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
The time is here, lets look at starting to document that network of yours. Part 1 – The foundation of any IT infrastructure Part 2 – Rack and Server Diagrams Part 3 – Network IP’s & Interfaces Part 4 – Diagramming a network Part 5 – Diagraming your (Veeam) Backups Now lets look at the other … Continue reading How to produce good documentation – Part 3 – Network IP’s & Interfaces
Coding, Scripting, Powershelling, etc etc, Dirty words in the mouth of Infrastructure guys across the globe. When I was in college taking on my computer course, I had two options, Hardware and Networking, or Web Design. I went with my interests and skillsets, hardware and networking. Coding to me is something I wasn’t interesting in … Continue reading Get-PowerShelling or Remove-JobRole
The other day, I posted about how to setup a volume on a Nimble Storage device, so this post is a bit backwards, as now we look at setting up a device from scratch using the CLI first rather than the Nimble Discovery tool. Lets get started; 1. Rack your device, cable it up, and … Continue reading Nimble Storage – How to configure a device from scratch (Using the CLI)
This article builds upon an old post I wrote many years ago: Kubernetes PVC stuck in Terminating state. That post covered the symptoms and quick fixes. This one is for platform engineers and Kubernetes operators who want to understand why resources like PVCs get stuck in Terminating, how Kubernetes handles deletion internally, and what it … Continue reading Kubernetes Finalizers: Deep Dive into PVC Deletion