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    18 Oct 2016

    Dell iDRAC Timeout due to Java proxy automatic configuration

    The error I experienced When connecting to iDRAC , you may experience a timeout: using proxy configured via pac script which is downloaded over HTTPS using the Java plugin (or using Native, but a non Internet Explorer browser where ActiveX is unsupported – it will revert to Java) It hangs for about…

    18 Oct 2016 Read More
    • Java
    • dell

    17 Jan 2016

    Dell RAID for PowerEdge Servers during CentOS 7.2 kickstart

    Here's a guide outlining how to perform hardware RAID actions (e.g. wipe the RAID configuration, create a new RAID-1 virtual disk etc) on a Dell PowerEdge server (Perc i810) during a CentOS kickstart installation. For this example we are building this for CentOS 7.2, however the same workflow…

    17 Jan 2016 Read More
    • linux
    • centos
    • dell
    • raid

    27 Sep 2015

    Upgrading a Dell Compellent from 8GBPs FC to 16Gbps FC

    We approached this in a phased manner, connecting 2 x old FC switches to the existing 8Gbps ports on the compellent (Fault Domain A and Fault Domain B), then connected the new 16Gbps interfaces to new FC switches on new Fault Domain C and new Fault Domain D. We are…

    27 Sep 2015 Read More
    • fibre channel
    • dell
    • storage

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