Use Case: Abiliy to boot an 13G node, either R630 or R730, when using the local RAID or HBA for a storage layer, and wanting to use an additional device for boot. With this procedure and some cheap hardware from Amazon, you can boot from a PCI device, with a U.2 or M.2 SSD or…
ConnectX-3 Pro Firmware Upgrade
Helpful commands and links to upgrading ConnectX firmware in ESXi…
SuperMicro: IPMI fan sensor threshold to 0 or del
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Manual Control of Dell PowerEdge Fan Speed (12G, 13G)
If your like me and have a home datacenter, or have a bunch of Dell servers a small home lab, the fan speed curves in the iDRAC are very aggressive. They are normally used inside data centers where audio reduction is not a priority. Being said there are some simple tweaks you can do to…
oVirt Setup with PowerFlex (ScaleIO) Storage
For many of us out there, running VMware as the only hypervisor is quite expensive. Especially when using a SDS type of storage solution, such as PowerFlex, or legacy ScaleIO. In this post, will contain pointers and gotchas, which require modification to successfully deploy. Configuration of Engine & KVM Hosts For this deployment, a standalone…
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NVidia Optimus for VMware Workstation
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