June 27, 2011 9:15 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESXi,
hardware compatability list,
iSCSI,
SAN,
TCP Offload Engine,
TCP/IP,
TOE,
vmnic,
vmwareHere is a great article on TOE, and how it benefits iSCSI Traffic for VMware. But first the insert.
The development of TCP offload engines marks a significant advance for all TCP/IP based protocols, including iSCSI. Although TCP provides session integrity in potentially congested or...
June 9, 2011 1:35 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Citrix,
hyper-v,
iSCSI,
microsoft,
NAS,
QNAP,
usb 3.0,
vmware,
XenAwesome news, the new QNAP's have arrived!
The new models ship with new V3.4 of QNAP’s renowned NAS management software, supporting all-in-one server applications such as file sharing, FTP server, printer sharing (LAN and Internet), web server, and even video surveillance. Other...
January 13, 2011 1:40 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
cannot access via browser,
Firefox,
HP,
http access not working,
Internet Explorer,
iSCSI,
lun,
microsoft,
MSA 2000,
MSA 2012i,
Storage Controller,
vmware,
WindowsWell, the scenario is that I lost the ability to manage the storage controllers via a web browser. I could ping each controller fine, and I could also telnet into them, which is great, because with telnet you can fix this issue.
Go to Command Prompt.
Type telnet 192.168.x.x (whatever the IP...
August 14, 2010 4:29 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
All-in-One,
command line interface,
datastores,
ESX,
ESX 3.5,
hosts,
HP,
hp aio configure iscsi target,
iSCSI,
service console,
Storage Server,
VLAN,
vmcli,
vmkping,
vsphere,
WindowsHey everyone, recently I Ran into an issue where an iSCSI datastore became disconnected from one of my ESX Hosts. All other hosts could see them fine. The datastores reside on an HP All-in-One Storage Server. Once of the most important things to do is first check physical connections to the iSCSI...
February 19, 2010 4:16 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
iSCSI,
QNAP,
RAID 5,
SATA-2,
SMB clients,
TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS,
VMware CertifiedMy co-worker Raj and I were going over a solution that we could present to SMB clients, and we were looking for a product that could be utilized pretty much anywhere, well i think we found such a device! QNAP a little known vendor produces some of the coolest NAS devices out there... they range...
January 21, 2010 10:38 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
iSCSI,
VCP,
vcp-310,
VCP-410,
VCP3,
vDistributed Switches,
vmotion,
vmware,
vsphere,
vSwitchingWell I did it with 9 business days of studying I attained VCP vSphere4 Status! Since I am not a good studier as my buddy Raj, I found the exam a little more difficult. When I found out that they lowered the...
September 17, 2009 12:05 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX 3.5,
ESX 4,
ESX Server,
HP All-In-One,
HP MSA,
iSCSI,
iSCSI target,
open source iscsi appliance,
openfiler,
Petri,
vcp-310,
VMWare workstation,
vsphereI am back in the books after being un-prepared for VCP-310 and was needing some iSCSI practice, well i dont have an MSA or HP All-In-One laying around so i improvised. My buddy Raj ( he has a blog on here also) pointed me to a program called Openfiler. I was able to create a VM on VMware...
February 22, 2009 9:57 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
direct remote access,
DRAC,
ESX 3.02 to 3.5 update,
ESX Upgrade,
HP ILO,
Integrated Lights Out,
iSCSI,
virtual media appletI just wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know that an ESX Update isn't as painful as one would think. Just yesterday I took control of one of my clients ESX Servers from home via ILO(Integrated Lights Out. HP's technology for Direct remote Access) and mounted the ESX 3.5 Update 3 ISO via...
