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JumboFrames

VMware ESXi – Test Jumbo Packets using VMKping

So first off we need to setup Jumbo frames in a few places.

  • ESXi host
  • Switch the ESXi host and Storage is plugged into
  • Storage device

As per VMware ESXi 5.0 and above, you need to also setup iSCSI Port Binding.

Ensuring its setup correctly

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VMware ESXi 5.5 u1 PSOD on HP ProLiant G7 PSOD

For the past few weeks I’ve been working with a customer to resolve an issue with a re-purposed host where it PSOD every week.

Issue: We installed a new HP Gen8 server as a production host in their main site, installed with VMware ESX 5.5 u1, and then took the HP G7 ESXi 5 box to their second site and repurposed this as a DR host, with Veeam sending replica’s to this host, and it would also run a domain controller and one production VM related to the site it was located.

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