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Storage, Network: What I have Been Doing (EMC,Cisco UCS)

• March 2, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in EMC, Networking, RamSan, SAN (Storage Area Network), VMWare
Tags: 5010, cisco, cx3, cx4, cx500, dae, EMC, fabric exteder, LUN, nexus, ramsan, storage, ucs

Networking / SAN: Cisco MDS 9000 License Installation

• September 3, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Networking, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: cisco, cisco mds, fiber switch, install, license, LinkedIn, mds900, mds9100, mds9124, port license, san

Networking / SAN: Cisco MDS 9000 Serial Number (Licensing)

• August 7, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Networking, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: 9100, 9124, backplane, cisco, host-id, hostid, include, licensing, LinkedIn, mds, serial, serial number, sprom

Networking / Cisco: MDS 9000 Port Locating Using Beacon

• June 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Networking, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: beacon, blinking LEDs, cisco, LED blink, LinkedIn, locating, mds, mds 9000, mds 9124, port location, switchport beacon

SAN / Storage: Texas Memory RamSan 500

• June 4, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Hardware, RamSan, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: solid state, LinkedIn, ramsan, ramsan 500, cache, dram, ramsan 400, dram cache, LUN, io, IOPS

SAN / EMC: Clariion CX4 Solid State DAEs (Shelves)

• June 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in EMC, Hardware, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: cache, cx4, cx4-240, dram, EMC, flash, LinkedIn, ramsan, ramsan 500, ransan 400, solid state

What I Am Doing

@interslice lol. Don't forget the required vmkernel port on th vswitch. If seperate from other networks ;) 1 day ago
@aarondelp it's for production #vmware and Websphere environments at our office. FCOR should make life a lot easier. 1 day ago
@rogerlund Central North Carolina 1 day ago
@nash_j They must be adding anyones blog now-a-days ;) 1 day ago
@rogerlund lol. Not sure how long I can put off opening those boxes. 1 day ago
@interslice cool. Let me know how it goes. We did iscsi for vmware a few years ago. 1 day ago
It's here! http://twitpic.com/17xqx6 #cisco #ucs @nash_j 1 day ago
@interslice if it does, it will give you the option to setup a VMFS there 1 day ago
@interslice if the vmware server is zoned to it, click on a vm server go to config tab -> storage -> add storage. server should detect LUN 1 day ago
@interslice how are you thinking about connecting? ISCSI, NFS, Fiber Channel, etc? 2 days ago