VMware PEX 2014
Next week I will be hanging out with the @Lumenate Team at VMware Partner Exchange 2014. I’ve been to the last four VMworld events, but never to PEX, so hopefully…
Category: Hardware
Fixing Cisco FlexFlash “Connectivity Lost” Errors
Cisco added a really cool feature to their servers a while ago called Flex Flash. Basically it allows you to use an SD card (and even in a RAID1 config)…
Unofficial Cisco UCS Wallpaper
I snapped some screenshots of the Cisco UCS bootup process and found that they can make some cool wallpaper. So if you’re a UCS geek… here ya go! Disclaimer: all…
Hands on with the new EMC VNX5400
This week I was onsite with a customer setting up their new virtualization environment and got to play with a couple of the new EMC VNX5400’s. I wont go through…
Trying out Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Wireless @ Home
Now let me start by saying, as my Twitter handle @ciscovoicedude implies, that yes I’m a bit of a Cisco fanboy, and disclaimer – I work for a Cisco partner.…
EMC ELECT 2013 Award
A couple of months ago I started reading things about a new award that EMC would be doing much like the VMware vExpert award that VMware does. After some more…
EMC ELECT Program
This morning I was reading a post by Tommy over at vTexan.com about how EMC has started a similar program to the VMware vExpert program. If you are an EMC…
Anatomy of an EMC VNX Array
UPDATE: I am starting to update this page with VNX2 (Code Name Rockies) Information. I have only uploaded the components sheet so far, but when I get time to do…
Unable to delete VNXe Volume or inactive checkpoints/snapshots
NOTE: I recommend getting EMC support on the phone before trying any of the commands below, I take no responsibility if you lose data because you use them without fully…
Adding Shelves to a VNXe SAN
The other day I was asked to help install a new DAE on a VNXe3100 for a customer. While it is a very simple process I thought I would…