Tag: HP

vSphere 5.5 Install Pt. 18: VUM SSL & Misc. Config.

So now that vCenter 5.5 with VUM is installed, we need to configure a trusted vCenter update manager SSL certificate and then do a few VUM configuration tweaks. These tweaks include configuring HP and Dell repos, plus configuring basic VUM compliance scans. Blog Series SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Failover Cluster for...

VMworld 2013: Top 10 vSphere Storage Things to Know

VMworld 2013: Top 10 vSphere Storage Things to Know

Twitter: #STO5545, Eric Siebert (HP) This was the best session of the day, and highly informative. Eric Siebert is a fast talker, and his slides were packed to the gills with details (and I didn't even capture 25% of the content). This is the first session that I grabbed a...

HP FCoE Videos Released

Back in January I wrote a blog about emerging Ethernet standards that are converging Ethernet, Fibre Channel and virtualization. During one of HP's recent tech days they had a session on all of these new standards, their ratification status, and how they will apply to HP products. Even if you...

Who’s your blade server daddy?

A couple of weeks ago Gartner released their October 2009 magic Quadrant for blade server report. If you have been tracking blade servers, you know the market has been rapidly adopting new technology due to the tidal wave of server virtualization. 10Gb Ethernet, 8Gb Fibre Channel, 10Gb FCoE, and 4x...

HP BladeSystem Power Options – How to choose?

If you haven't purchased the HP BladeSystem before, the power options may be a bit confusing. In particular, if you want to buy the large C-7000 chassis, and want to minimize the number of outlets you have a variety of options. Each C-7000 chassis when fully populated with power supplies...