I wrote about the latest CBT issue (November edition) a couple of days ago, and as promised by VMware a patch has been released. Original issue – KB 2136854 Patch to resolve the issue – ESXi600-201511001 (2137545) Note: Before applying this patch on HP Proliant Gen 9 servers, see VMware ESXi 6.0 host fails to detect local disk after patching … Continue reading ESXi 6.0 CBT Issue KB 2136854 – Resolved #vDM30in30
Updated 25.11.15 Firmware WB.15.18.0007 resolves the issue, see below A colleague of mine found an issue with the latest HP 2920 switch firmware. If you create VLANs using the CLI Menu, the switch reboots and the configuration is not saved. We have reported this to HP, but is currently being treated as a non critical issue as … Continue reading HP 2920 Switch – Reboot issue on firmware ver 15.18.0006 #vDM30in30
Hi, Only a quick post, but after my last bashing of HP virtual connect. I’ve had to endevour another upgrade for a different customer. This time with two HP chassis that are connected together. For this customer they are on version 3.30 and need to upgrade to the latest version 4.41. After speaking with HP … Continue reading HP Virtual Connect – Upgrade from version 3.30 to 4.41
Part 1 – Setting up Fabric Interconnect, and UCS Manager settings Part 2 – Configuring Connectivity & Setting up the policies and Service Profiles Part 3 – Deploying ESXi via KVM onto FlashFlex (SDCard) Part 4 – Upgrading the Firmware First off, huge thanks to the following posts by Rene Van Den Bedem and his Cisco UCS … Continue reading Deploy a Cisco UCS system – Part 1 – from scratch for VMware ESXi
My most recent customer engagement, was to re-use some older hardware as vSphere disaster recovery. The kit includes a EMC Clariion SAN, and two Cisco MDS 9124 switches. The customer didn’t setup these FC switches, and required a password reset. Which I was happy to do for him, until I realised the Cisco article online … Continue reading Password Reset on Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fibre Channel Switch