Cisco Hyperflex – End of Sale
Cisco just announced today the End of Sale for the Hyperflex Software and Hardware.The last date to order the product through Cisco is March 12, 2024. Who is really surprised…
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September 12, 2023
Cisco UCSX – What’s New
The new UCSX chassis follows the same design as its predecessor by combining computing, networking, storage access, and virtualization into a single cohesive platform, but with some minor tweaks in…
August 30, 2023
Memory Balancing
Most of the times when when I build a new server config, this conversation comes up... does the memory need to be fully balanced? Will near-balanced work just as well?…
August 10, 2023
vSphere 8 compatiblity
vSphere 8 is now initially available (IA) to the public, but can your servers support it? Cisco will require M5 or newer HPe will require Gen10 or newer Dell will…
October 25, 2022
Cisco UCS-MSTOR-M2 Service Profile
I ran into an issue the other day trying to assign the usual service profile to a couple new B200-M5 blades that were purchased and historically, these would be equipped…
June 30, 2022
Cisco UCS Manager – Expired Keyring Certificate
If you have managed a UCS environment in the past, I am sure you have ran into this warning before. Certificates provide an extra layer of security and encryption, and…
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February 22, 2022
What is LACP Timer?
By no means do I consider myself a network engineer, but this week was the first time that I head the term "LACP Timer" and I was curious to find…
February 9, 2022
Is the chip shortage real?
Unfortunately, the answer is YES! Unlike the gas shortage generated by misinformation, fear and too many people panic buying using their plastic bags and bins down here in Florida. Now,…
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May 19, 2021
Which network adapter do you need for your Cisco gear?
Which network adapter do you need to get? SFP-10G-SR? SFP-10G-SR-S? Or will 10G Twinax (SFP-H10GB-CUxM) cables suffice? In my opinion, twinax cable is usually a no brainer when the switches…
April 28, 2021
Cisco Network as a Service (NaaS) Offering
Cisco gets IT! Agility is no longer an optional, nice to have feature. The days where you had to wait for physical IT equipment to be quoted, budgeted, ordered, delivered,…
April 14, 2021