Using Cisco UCS PowerTool to gather Model, Serial Number, Chassis and Blade...
I’m finishing up a UCS deployment for a customer, one of the things I needed to gather was the Serial Number, Model, Chassis Number and Blade Location. Since I’ve been playing with Cisco’s PowerShell...
View ArticleCreating UCS QOS Policies using Cisco PowerTool
Creating QOS policies within UCS Manager can be somewhat cumbersome. In UCS Manager, on the Lan tab; you would right-click UCS policies and click create… one by one you would go through this process to...
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After Updating the IBM PureFlex CMM Firmware, Compute Nodes Show VPD Unavailable
After Updating the IBM PureFlex CMM Firmware, my compute nodes showed up yellow on the chassis layout screen: IBM PureFlex CMM Firmware Update Various errors were logged in the CMM event viewer and...
View ArticleSuccess! First ever Columbus vBeers event a hit!
With the Central Ohio VMware Users Group (COVMUG) moving to quarterly meetings, Scott and I decided to start a Columbus area vBeers gathering. March 19th, the first ever Columbus vBeers was held at the...
View ArticleAssigning VSAN’s to Cisco UCS VSAN Uplinks using Cisco PowerTool
When building out your UCS deployment, you create a series of Fibre Channel (FC) uplinks. Then you have to go back and add those FC uplinks to the VSAN’s that you created. This can be tedious if you...
View ArticleAutomating the Cisco UCS build using Cisco PowerTool
After installing Cisco UCS and performing the initial setup of the UCS Fabric Interconnects; there is a lot of work that needs to be completed prior to configuring the blade Service Profiles. This can...
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vCenter Operations Manager shows unlicensed, yet not showing as an asset in...
I went to check out my vCenter Operations Manager deployment today, and it showed as unlicensed: vCenter Operations Manager shows unlicensed, yet not showing as an asset in vSphere licensing page Yet...
View ArticleUsing a Self-Signed SSL Certificate with IBM Storage Management Console for...
The IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter adds a single-source of glass view into the IBM storage platform (in my case the StoreWize V7000) without leaving vCenter. However, the default...
View ArticleUsing ZFS filesystem as an NFS datastore for ESXi
Using ZFS on Linux is an attractive solution for a high-performance NFS server due to several key factors: Cost, ability to use commodity hardware with free software Simplicity, quick install and easy...
View ArticleCannot add second DAG node in Exchange 2013
Building an Exchange 2013 DAG in my lab, I was having problems adding a second DAG node. I was getting various errors: There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper... Error: This...
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vBeers – Columbus, OH (Tuesday 30th of July 2013)
t’s time for a summer outing with your Columbus virtualization tribe. Meet up with local virtualization peers to share experiences and theory while enjoying an adult beverage of your choice and some...
View ArticleUsing virt-install to create a virtual machine template for OpenStack
Playing with KVM and OpenStack I wanted to create a custom Linux virtual machine template. The easiest way to do this is to first create a blank disk using the qemu-img command. qemu-img create -f...
View ArticleIBM SmartCloud Orchestrator 2.2 Fix Pack 1 is Available!
Sounds like IBM is eager to catch up to all of the other cloud providers in the market. This is a pretty quick release to follow up to the May 2013 RTM. Following on from the release of SmartCloud...
View ArticleInstalling ESXi over serial console (headless, no video card)
I ran into a unique scenario where I had a server to install ESXi on that had no video card (maybe open compute style?). That being said, I figured that PXE installation would be the easiest method.…...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 serial console based (headless) kickstart
As you saw in my previous post, it takes a little work to get an Open Compute Platform (OCP) server to install ESXi 5.1. The main reason being the lack of video card, the second reason being that only...
View ArticleOpenCompute Winterfell RHEL/CentOS PXE boot over serial console
The main issue with installing OS’s on these Winterfell servers is the complete lack of video card :) Your only option is serial console using the USB > Serial header adapter. So the task is to...
View ArticleConfiguring the Open Compute Open Vault 2U Knox Unit JBOD storage array
The Wiwynn ST7110-30A is a 30 drive SAS/SATA JBOD storage array designed around the Open Compute (OCP) platform. Known as the “Knox Unit” or “Knox Device”, it is manufactured by Wiwynn. The unit is...
View ArticleColumbus vBeers to be held on Tues. Oct. 29. Mark your calendars.
vBeers – Columbus, OH (Tuesday, October 29th 2013) | vBeers – where vGeeks come to meet Location: Back room at Roosters Wings Address: 3370 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43202 Date: Tuesday, Oct....
View ArticleCentOS 6.4 Mellanox 10GB Driver Install on the Open Compute Windmill V3 server
Our build out of the Open Compute Windmill V3 server utilizes the Mellanox MCX342A XCAN 10GbE, 2-p SFP+ mezzanine card. By default, the Mellanox card is not natively supported by CentOS 6.4....
View ArticleMegaCLI working examples cheat sheet
MegaCLI is a pain… a real pain. I’m not a fan of the syntax, it’s not easily readable, did I say it was a pain? Well, our OCP Knox Units are connected via the LSI MEGARAID SAS 9286CV-8E (SGL)...
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