How to build a Raspberry Pi Serial Console Server with ser2net
If you’ve ever built a Cisco CCNA lab or some other hardware lab that has serial console ports, there is a good chance you sat within a few feet of…
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10Gbps Home Lab – How I got there
I remember a LOOONG time ago, I asked my friend Nate why he wanted to spend a bunch of money on a 100Mbps switch (at the time I had a 10Mbps switch…
Anatomy of the Cisco UCS Mini
This Cisco UCS Mini Anatomy Info graphic explains the major components of the platform and what all goes into a UCS Mini installation.
Cisco UCS Mini Bundles
So I was doing some BOM’s for a customer project today and thought I’d share more information on what UCS Mini bundles are out there right now. As well as…
UCS Mini: SMB Design Architecture
Update: In an attempt to get this post up quickly, I totally missed that I had the UCS chassis connected to the Nexus switches incorrectly, so I updated the design…
Introducing the Cisco UCS Mini
If you have been considering Cisco UCS blades for your upcoming server refresh, but know that you won’t ever need more than a single chassis of blades… then go grab…
Cisco grabs #1 spot on Blade Server list
I was introduced to Cisco servers with their C200 M1 box pretty shortly after it came out… Speaking of which March 16, 2009 is the day Cisco announced the UCS platform.…
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…