Posts tagged "networking"

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HP Discover here I come!

Jun 2, 2014

I’m particularly looking forward to speaking to HP product managers and executives and chatting to other bloggers and attendees to get a sense of what’s new with the “new” HP. Product wise, I’m first of all keen to delve deeper into ( HP’s converged infrastructure manager which aims to finally bring together HP’s disparate management tools, ultimately replacing HP SIM which I really don’t like...

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WARNING: HP G2-G6 server nics killed by firmware update in HP SPP 2014.02

Apr 25, 2014

HP has released an updated ( "HP releases new Service Pack for ProLiant to fix Heartbleed bugs and Broadcom nic deaths") which fixes the issue. HP has released a very serious ( saying that some Broadcom Nics which are used in G2-G6 servers and blades could be killed by a firmware update component in their HP Service Pack for Proliant 2014.02. Using HPSUM, HP SPP or Smart Components for VMware to...

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HP releases Virtual Connect 4.2, adds sFlow

Apr 14, 2014

HP has a minor but recommended update for its ( which adds sFlow monitoring support which didn't make it into the final ( along with support for a new HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module. Some of the older Virtual Connect switches are being retired from a software support perspective so be aware that beginning with VC 3.70, the HP 1/10Gb VC Enet Module (399593-B22) and the HP 1/10Gb-F...

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HP charging for firmware updates is shortsighted

Feb 20, 2014

HP has ( that going forward it will only provide firmware updates to customers who have a valid warranty for their equipment which normally means purchasing a support agreement or HP Care Pack. The server market is a tough one with low margins. IBM has decided they can't be bothered and have flogged their x86 business to Lenovo. HP has been going through a tough time recently with widespread re...

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HP updates Virtual Connect to 4.10 and OA to 4.01, adds IPv6, SR-IOV, hiding FlexNics

Oct 28, 2013

HP has released a new version ( for use in HP Blade Chassis. 4.10 is a minor update compared to the release of ( which added major functionality. Virtual Connect 4.10 add IPv6 functionality which requires HP Service Pack for Proliant (SPP) 2013.09.0 (B), Onboard Administrator firmware 4.01 and minimum iLO firmware of 1.30. The ability to hide unused FlexNics from the OS has been added which is...

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HP refreshes server management with HP OneView

Sep 30, 2013

HP has announced a new product to manage HP BladeSystem and ProLiant G7/Gen 8 infrastructure called ( which is due to be released in October. HP thinks the existing way of deploying and managing servers is built on models from 20 years ago and is in need of an update. This is certainly true particularly with HP servers despite HP having a number of tools such as HP Systems Insight Manager (HP S...

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What's New in vCloud Suite 5.5: Introduction

Aug 26, 2013

I would say that this is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary update being the third major release in the vSphere 5 family (5.0,5.1,5.5). There are however some significant storage additions such as Virtual SAN (VSAN) and VMware Virtual Flash (vFlash) as well as a new vSphere App HA to provide application software high availability which is in addition to vSphere HA. VMware has also respon...

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What's New in vCloud Suite 5.5: vCloud Director

Aug 26, 2013

VMware has announced its latest update to version 5.5 of its global virtualisation powerhouse, vCloud Suite. To read the updates for all the suite components, see my post: ( vCloud Director Virtual Appliance The vCloud Director Virtual Appliance is still only to be used for PoC and Eval use for simple deployment and setup. With the appliance you can choose to use an internal/embedded database o...

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What's New in vCloud Suite 5.5: vCloud Networking & Security

Aug 26, 2013

VMware has announced its latest update to version 5.5 of its global virtualisation powerhouse, vCloud Suite. To read the updates for all the suite components, see my post: ( Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is used to bond your physical network uplinks together to increase bandwidth, have better load balancing and improve link level redundancy. vSphere5.1 supported a simplified version...

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What's New in vCloud Suite 5.5: VMware Virtual Flash (vFlash)

Aug 26, 2013

VMware has announced its latest update to version 5.5 of its global virtualisation powerhouse, vCloud Suite. To read the updates for all the suite components, see my post: ( vFlash allows you to take multiple Flash devices in hosts in a cluster and virtualises them to be managed as a single pool. In the same way CPU and memory is seen as a single virtualised resource across a cluster, vFlash do...

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