It has been about two years since I have visited a specific rack closet, and took pictures. Several days ago I have visited the same rack closet, and took some new pictures. You can tell time went by 😉
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Well, the results weren’t for the hang, but were for the long while since it was last rebooted. Usually it’s around 2+ month between reboots, my desktop, and it leaves you with tons of questions as to what might happen when you actually boot up. Well, it never happens when you want it, or have…
I wanted to purchase a keyboard for my PSP for a long while. Only several days ago I actually did it. I was surprised at how simple it is to connect and use it. Mind that it: 1. Requires OE firmware (I use 3.03-OE) 2. All is a beta/alpha software, and misbehaves accordingly, on occasions….
It’s sort of a relationship between myself and this Tyan. Same server, changing demands. This time, we’ve had to install on this server RHEL4 32bit. Net-installing RHEL4 Update 3 was impossible. See here, so we’ve installed it from CDs (didn’t have PCI-X network card handy). When booting the server, it showed us only a single…
A common tool in use when needing a console access to a remote server is the IPMI. There are multiple names and implementations – HPE’s ILO, Dell’s iDrac, Lenovo IMM, and so on. This interface can be configured – both network settings and user access credentials, when having a BIOS access, however – a question…
Let’s say you have old shelves of either EMC or NetApp with SAS or SATA disks in them. And let’s say you want to connect them via FC to a Linux machine and have some nice ZFS machine/cluster, or whatever else. There are few things to know, and to attend in order for it to…
This post will offer several tips and tricks for wiring cables into new rack closets. It uses pictures as a demonstration of what to do and what not to do. It is based on a job I have taken part in with several other companies, moving the server farm to a new location. This job…
