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How to boot the Gigabyte Brix with Wake-On-LAN
I’ve been playing with getting the Gigabyte Brix to Wake-On-LAN. Most Windows-based tools didn’t work out of the box for me; but after some experimentation with the Depicus Wake on LAN cmd tool, I...
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Virtualization Home Lab: Choosing a suitable computer (quiet, low power with...
Recently, after about 2 years away, I’ve started to get back into Virtualisation. As part of that, like any true geek, I wanted to build a Home Lab. I had some criteria for the homelab computer: Must...
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Virtualization Home Lab: Setting up VMware ESXi on the Gigabyte Brix
2013-09-23 00:27: Added information about ESXi 5.5 not including RTL8111E support 2013-09-23 22:23: Added a link to installing ESXi 5.5 with RTL8111E support In my last post, I covered my journey of...
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Installing VMware ESXi 5.5 on the Gigabyte Brix
Scope This article covers the steps required to install VMware ESXi 5.5 on the Gigabyte Brix, and a few other systems that use non-supported NICs that worked in ESXi 5.1. Background The driver for the...
View ArticleUpgrade VMware ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 5.5 on a Gigabyte Brix using esxcli
Background Between ESX 5.1 and ESXi 5.5, VMware removed the bundled driver for the Realtek RTL8111E NIC, which is embedded in the Gigabyte Brix. This means that if you try to boot a normal ESXi 5.5...
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How to increase the usable disk size in the NetApp ONTAP 8.x 7-mode Simulator
Background If you or your company own a NetApp Storage System, you can access and download the NetApp Simulator – it’s basically a NetApp filer in a Virtual Machine. Very cool; and great for learning...
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Installing EMC Isilon Virtual Nodes onto VMware ESXi
Background Isilon, if you’re not aware of it, is a clustered Scale-out NAS solution from EMC. The article below covers setting up a virtual Isilon cluster suitable for experimenting and testing out...
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How to boot the Gigabyte Brix with Wake-On-LAN
I’ve been playing with getting the Gigabyte Brix to Wake-On-LAN. Most Windows-based tools didn’t work out of the box for me; but after some experimentation with the Depicus Wake on LAN cmd tool, I...
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Virtualization Home Lab: Choosing a suitable computer (quiet, low power with...
Recently, after about 2 years away, I’ve started to get back into Virtualisation. As part of that, like any true geek, I wanted to build a Home Lab. I had some criteria for the homelab computer: Must...
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Virtualization Home Lab: Setting up VMware ESXi on the Gigabyte Brix
2013-09-23 00:27: Added information about ESXi 5.5 not including RTL8111E support 2013-09-23 22:23: Added a link to installing ESXi 5.5 with RTL8111E support In my last post, I covered my journey of...
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Installing VMware ESXi 5.5 on the Gigabyte Brix
Scope This article covers the steps required to install VMware ESXi 5.5 on the Gigabyte Brix, and a few other systems that use non-supported NICs that worked in ESXi 5.1. Background The driver for the...
View ArticleUpgrade VMware ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 5.5 on a Gigabyte Brix using esxcli
Background Between ESX 5.1 and ESXi 5.5, VMware removed the bundled driver for the Realtek RTL8111E NIC, which is embedded in the Gigabyte Brix. This means that if you try to boot a normal ESXi 5.5...
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How to increase the usable disk size in the NetApp ONTAP 8.x 7-mode Simulator
Background If you or your company own a NetApp Storage System, you can access and download the NetApp Simulator – it’s basically a NetApp filer in a Virtual Machine. Very cool; and great for learning...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Installing EMC Isilon Virtual Nodes onto VMware ESXi
Background Isilon, if you’re not aware of it, is a clustered Scale-out NAS solution from EMC. The article below covers setting up a virtual Isilon cluster suitable for experimenting and testing out...
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