Building a Catalyst 9800-CL Lab with an Intel NUC

Published on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by Dave Benham

This guide is intended to walk you through the process of installing VMware ESXi on an Intel NUC, so that you can install multiple Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Virtual Machines for Lab/Training/Testing use. The Intel NUC is a fantastic platform to install the Catalyst 9800-CL because of the very small form factor, silent operation, multiple connectivity […]

Deploying and Configuring the Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL in VMware – a Detailed Guide

Published on August 24, 2019May 28, 2022 by Dave Benham

The intent of this post is to get your Catalyst 9800-CL online with a trunked network interface. I will be writing another post to cover configuring WLANs, go over the new configuration model, and best practices. First off, don’t let the length of this post scare you. I promise it really is simple if you […]