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Dell EMC OMSA vSphere 6.7 VIB

16 Agosto 2018
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Reading Time: 3 minutesDell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) è uno strumento gratuito con tutti i server Dell EMC PowerEdge ed offere una soluzione di gestione dei sistemi uno a uno completa in due modi: da un’interfaccia grafica utente integrata e basata su browser Web e da un’interfaccia a linea di comando tramite il sistema operativo del server fisico. Ma anche nel caso si utilizzi uno strumento centralizzato come Open Manage Essential (OME), OMSA è in grado di fornire alcune funzionalità uniche, come ad esempio l’accesso al BIOS del sistema. Di solito viene installato nel sistema operativo di […]

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Adding Dell repository to VMware Update Manager

4 Giugno 2018
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Reading Time: 3 minutesNote: there is a new version of this article at Adding DellEMC repository to VMware Update Manager. VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) enables centralized, automated patch and version management for VMware vSphere and offers support for VMware ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and virtual appliances. For ESXi hosts it can manage both the update and the upgrade workflows, but can also be powerful for adding custom VIB package, like for example new drivers.

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Redfish support for DellEMC PowerEdge

3 Aprile 2018
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Reading Time: 4 minutesRedfish is the new standard, promoted by Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), for secure and scalable server management automation. With Redfish, the challenges of expanded scale, higher security, and multi-vendor openness are managed, while also enabling automation with modern DevOps tools and processes. Historically, in Dell(EMC) servers the out-of-band management function is implemented by the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller component, embedded in every PowerEdge server (with different version, starting from the express to the different enterprise). For modular servers there is also another component called Chassis Management Controller (CMC) that provide […]

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Nuovi server Dell-EMC PowerEdge con AMD EPYC

7 Febbraio 2018
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Reading Time: 5 minutesA maggio 2017, Dell EMC ha annunciato la nuova generazione dei server PowerEdge: la 14ma generatione, la prima con il nuovo logo Dell-EMC. Dopo meno di 3 anni dall’introduzione della Generazione 13 dei PowerEdge, la nuova Generazione 14 definisce un completo Dell EMC PowerEdge server portfolio adatto per soluzioni cloud, infrastrutturali, ma anche di analytics, calcolo e qualunque soluzione di tipo software-defined data center. Naturalmente la nuova serie non era completa fin dall’annuncio, ma mano mano sono stati aggiunti nuovo modelli e, di fatto la serie è oramai completa.

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Nutanix software options on Dell-EMC PowerEdge

27 Gennaio 2018
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Reading Time: 3 minutesNutanix platform has been extended from the origina offer (appliance based single vendor only) to add more flexibile options… with more nodes options (also storage or compute only) and with different hardware vendors (including Dell-EMC, Lenovo, Cisco, HPE). Starting with Cisco and HPE the options where more “software only” with certified hardware platform. But now the software only option (announced May 2017) is something real and whether you choose Nutanix software as part of a turnkey appliance solution or to run on your own installed platforms, Acropolis and Prism editions provide a range of capabilities […]

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Meltdown and Spectre: Dell-EMC products

11 Gennaio 2018
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Reading Time: 5 minutesMeltdown and Spectre are critical vulnerabilities existing in several modern CPU: these hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. Meltdown and Spectre can affect personal computers, mobile devices, server and several cloud services. Actually, the only way to minimize those security risks is to apply different type of patches at different levels, including operating systems, the hypervisor , the hardware level, …

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LLDP issues with DVS and Dell switches

3 Ottobre 2017
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on an IEEE 802 local area network, usually with Ethernet standard. Compared to Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) it’s not proprietary and can be used from different vendors. VMware vSphere adds LLDP capability in the Distribuited Virtual Switches (DVS). CDP it’s also available both in DVS, but also in standard virtual switches (by default it’s enabled in listen mode).

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