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VMware ESXi 4 Deployment on Dell PowerEdge Server with OpenManage 6.1 (updated for OpenManage 7.1 and windows 7 as client)

This is just served as a working notes for me.

1. Download VMware ESXi 4.0 Installable Edition from here:

2. Put the ESXi 4 Installable Edition in a USB thumbdrive, instructions can be gotten from http://staff.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/~sfluk/wordpress/?p=830 . Or after you get the dd image, you can just use the linux dd to put it […]

Install ESXi 4 in USB thumb drive

Pls see this vminfo.nl-guide-create-an-esx-4i-usb-boot-key.pdf

Reference from http://www.vminfo.nl/?p=267

Install esxi 3 on a USB thumbdrive

See this vminfonl-guide-create-an-esx-3i-usb-boot-key

In short :

First get the following tools: 7-Zip(Free), WinImage(Demo) Download the ESXi ISO Open the ISO with 7-Zip Extract “install.tgz” Open “install.tgz” with 7-Zip Click on “install.tar” Browse to “usr\lib\vmware\installer\” Open “VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_2-103909.i386.dd.bz2″ Extract “VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_2-103909.i386.dd” Open WinImage and go to Disk, click on “Restore Virtual Harddisk Image on physical drive” Select a […]

Virtual Machine Guest tagging (VGT) (vlan trunk) in vmware server

To run dot1q vlan on the vmware guest under vmware server, you cannot do this with one NIC, you need at least two NICs. Host OS:

eth0 -> /dev/vmnet0 (for host OS’s management, uplink is vlan trunk) eth1 -> /dev/vmnet3 (for used by guest OS, uplink is vlan trunk)

eth0.4 -> /dev/vmnet4 (for HOST management […]

Vmware ESX server 3 VLAN

Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) VST uses 802.1q VLAN trunks and tagged traffic, as we’ve discussed already. The physical switch treats the ESX Server like any other switch, tagging traffic with the appropriate VLAN tags as it moves across the trunk into the ESX Server’s NICs. The ESX Server then uses the VLAN tags to direct […]

teamviewer

http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx Great to setup temporarily remote desktop like connection between two machines. Support Windows & Mac and it require minimal setup.

Aruba 2400 壞咗

隻十X萬嘅Aruba 2400用咗5年之後終於壞咗, 着唔到.

How to Change or Disable the QoS Reserved Bandwidth Limit in Vista

By default, Vista can reserve up to 20 percent of the network bandwidth for QoS traffic handled by the QoS Packet Scheduler. One hundred percent of the network bandwidth is available to be shared by all programs unless a program (Ex: Windows Update) specifically requests priority bandwidth. This 20 percent reserved bandwidth is still available […]

Western Digital WD5001ABYS-01YNA firmware 59.0

這個batch的failure rate認真驚人, 之前已經壞了兩隻. 今次就一隻bad sector, 一隻SMART warning. 佢地仲要係同一個RAID 5 volume裡面. 好彩隻”SMART warning”仲頂得住, 仲可以有時間俾我換走隻bad sector碟同rebuild, rebuild完就緊係即刻換走埋隻”SMART warning”碟啦. 佢地都係run咗兩年之嘛. (Power on 咗9235 Hours)

Differences between Dell PE T710 & T610

T710 T610 Rack Tower/5RU

Height: 46.63cm (18.4″) Length: 73.18cm (28.9″) (overall including bezel) Width: 21.79cm (8.6″) Weight (maximum config): 35.3kg (78.0lb)

Tower/5RU

Height: 44.10cm (17.40”) (with feet) Width: 27.40cm (10.80”) Depth: 62.10cm (24.40”) (includes PSU with bezel) Weight (maximum config): 35 kg (77lb) Weight (empty): 20.2 kg (45.30lb)

Processor Intel […]