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When I started building my VMware ESXi server, I did not have a Switch that could handle 10Gbe SFP+. Now that I have a Dell X1052, I figured I would cable up a 10Gbe DAC and get moving. Much to my surprise, I received a link light on the switch, but not on the motherboard. …
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I have recently acquired a couple Intel 750 NVMe U.2 Drives to play around with. In order to utilize these drives you need to source a SuperMicro AOC-SLG3-2E4 NVMe PCIe card or similar variant. I good write up on the HBAs available is from our good friends at ServerTheHome. In my VMware Server, I have passed through …
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In my current role, I don’t do much System Engineer work, and frankly it’s boring to not. I’ve decided that I need to keep my skills up and I’m working on rebuilding in my home lab what we had with the old team. Compiling a list this is what I need to build, and what …
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I decided to retry the OpenIndiana Install, and this time I re-downloaded the ISO. Surprisingly without issue the ISO Booted quickly. First issues I ran into was that the OpenIndiana Text Installer only saw the 6TB Drives I had installed. In order to get the installer to see the Sata DOM, I needed to remove …
I had this question asked earlier today, and the plain answer is “Stuff”. I decided that I needed more expandability in the server, and since I was using a Fractal Node 804 for a gaming case, I decided to swap out the board and gaming components and put them in the Fractal Node 304. This allows …
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