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Pete Welcher
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CCIE #1773. Retired network architect, love blogging (or the sound of my own words?)! Coding, TechFieldDay, hike/travel with wife! Wesleyan U, MIT PhD Math, taught USNA, Cisco training & consulting. Co-founder of NetCraftsmen. Politics: @pjwelcherPoli.
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Article just posted: Pete’s Take: NFD39: Cisco Handles AI Datacenter Flows. URL: www.linkedin.com/pulse/nfd39-... Tags: #PeterWelcher #CCIE1773 #NFD39 #Cisco #Graphiant #Nokia #Futurum #TechFieldDay #NetworkFieldDay #ECMP #DLB #Spectrum-X #WCMP
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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[NEW POST] A Network Engineer’s Guide to Understanding the Model Context Protocol for AI Integration

In this post I break down:
- What MCP is
- How the architecture works
- How MCP could be a foundational part of AI in NetOps

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A Network Engineer’s Guide to Understanding the Model Context Protocol for AI Integration
If you work in technology long enough, every new framework starts to sound like “yet another API layer.” The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is different. It’s not a product, and it’s not tied to any …
networkphil.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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techfieldday.com
Mike Graff Discusses Oxide at Cloud Field Day 24

@cloudyadvice.com of @oxide.computer discusses their innovative approach to hardware for modern cloud infrastructures with @snoopj.com at #CFD24. Learn how Oxide bridges the gap for contemporary data centers!

#CFD24 #DataCenter #CloudInfrastructure
Mike Graff Discusses Oxide at Cloud Field Day 24
Mike Graff Discusses Oxide at Cloud Field Day 24
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November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The event showcased innovative networking solutions, with Cisco highlighting low-latency connectivity for AI workloads, Graphiant presenting a policy-driven Network-as-a-Service, and Nokia enhancing AIOps for improved data center operations. #NFD39 #LinkedIn
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Just posted a blog: “NFD39 Was Great — An Overview”. www.linkedin.com/pulse/nfd39-...
Tags: #PeterWelcher #CCIE1773 #NFD39 #Cisco #Graphiant #Nokia #Futurum #TechFieldDay #NetworkFieldDay
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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NetAIOps Challenges Uncovered

Tom Hollingsworth sits down with Pete Welcher, Rita Younger, and Jonathan Davis to explore the real challenges of bringing AI into IT operations.

#TFDPodcast #NFD39 #AIOps #Networking #NetworkAI
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Listen here: NetAIOps Has Its Challenges - Tech Field Day Podcast

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@TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net @PJWelcher.bsky.social @SubNetwork.bsky.social #TFDPodcast #NFD39 #Networking #NetworkAI #AIOps
Tech Field Day Podcast • A podcast on Spotify for Creators
The Tech Field Day Podcast is the only podcast that dares to be both on topic, or on premise, and sometimes on location, bringing together a group of independent IT luminaries and experts in their…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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NetAIOps Has Its Challenges - Tech Field Day Podcast

Watch here ▶️ youtu.be/yuKdt8Dt6wA?...

@TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net @PJWelcher.bsky.social @SubNetwork.bsky.social #TFDPodcast #NFD39 #Networking #NetworkAI #AIOps
NetAIOps Has Its Challenges - Tech Field Day Podcast
Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/nfd39/ The industry has embraced AI for every possible problem. Operations will eventually embrace it as well but questions remain about how it will be…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Graphiant presenting at #NFD39. AI Networking Readiness.
Graphiant AI focus
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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On Thursday, November 6, tune in to see our friends from #Cisco present at Networking Field Day! #NFD39

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@TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Networking #AI
Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 39 - Tech Field Day
Tech Field Day
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November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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stephen.fosketts.net
Oxide Computer Company offers a novel private cloud solution that overcomes typical hardware challenges through holistic design, in-house manufacturing, and robust control of components for enhanced security and efficiency. #CFD24 #LinkedIn
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October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Learn more about @igniobyDigitate and more from AI Field Day on our website

