager will be
notified and Cisco TAC will ask you about that when you open a ticket but they will
still help.###
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###victor (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:59#

Q: #what time do we finish today? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:04#
A: #Veselin says probably 60 minutes.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:59#

Q: #Last slide licensing part is not clear.. Need more clarity#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:01#
A: #Let's check with Veselin about tht##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:06#
A: #Veselin will repeat it after break...in 8 minutes.###
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###Shanker Mahagowli (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 15:59#
Q: #thank you#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:06#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Przemyslaw Ogrodowski (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:16#

Q: #we cannot see anything now, only a big colorful square#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:17#
A: #Fixed###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:17#

Q: #Your share is not seen #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:17#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:19#

Q: #These DXDP standard & enterprise licenses are vmware licenses right?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:24#
A: #No, VMware licenses are seperate. For VMware HX is just any other cluster
(CPU, memory etc).###
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###AAMIR ZAHOOR (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:22#

Q: #can i hav a copy of daily session Q&A #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:24#
A: #Yes, while existing you will be asked if you want to save the Webex
files. If you don't get this option let me know and I will send it to you.###
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###Suresh (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:22#

Q: #If hyperFlex cluster is not yet ready, where do we setup the Installer VM and a
vCenter Server?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:25#
A: #Installer VM can run on your PC (VMWare workstation for example). vCenter
can be added later as nested vCenter (running on top of HX).###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:24#

Q: #Must I update before I start the installation process? What happens if I stick
with the versions that come out of the box?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:25#
A: #You will always upgrade ESXi to the desired version but you can also
order it with the latest version available.##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:26#
A: #ESXi will be installed in factory for you.###
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###Leif Eric Hintzsche (Cisco)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:29#

Q: #What is the pattern of the release numbers? How do I distinquish major, minor,
BF and HF versions?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:30#
A: #You will see a star on softwar.cisco.com. It's e.g 4.0 and 4.0.2a, b, c,
d, e etc. After that 4.5a, b, c, d etc.###
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###Steven Clough (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:39#

Q: #are distributed vswitches supported, such as using NSX? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:02#
A: #Yes, this will work just fine but Cisco doesn't have any design guides
about that yet.###
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###Muzari Prudence (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:45#

Q: #can you install hyperflex using a single instance of vCenter and then join it
to the main vCenter, eg if you are integrating the HyperFlex for a customer can you
install it using your onsite vCenter then ship it t o customer site and join it to
their vCent#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:00#
A: #Yes, you can always change vCenters by reregistering it.##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:01#
A: #This will be covered here###
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###Tom Oliver (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:45#

Q: #Is HX compatible with vCloud Director#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:58#
A: #Yes it is.###
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###Vitor Lourenco (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:46#

Q: #Hi, I only have oppurtinity to join now . Will power point be shared ? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 16:59#
A: #Hi, only the Student Learning Guide is shared.###
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###Tamas Z. Maklary (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:47#

Q: #What is the minimum NTP stratum requirement?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:00#
A: #I don't know that exactly but it can be configured later on CVM (linux
cmd).###
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###Vitor Lourenco (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:01#

Q: #vcenter could be nested or needs to be standalone?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:02#
A: #Any of the two will work.###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:19#

Q: #Do we need send you an email for run labs ?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:19#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:19#

Q: #not now...but between 3 or 4 days...#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:19#
A: #No need for that. You will schedule it by yourself. Use the tutorial that
I have shared###
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###Girolamo DC (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:20#

Q: #perfect, thanks#
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:20#
A: #You are welcome###
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###Itamar B (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:20#

Q: #so this means labs is on our own time seperatley? wont be doing together during
sessions? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:21#
A: #Correct. Do it when ever you want. This is a large class (150 attendees),
that's why we have to do it again.###
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###Itamar B (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:21#

Q: #"Please note, The webinar will last from 10.00 to 14.00 and will
Cover mainly HyperFlex Positioning vs others !!!"
17th june #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:22#
A: #I will let them know that. ###
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###Itamar B (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:22#

Q: #this is part of our workshop? an email sent by cisco team - vitual delivery #
Priority: #N/A##
##Smail Milak (Guest)#### - 17:22#
A: #This question has been answered verbally.###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:24#

Q: #lab after 1 hr?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:30#
A: #No, you can start Lab when you want, we will be with you for next 1
hour###
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###Vitor Lourenco (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:24#

Q: #I've just joined one hour ago could please tell wich topics talked today? #
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:31#
A: #Last topic that we have covered is Installation of HX ESXi based
cluster###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:27#

Q: #Thank alot for this addional efforts for Scheduling lab session.. as we know
today training time is already over.#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:31#
A: #You are welcome###
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###Shanker Mahagowli (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 11:14#

Q: #Yes#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:33#
A: #Ok###
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###AAMIR ZAHOOR (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 13:33#

Q: #Student Guide for this training , not exam is link availbe or only lab guide is
there#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:33#
A: #Lab guide link is now shared.###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 14:21#

Q: #How many LAZ can we have in a cluster.? One zone can have maximum of how many
Host?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:36#
A: #Theoretically you can have 16, but max 13 is supported per Administration
guide.###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:02#

Q: #How many LAZ can we have in a cluster.? One zone can have maximum of how many
Host?#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:37#
A: #Answered in previous question.###
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###Shanker Mahagowli (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:26#

Q: #yes#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:37#
A: #Ok###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:40#

Q: #No audio#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:37#
A: #Thanks.###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 16:42#

Q: #audible now. thanks#
Priority: #N/A##
 ##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:38#
A: #Welcome###
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###Miten (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:33#

Q: #How many LAZ can we make in a cluster ?.. How many host we can add in a one
LAZ. what are the limitations#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:38#
A: #Theoretically you can have 16, but max 13 is supported per Administration
guide.###
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###Itamar B (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 17:41#

Q: #are we done for today , wasnt here for 15 min but i see all connected#
Priority: #N/A##
##Veselin Ilic (Guest)#### - 17:45#
A: #For theory part, Yes. If you want to start with the Lab, you can do
so.###
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###Christophe Dervieux (Guest)# (#[email protected]#)# - 18:11#

Q: #Thanks Veselin thanks Smail see you bye!#
Priority: #N/A###