Using the same installation server as before, my laptop, I was able to install Linux Centos 4.3, with the addition of HP’s drivers for Adaptec SATA raid controller, on my new HP ML110 G3. Using just the same method as before, when I’ve installed Centos 4.3 on IBM x306, but with HP drivers, I was…
IPTables can be tricky. The concept of chains pointing to chains pointing to chains can get complicated. However, understanding the initial flow, the initial “which chain points where”, and the general concept which can allow, later, for easier NAT, or DNAT, or even knowing where to put a single rule is important. Especially if you…
I was required to utilize a transparent proxy. The general idea was to follow a diagram as the one here: The company did not want any information (http, https, ftp, whatever) to pass directly through the firewall from the internal network to the external network. If we can move it all via some sort of…
It was no fun, and I hope I will never experiance again such bad setup. Summery: IBM X306. The X306, X206 and some of the others are equipped with ServerRaid7e Sata controller. These controllers lack Linux drivers, and thus, make me a sad person. Drivers are available from IBM web site to RHEL 3 Update…
First and foremost – the Ontap simulator, a great tool which surely can assist in learning NetApp interface and utilization, lacks in performance. It has some built-in limitations – No FCP, no disks (virtual disks) larger than 1GB (per my trial-and-error. I might find out I was wrong somehow, and put in on this website),…
I’ve had the pleasure of playing with Ontap Simulator. This is a marvelous tool, designed to simulate a real NetApp appliance, in an easy and affordable manner. I’ve noticed a link to this simulator, in Oracle’s web site. I’m posting it here so you’ll get to know what I’m talking about. I’m playing with it…
