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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

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

SAN / EMC: CX4 DAE (Drive Shelf) Information

• May 29, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in EMC, Hardware, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Tags: 4g, bus, cx4, cx4-240, dae, disks, EMC, lcc, link control card, loop.interconnect, san, serice processor, shelf, spa, spb

SAN/Networking/Linux: Using Multipath To Verify and Troubleshoot Connectivity To FC LUNs

• May 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in EMC, Filesystems, Linux, Monitoring, Networking, SAN (Storage Area Network), VMWare
Tags: active paths, cisco mds, EMC, fc, fiber, fiber channel, LinkedIn, Linux, mds, mds9120, multipath, multipathd, multipathing, NAS, netapp, remaining active paths, san, sanos, VMWare

What I Am Doing

@interslice how are you thinking about connecting? ISCSI, NFS, Fiber Channel, etc? 1 hour ago
@interslice should be able to format a USB device and mount in on the local vmware console. Heard its been done before, I haven't tried. 1 hour ago
@interslice ESXi can not do USB storage for VMs. full version of vmware has a service console (currently) that is linux based. 1 hour ago
@interslice VMware vSphere 4 best practices for NetApp: http://bit.ly/a3c9mn . Communities are also a good source 1 hour ago
RT @sudeeppatil: RT @josephkern: #sysadmin ... we made the list! "Best Jobs in America": http://tinyurl.com/yere48v < Where do they work??? 4 hours ago
@nash_j those fiber cables in your lab look a little to long :) 7 hours ago
@nash_j No #UCS yet. hoping it gets here soon. Everything go smoothly in Greensboro? 7 hours ago
@nash_j Haven't learn much at all yet. I don't like their lab using host based (windows) splitter software instead of SAN splitters. 7 hours ago
Today is going to be a good day. #Breakfast #chic-fil-a chicken minis. 8 hours ago
@Texiwill thats what they all say.. . . I have been leaving my home lab powered off most of the time now a days. to much going on. 1 day ago