Monthly Archive: March 2020

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Server Hardware

Network Connection Problem on HPE FlexFabric 650 (FLB/M) Adapter

We have many HPE Blade System C7000 chassis for hosting our virtual infrastructures or our customers virtual infrastructures. Also many of them are filled with HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen10. Recently, we had serious problem with some of the servers about network connection, if there was FlexFabric 650 (FLB/M) adapter installed on blade server. What’s Exact Problem? Our servers were working fine but after a while, we lose our vMotion network connectivity, the hosts couldn’t migrate virtual machines even between servers in same C7000 chassis. The problem was happened on one chassis and other chassis has no problem. Network adapter was connected physically but it don’t pass any network traffic, the issue some like ARP problem! Also network adapter status was Degraded in iLO web administration. List of All Attempts to Recovering Issue Try this, ask IT guy about network problem on network card, one hundred percent sure that IT guy will say: Upgrade firmware, update driver, upgrade ….! So, I did it! 😀 Let’s review the list: Upgrade Firmware for FlexFabric 650M and FlexFabric 650FLB. Update Driver (ESXi). Turn off, turn on virtual connect modules. Unassign and reassign server profiles. Check all configurations and compare with other chastises. Re-seat one...

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News

The New Guy Came, vSphere 7

I was reading lot of posts and tweets about this new guy, vSphere 7 but who is this new guy? Why is he attractive for Virtualization ladies? What’s New in vSphere 7? There are many new features and there are many removed feature, vSphere 7 has huge arms compare to vSphere 6.7 (The depressed guy). Let’s quick review about new features, I’ll publish some posts about each feature after check them on my lab. I hope that the new guy is compatible with our current hardware! But there is no information yet. He is a ghost! vSphere Lifecycle Manager Next-Gen Infrastructure Image Management: Manage infrastructure images to patch, update or upgrade ESXi clusters using a desired state model. vCenter Server Profiles: Desired state configuration management capabilities for vCenter Server. It helps the user to define/validate/apply configuration for multiple vCenter Servers. vCenter Server Update Planner: Manage the compatibility & interoperability for vCenter Server for upgrade scenarios. We will allow users to generate the interoperability and pre-checks report, which will help them plan for upgrades. Content Library: Added administrative control and versioning support. Provides simple and effective centralized management for virtual machine templates, virtual appliances, ISO images, and scripts. Identity federation with...