Running ASA and ASDM using GNS3/Qemu

Finally got ASA and ASDM to work nicely with GNS3.
Here's my setup:

GNS3 v0.7
Qemu (The one that comes with GNS3 v0.7)
ASA 802-k8 (files needed for Qemu are: asa802-k8.initrd.gz & asa802-k8.kernel)
ASDM 6.0(2)
Fiddler (Instructions to configure it are here)

To get ASDM to connect with ASA, you must use Fiddler to intercept the HTTPS stream and modify it to correct some of Qemu's shortcomings.
Then set your JRE to use fiddler as proxy.
All instructions can be found in the lengthy discussion at hacki.at. Make sure to read pages 17,18,+

Visio tips & tricks

In this post I will collect Visio tips & tricks that I come up with and links to similar articles.

Shortcuts:
Ctrl+1 Pointer Tool
Ctrl+2 Text Tool
Ctrl+3 Connector Tool
Ctrl+W Zoom Whole Page
Ctrl+Shift+G Group
Ctrl+Shift+U Ungroup

Links:
Shortcuts to Edit in Visio @ Visio Insights
Nortel Visio Stencils
Visio Stencils collection (lots of vendors)

IOS Packaging

Starting with version 12.3, Cisco introduced a new IOS packaging system for routers and switches.

Here are some links from cisco for detailed explanation:
Cisco IOS Packaging Product Bulletin
IOS Packaging, main page
Cisco IOS Packaging Customer Q&A

STP, PVST, RSTP, MSTP articles

Many standards, many proprietary approaches.. All this causes interoperability and management headaches.

References:
Understanding MSTP, very in-depth article from Petr Lapukhov.
Understanding STP and RSTP Convergence, again by Petr.
Lots of valuable articles from ine blog.

Cisco and HP Interoperability

Some pointers to related information on the net:

Articles:
Summaries from Dave Tucker's 3 Day Training: HP ProCurve/Cisco Interoperability – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3


Documents:
ProCurve and Cisco Spanning-tree Interoperability

Discovery Protocols, STP, Link Aggregation, IP Routing, etc:
HP & Cisco Interoperability Guide