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How to Install/Re-install ESXi 6.7

Thanks to Michael Frauenhoffer for this guide which can be used also during VMware reinstallation. I run into trouble after enabling some pass through functions and ended up with dma_mappon_iommu load successfully but get stuck at that point with no…

Setting dns server CentOs-8

setting This detailed tutorial will help you to set up a local DNS server on your CentOS 7 system. However, the steps are applicable for setting up DNS server on RHEL and Scientific Linux 7 too. DNS Server Installation Scenario…

Zabbix IPMI configuration

4 IPMI checks Overview You can monitor the health and availability of Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) devices in Zabbix.To perform IPMI checks Zabbix server must be initially configured with IPMI support. IPMI is a standardized interface for remote “lights-out” or “out-of-band”…

How to Configure Boot from iSCSI with VmWare

Issue This guide intends to assist customers on configuring HP ProLiant servers with Broadcom Multifunction NICs in order to boot off an iSCSI target and have MPIO configured (either during OS operation and NIC failover at server boot). The Broadcom…

Zabbix – IPMI configuration in ILO HP

Confiruge ILO IP address Enable IPMI in ILO in ILO create IPMI user Verify that port 623 is up and running [root@vm1zabbix ~]# nmap -sU 192.168.0.196 -p 623Starting Nmap 7.70 ( ) at 2020-04-11 09:28 CESTNmap scan report for…

HP iLO commands

hpiLO-> oemhp_ping 192.168.0.91 status=0status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETEDThe ping was successful. hpiLO-> show /map1/snmp1 status=0status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED /map1/snmp1TargetsPropertiesaccessinfo1=0accessinfo2=0accessinfo3=0oemhp_iloalert=yesoemhp_agentalert=yesoemhp_snmppassthru=yesoemhp_imagenturl=BA-UAG-001oemhp_imdatalevel=enabledVerbscd version exit show set hpiLO-> help status=0status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED DMTF SMASH CLP Commands: help : Used to get context sensitive help.show : Used to display values of…

How to Access USB Storage in ESXi Shell

While performing some experiments in my home lab, I needed to access a USB storage key directly on my ESXi host (not pass-through to VMs) and found it required a small trick after some tinkering. I thought I share the…

Tutorial – MikroTik Router SNMP Configuration

First, you need to access the console of your MikroTik router. On the prompt screen, enter the administrative login information. Factory default access information:• Username: admin• Password: (No password) After a successful login, the console command-line will be displayed. Use…

Step-by-Step: Deploy vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5

Posted by: Romain Serre in Compute (VMware) January 2, 2017 52 Comments 265,441 Views VMware vCenter is a management software for your vSphere environment. It enables to manage from a single pane of glass all your VMware virtual infrastructure. Last month, VMware has released the vSphere…

HP ProLiant iLO upgrade

Download from HP source or link below latest ILO version Extract downlaoded file and you find i.e. ilo5_214.bin in same directory Login to ILO ip and go to Administartion, iLO FIrmware and upload file above. Upgrade takes about 10…

How to install snmp on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 step by step instructions

The net-snmp package is available in the base repositories after enabling Subscription Management repositories. First we need to install the package containing the snmpd service:# dnf install net-snmp To set the service to automatic start on boot, we use systemctl:# systemctl enable snmpd Let’s start the service:# systemctl…