The ramblings of a computer geek
When performing a VMware vCenter Upgrade for example from version 7 to version 8, you use the upgrade tool, this essentially works in two stages. Stage 1 deploy a new vCenter appliance on a temporary IP address, then Stage 2 copy all the configuration and data from the old vCenter appliance and then take over … Read more
At the time of writing (29/03/2024) the recommended EXOS (SwitchEngine) version for the X450-g2, X460-g2 and 5420 (as well as other hardware) is EXOS 31.7.2.28-patch1-75. We recently purchased some new 5420 switches and are upgrading some existing X450-g2 and X460-g2 to the latest recommended software versions. However we have identified an issue that currently at … Read more
A trial licence is fine for testing some stuff, but if you need to remove it, for example when it causes you issues in a stack when the master thinks it on perimeter, but the backup is not. Remove Licence (Option 1) https://extreme-networks.my.site.com/ExtrArticleDetail?n=000001267 Remove Licence (Option 2) https://extreme-networks.my.site.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000092952 Verify Current Licence Removing Stacking Licence Level
You may need to limit bandwidth, perhaps for a customer, or for an area of your network to avoid issues that occur when they saturate links, knowingly or unknowingly. In this example we’ll create a 20MBit Limit with a 250Kb burst, and we’ll make the switch drop anything that exceeds that limit. So in effect … Read more
I was working on an issue whereby we were looking at traffic flow problem to a Dell Powerscale, attempting to identify why a particular VLAN was not able to be communicated with, we were unsure if the issue was network or storage. Luckily the Dell Powerscale includes “tcpdump”, so in this case we setup a … Read more
Attempting to purchase an in-app purchase (to buy coins) in Minecraft on an Amazon Fire Tablet I was constantly being told that my Amazon password was incorrect. The issue turned out to be down to OTP being enabled on my Amazon account, using Google Authenticator. To resolve the issue, it involved entering the password, with … Read more
Becoming professionally registered is a great way to develop your career, drive your continuing professional development (CPD), while demonstrating to society and employers your commitment to the discipline. But what are the differing standards (levels) of registration, and what are the differences…..really? In this short article I’ll briefly summerise what I think the main differences … Read more
The Extreme Networks VOSS FabricEngine switches allow for the port partitioning (channelising) of a QSFP28 or QSFP+ port the same as is the case on an Extreme Networks XOS (SwitchEngine) switch. The following example details how this can be completed. The following was used to complete the testing and proof of operation: In this example 100Gbit QSFP28 interface which … Read more
We had a request to enable AVX2 on a virtual machine. AVX2 are virtualisation extensions, essentially its providing processor instructions through from the physical CPU that are for optimizing virtualisation. In simple terms allow a virtual machine to be able to run virtualised workloads. You would need to enable this setting if you wanted to … Read more
When attempting to copy (clone) a VMDK, we were experiencing the issue that a copy of a VMDK would get to about 100% then fail. Performing via the Web UI or via the CLI (from a host directly) would give the same issue. We attempted this on another VM and it worked fine, it turned … Read more