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...
View ArticleHP Chassis and Virtual Connect Firmware Upgrades – Don’t bother
So last night was a busy one thanks to the HP Chassis and “fantastic” Virtual Connect system. Bare with this article, as its part what happens blah blah, and part, how to install firmware on Virtual...
View ArticleUsing VMware and CDP information (HP and Cisco Switches)
So on of the most valuable networking features of VMware is setting up CDP information or LLDP (if using non cisco devices). We can see exactly which VMNIC is plugged into which port. ESXi can recieve...
View ArticleUsing VMware Update Manager to automatically download HP Drivers to ESXi
I stumbled across this little gem of a post yesterday, I tried to use the WordPress reblog feature, but it’s not working, so thanks to Kalle who wrote it. So I’m going to blog it using screenshots from...
View ArticleSetting iLO IP Address via ESXi CLI
HP iLO is a great tool to have, remote console access, unfortunately it is sometimes forgotten by engineers and technicians to be configured. Which is a pain when you then need remote access to the...
View ArticleHP Virtual Connect – Upgrade from version 3.30 to 4.41
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...
View ArticleHP 2920 Switch – Reboot issue on firmware ver 15.18.0006 #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...
View ArticleHP FlexFabric Switches – AirFlow direction is not prefered
Quick note, Installed some HP FlexFabric 5700 switches the other day and I was getting a red LED on the front, and a status message in the CLI HPE DEV/1/FAN_DIRECTION_NOT_PREFERRED: -Slot; Fan 1...
View ArticleHP IMC 7.2 – won’t backup config of Cisco Nexus 9K switch
Background I have a customer who is using HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) to monitor their switching environment. Originally they were using all HP Switching, but have slowly moved away during a...
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