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@TechFieldDay.com @Stephen.Fosketts.net #AI #AgenticAI #ignio #Observability #Automation #AIFD7
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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networkingnerd.net
AI Is Just A Majordomo
AI Is Just A Majordomo
Who is AI really for? The creatives? Or the people that want you to create something for them?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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techfieldday.com
AI Field Day #AIFD7 is happening October 29th and 30th! Tune in on #LinkedIn and #TechstrongTV to see presentations from #HYCU, #HPE, #Articul8AI, #Fortinet, #Nutanix, and #Digitate, as well as the debut of #UtilizingAI from The Futurum Group! #AI #AgenticAI #AISecurity
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
pjwelcher.bsky.social
I’ve just posted a new blog: Looking Forward to NFD39, www.linkedin.com/pulse/lookin.... Tags: #PeterWelcher #CCIE1773 #NFD39 #NetworkFIeldDay #NetAI #Nokia #Graphiant
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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HoggNet Blog Archive has links to many #IPv6 related articles
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October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Some interesting links in my new Quick Takes blog: www.linkedin.com/pulse/quick-... Tags: #PeterWelcher #CCIE1773 #AI #AINetworking #IOT #URWB #NFD39 #Quantum #Pasenen
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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If you're wondering what NVIDIA just bought for $900 million, check out their AI Field Day #AIFD4 presentation! #Enfabrica have some great technology!

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Enfabrica Presents at AI Field Day 5 - Tech Field Day
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October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This Wednesday, tune in to a Live Delegate Roundtable discussion at Security Field Day 14!

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@TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #XFD14 #Cybersecurity #NetworkSecurity #AI
Tech Field Day | LinkedIn
Tech Field Day | 9,763 followers on LinkedIn. The Enterprise IT Influencer Event | Tech Field Day is now part of The Futurum Group. Our Field Day events bring together innovative IT product vendors…
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September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Phison’s aiDaptiv+ uses flash memory unification to cut costs and make large AI models accessible without top-tier GPUs.

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@DemitasseNZ.bsky.social @MaxMortillaro.bsky.social #TFDPodcast #AIIFD2 #AI #AIInfrastructure #TFDSpotlight #Phison
Tech Field Day Podcast • A podcast on Spotify for Creators
The Tech Field Day Podcast is the only podcast that dares to be both on topic, or on premise, and sometimes on location, bringing together a group of independent IT luminaries and experts in their…
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September 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Today, @ahl.bsky.social and I are going to be joined by folks from the @oxide.computer operations and engineering teams to talk about the challenges of scaling manufacturing. Join us at 5p Pacific today -- and bring your questions!
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Join the Oxide Computer Company & Friends Discord Server!
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September 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Why Does Power Matter in the Data Center? FAQ Friday #18
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Tune in Wednesday, September 17 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time for the Tech Field Day Showcase featuring our friends from #ZEDEDA!

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#TFDShowcase #EdgeComputing #AIattheEdge #Kubernetes #Orchestration #DistributedEdge
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I’m at @techfieldday.com’s AI Infrastructure Field Day … @broadcom.bsky.social presenting. In two slides, how they do data center–to-DC(-to-DC) networking for large-scale applications and services. Pretty impressive
A product marketer at Broadcom shows a slide with the bandwidth their new chips can handle; 3.2 terabits per port × 36,000 ports ganged together. That’s a lot. Then the same product marketer shows that those 32,000 × 3.2-terabyte collections of switches (that all look like one switch, by the way) can interconnect too for a half million 800Gbps connections, or a million 400Gbps connections. Again: that is a lot.
September 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The networking community owes huge THANKS to Ivan Pepelnjak (and others) for creating NETLAB. What a powerful and wonderful resource! blog.ipspace.net/2025/09/labb...
Labbing Network Technology Details with netlab « ipSpace.net blog
It’s been over four years since I published the last Software Gone Wild episode. In the meantime, I spent most of my time developing an open-source labbing tool, so it should be no surprise that the f...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM