Posts tagged "vmware-2"

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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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What's New in vCloud Suite 5.5: vSphere App HA

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: ( vSphere App HA is another new product from VMware in 5.5 to provide application level HA in addition to what is available with vSphere HA. vSphere HA can only recovers VMs when an ESXi hosts dies or restart a VM if the OS h...

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What's New in vCloud Suite 5.5: vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager

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: ( vCenter Site Recovery Manager

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The VMworld Fringe Tech Talks by #vBrownbag

Aug 22, 2013

VMware as expected has a massive schedule of talks, discussion groups and labs for you to attend all carefully orchestrated to ensure VMware and their partners get their message out. But VMware does have a wild side that isn't just the parties. The fabulous ( crew have put together a schedule of lightning 10 minute talks which are not part of the official program. This means VMware or even the...

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How to get the most out of VMworld - 2013 edition

Aug 20, 2013

Nearly 22000 attendees are expected so you can get some idea of the scale of the opportunity or the challenge you have set for yourself if you are attending. The problem you have is actually too much to choose from and too much to do and its just impossible to fit everything in. So, a plan of action is needed to get the most out of it. I'm sure there are a few people on expensed trips who fancy...

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HP G7/Gen8 Blades: New Emulex firmware 4.2.401.2215 released

Jul 25, 2013

HP has released a new firmware version _4.2.401.2215_ of its Emulex OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Controller which is used in HP G7 and Gen8 Blades. The built in LOM adapter names on a G7 Blade server are NC553i or NC551i and the Mezz card is NC554m. The CNA LOM added to a Gen8 Blade server is HP554FLB. This firmware is required if you are going to be using the new ( "HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Update:...

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HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Update: Dual-hop FcOE support

Jul 24, 2013

HP has released a significant firmware update to its Virtual Connect line of HP Blade chassis switches. This is part 2 of a 6 part post on HP Virtual Connect 4.01: 1. ( 2. ( 3. ( 4. ( 5. ( 6. ( Dual-hop FcOE support Dual hop FCoE support is a major enhancement particularly for people looking to further converge their infrastructure from the chassis to ToR switches such as the Cisco Nexus 5000 s...

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HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Update: Min/Max Bandwidth Optimisation

Jul 24, 2013

HP has released a significant firmware update to its Virtual Connect line of HP Blade chassis switches. This is part 3 of a 6 part post on HP Virtual Connect 4.01: 1. ( 2. ( 3. ( 4. ( 5. ( 6. ( Min/Max Bandwidth Optimization The next major enhancement in Virtual Connect 4.01 is a far more flexible bandwidth rate limit control. HP is finally catching up with Cisco UCS to offer this. Virtual Conn...

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HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Update: Priority Queue QoS

Jul 24, 2013

HP has released a significant firmware update to its Virtual Connect line of HP Blade chassis switches. This is part 4 of a 6 part post on HP Virtual Connect 4.01: 1. ( 2. ( 3. ( 4. ( 5. ( 6. ( QoS is the next major enhancement in VC 4.01. Pre VC 4.01 there is very little QoS for any traffic. Traffic flows on a first in first out basis, if there's any congestion, the traffic at the tail of the...

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HP Virtual Connect 4.01 Update: RBAC and Multicast + some more

Jul 24, 2013

HP has released a significant firmware update to its Virtual Connect line of HP Blade chassis switches. This is part 6 of a 6 part post on HP Virtual Connect 4.01: 1. ( 2. ( 3. ( 4. ( 5. ( 6. ( Custom role-based configuration VC 4.01 now also adds more options for role customisation. You can split your administration into Storage Admin, Server Admin, Network Admin and Domain User. You can now c...

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