Chris Feleppa

About Chris Feleppa

An internetworking technology professional with 30 years of infrastructure and application consulting experience in the areas of pre-sales engineering, design, implementation, troubleshooting, and optimization. Primary areas of expertise include:• Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center (CCNP Data Center)• VCE Certified Converged Infrastructure Implementation Engineer - Network (VCE-CIIEn) • Cloud Infrastructure and Services Associate Version 2 (EMCCIS)• Brocade Certified Network Professional BCNP• Brocade Certified Network Designer BCND• Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Engineer BCEFE• VMware NSX• Internetworking Architecture and Applications, Routing and Switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, Cisco, Nortel, Brocade (Foundry)• IP Network Testing, validation, and optimization including QoS, Wireshark, Spirent Smartbits• SAN - Storage Area Networking (Channel / SAN extension over IP - FCIP)- SAN fabric zoning – Fiber Channel Routing (FCR) – ISL trunking• Firewall / Security• VoIP• Network management / SNMP / HP Openview / Tivoli / Cisco Works• Wireless LAN• Project Management, Pre-Sales Engineering, Post-Sales SupportSpecialties: Hardware: Cisco Nexus and Catalyst Routers/Switches including 7600, 6500; Brocade Routers/Switches including MLX, FCX; Brocade SAN, FCIP, and Converged including VDX, DCX, 7500 and 7800; Cisco WAN Switches including BPX, IGX, MGX, NSXTechnologies: Ethernet, Token Ring, ATM, DSL, SONET, Frame Relay, ATM-Frame Relay Interworking, Inverse Multiplexing, TDM, Voice over X, QoS, Storage Channel Extension, VoIP, FCIP, FCR (Fiber Channel Routing), LSANProtocols: ATM, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, H.323, SIP, TRILL

Experience

1. Sr Principal Engineer Solutions Architecture Network Compute - Enterprise Integration Services

   Dell Technologies

   Dec 2011 — Present

   Serving in a client facing role to provide network and compute design and implementation services for the Dell Technologies VxBlock, PowerFlex, and GenAI - High Performance Compute (HPC) for various clients.Served on multiple, Client Facing teams- Vscale - Current - Custom design and onsite deployment for large scale VxBlock, PowerFlex and Gen/AI - HPC systems- RCM QA - Release Certification Matrix Quality Assurance - Management of information and procedures for RCM deployment team. RCM is a certified code release, compatible for a VxBlock or PowerFlex system- Professional Services Deploy and Implementation - Onsite deployment of VxBlock and PowerFlex systems, RCM upgrades.As a Senior Principal Engineer/Network Architect for Dell Technologies, current responsibilities interfacing with various high profile clients on the design, deployment, and administration of VxBlock/PowerFlex/GenAI-HPC systems, integrating these systems into their infrastructure, and educating various groups within their organization on maintenance and operations.Cisco UCS B and C series systems- UCS Manager- UCS CentralCisco Nexus and and Switches - L2, L3, VXLAN, Spine/Leaf topologiesCisco MDS SAN SwitchesCisco Data Center Network Manager DCNM- Cisco ACIVMware NSXNVIDIA InfinibandNVIDIA UFMNVIDIA Bright Cluster ManagerNVIDIA Spectrum-X CumulusDell Ethernet Switching OS10/SONiC

Skills

• Ospf
• Bgp
• San
• Eigrp
• Voip
• Routing
• Frame Relay
• Qos
• Ethernet
• Brocade
• Ip
• Network Architecture
• Rip
• Routers
• Wan
• Atm Networks
• Fibre Channel
• Cisco Technologies
• Ip Networking
• Network Design
• Network Engineering
• Data Center
• Wireless Networking
• Disaster Recovery
• Switches
• Virtualization
• Fcip
• Tdm
• H.323
• Vmware Esx
• Network Administration
• Cisco Nexus
• Firewalls
• Vmware
• Atm
• Nsx
• Aci
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Border Gateway Protocol (Bgp)
• Cisco Systems Products