[Review]: HPE Smart Update Tools for VMware ESXi
The Smart Update Tools (SUT) are a SUM extension that enables HPE OneView and servers HPE iLO Amplifier Pack to stage, schedule and apply updates automatically to reduce IT operations.
Category: Server Hardware
[Review]: Open Compute Project (OCP)
The Open Compute Project (OCP) is a collaborative community focused on redesigning hardware technology to efficiently support the growing demands on compute infrastructure.
[Download]: HPE Microprocessor Vulnerability ROM Updates
Microprocessor Vulnerability ROM Updates HPE has released ROM update to preventing Side Channel Analysis Method vulnerability on the below servers and operating systems: Product Category Description Version Upgrade Requirement Filename BIOS – System ROM Online...
[Download]: Critical HPE Servers ROM Update – Spectre Vulnerability
HPE has released ROM updates for ProLiant servers at March 2018. Those updates has been released in order to updating Intel processor microcode to the latest version.
[How To]: Configure HPE iLO via ESXi
There is a standard way to configure iLO for HPE ProLiant servers, HPE iLO can be configured after boot-up via SETUP utility on all type of servers and generations. If you press [F8] during boot-up, iLO configuration utility will be appeared and then you can configure all iLO configuration such as network connection.
[How To]: Resolve No Network Adapters Issue on ESXi
No network Adapter issue actually will be happened during installation, if the server has no adapter or the adapter driver is not loaded or the image is not contains of any compatible adapter driver, ESXi installer does stop installation and prompt
[How To]: Resolve Post Error: 333-HPE RESTful API Error on HPE ProLiant Servers
Post Error: 333-HPE RESTful API Error – Unable to communicate with iLO FW. BIOS configuration resources may not be up-to-date. Action: Reset iLO FW and reboot the server. If issue persists, AC power cycle the server.
[How To]: ESXi Installation Stopped – partedUtil Failed
partedUtil failed with message : Error: The primary GPT table states that the backup GPT is located beyond the end of disk.
[Review]: What’s FlexibleLOM, FLR and FLB?
What’s FlexibleLOM? FlexibleLOM is a standard for HPE network interface cards that using on ProLiant Blade servers and ProLiant Rack Mount servers. LAN-On-Motherboard is an architecture for HPE network interface cards. There is some...
[Review]: HPE Advanced Memory Protection Technologies
HPE offers Advanced Memory Protection (AMP) technologies for HPE ProLiant servers to increasing service availability for critical services. In addition of ECC (Error-Correction Code) and advanced ECC, these technologies are available to configure by system administrators.
sfcb-smx: wantCoreDump:sfcb-smx signal:11 exitCode:0 coredump:enabled
What’s the “sfcb-smx” error? This error is related to HPE smx-providers for the Smart Array controller MRA and any HPE ProLiant G8 or G9 server will be affected if VMware ESXi has been deployed on...
HPE Server Options Compatibility Tool
What’s HPE Server Options Compatibility Tool? HPE Server Options Compatibility Tool is an online application designed to assist datacenter administrators and designers with qualified options details with reserve compatibility for particular platforms including Rack,...
ESXi PCI Passthrough – Large VM Memory (MainHeap) BUG!
ESXi PCI Passthrough This is a combination hardware and software feature on hypervisors to allows VMs to use PCI functions directly And we know it as VMDirectPath I/O in vSphere environment. VMDirectPath I/O needs...
NMI purple diagnostic screen on HPE ProLiant Gen8 servers
It seems, there is an issue on HPE G8 servers with the below ESXi versions: ESXi 5.5 Patch 10 ESXi 6.0 Patch 4 ESXi 6.5 Intel® IOMMU’s (aka VT-d) interrupt remapper functionality has been...
Supported Servers – vSphere 6.5
Which server brand do you use? HPE, Dell, Fujitsu or any other. It doesn’t matter, you should check your server compatibility with new vSphere version before planning for migration or upgrade. I don’t want...
Deprecated and unsupported – Qlogic and Emulex devices
VMware has published a list that includes unsupported and deprecated devices from two vendors: Emulex Qlogic Deprecated devices may still be worked and drivers will be installed but those devices are not supported on...
System Center 2016 Integration Pack for HP iLO and OA
The Integration Pack for HP Lights-Out (iLO) and Onboard Administrator (OA) is an add-on for System Center 2016 – Orchestrator that enables you to automate HP iLO and OA commands. Feature Summary This integration...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Information Library
Introduction Many of large companies around the world using HPE products to makes their datacenters. HPE produces server, storage, network devices and some others infrastructure equipment and all of them have technical documentation, user...
FIP VLAN ID unavail. Retry VLAN discovery
I was faced with the below log in ESXi “vmkernel.log” and I want to explain the issue and share the solution with you: fip: fcoe_ctlr_vlan_request() is done fip: host7: FIP VLAN ID unavail. Retry...
Loop and pause flood protection
Loop protection The loop protection feature enables detection of loops on downlink ports, which can be Flex-10 logical ports or physical ports. The feature applies when Device Control Channel (DCC) protocol is running on...
