How to remotely determine NIC card model on a PowerEdge Server
PowerEdge 11th and 12th generation servers have the built-in capability of remotely determining the model/type of a NIC card(s) on a particular system.WSMAN scripts that utilize iDRAC with Lifecycle...
View ArticleCome join Dell and Samsung™ in a Tweet Chat on four ways to improve end-user...
Post written by Letha WickerTechnology in the workplace greatly affects how we communicate and do business. As an IT professional, one of the most important jobs you have is to monitor changing...
View ArticleManaging your Ubuntu environment with Landscape
IntroductionAbout a year ago I wrote a blog about the Landscape system management tool from Canonical, used to manage your Ubuntu servers and desktops from a single centralized location. It’s an...
View ArticleIntel Network controller card with v13.5.2 firmware cannot be upgraded using...
Are you having trouble upgrading Intel firmware on a PowerEdge server using a DUP? If so, keep reading.The Intel firmware DUP (Dell Update Package) v13.5.6 fails to update firmware from v13.5.2 when...
View ArticleDell EqualLogic Configuration Guide ( ECG ) Updated to version 14.1
Hello EQL Family,I am proud to announce that the EqualLogic Configuration Guide (ECG)has been updated to version 14.1.The EqualLogic Configuration Guide (ECG) is a valuable tool used for planning,...
View ArticleSo Say SMEs in Virtualization and Cloud Season 2 Episode 7 Dell | VMware -...
So Say SMEs in Virtualization & CloudKong Yang and Todd Muirhead discuss the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament and VMware's announcement of its Hybrid Cloud. As always, we welcome your thoughts and...
View ArticleDell Open Source Ecosystem Digest #12. Issue Highlight: "Participate in the...
This week’s highlight: “Participate in the first OpenStack User Survey!” by the OpenStack Foundation: “If you are an OpenStack user or have customers with OpenStack deployments, please take 10 minutes...
View ArticleMicrosoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Best Posts of the Week around...
Hi Community, here is my compilation of the most interesting technical blog posts written by members of the Microsoft MVP Community. The number of MVPs is growing well, I hope you enjoy their posts....
View ArticleJoin Dell at the Upcoming 12th Cloud Expo New York at No Charge
Dell is a Silver Sponsor at the upcoming Cloud Expo in NY from June 10-13, 2013 and has a large supply of no cost attendee passes for customers, partners, and interested technologists. Please follow...
View ArticleWSMAN Request Redirection from the Host OS to iDRAC
As more and more management functionalities are being added into iDRAC (Service Processor), there is a lesser and lesser need for fat proprietary agents to be running in the Operating Systems to enable...
View ArticleConverged Network Adapter Bandwidth Partitioning
Bandwidth PartitioningEach modern CNA port provides 10Gbps of bandwidth per port. It makes sense to allow partitioning that bandwidth across various tasks rather than being forced to allocate it to one...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Licensing
This blog was originally written by Perumal Raja & Gobind Vijayakumar from DELL Windows Engineering Team. Dell Supports Windows Server 2012 in our 11G and 12G servers. And with Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleYoram Heller of Morphlabs talks about OpenStack and mCloud
Morphlabs, Inc. is a recognized leader in converged infrastructure solutions for the Enterprise and Service Providers. Our mCloud products combine best-of-breed software to deliver the most price...
View ArticleAlex Rosemblat and Amit Agarwal talk about Datadog – SaaS Monitoring Service...
Datadog is a SaaS monitoring service and data platform for Dev and Ops teams in the cloud age. Unlike traditional monitoring products, Datadog focuses on presenting an integrated view of the tools and...
View Article7 Reasons Why OpenStack Matters
Over the last few months I did a series of interview with OpenStack board members, representing various types of organizations. Hence, allow me to share my key takeaways from those interviews: Why does...
View ArticleDell Open Source Ecosystem Digest #13. Issue Highlight: "Inktank Spring...
This week’s highlight: Inktank Spring Webinar Series and Registration: http://www.inktank.com/news-events/webinars/The End of RAID as We Know It with Ceph ReplicationDid you know that with Ceph you do...
View ArticleMicrosoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Best Posts of the Week around...
Hi Community, here is my compilation of the most interesting technical blog posts written by members of the Microsoft MVP Community. The number of MVPs is growing well, I hope you enjoy their posts....
View ArticleHUGE TechCenter Rockstars Announcement - April 2013
Like they say in the Highlander movies, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"This year, for outstanding achievements in video streaming utilizing a load balancing solution that allows for an extremely high Quality...
View ArticleDell and DevOps - A New Blog Series in April all About DevOps
(Image from www.devopsdays.org)In preparation for the upcoming Austin DevOps Day at the end of April, I am writing a series of blogs to provide more information on this methodology to better prepare...
View ArticleCongrats 2013 Dell TechCenter Rockstars!
The Dell TechCenter Rockstars program recognizes IT professionals for being experts on Dell solutions and services and rewards their contributions to online technical conversations on...
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