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    Homelab networking advice

    Found some cheap Dell N4032F switches that look like they support everything i need. Anyone know these switches? never worked with Dell switches. Only thing I know is that the commands is very similar to Cisco.
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    Homelab networking advice

    ROCE v1 need Priority Flow Control from the DCB group. As i don't need to route it it would make little sense to use V2 as it has even higher requirements VMwares Documentation on the subject If i could use any 10G switch then i could just keep the H3C i have and save me the hassle of selling...
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    Homelab networking advice

    So, i am going though my homelab and want to play with some clustering. At the moment i have a Dell T630 and a Quantaplex t41s-2u connected through a H3C h3 s5820x-28c with connect-x 3 PRO cards The original plan was to make the T630 into a Starwind VSAN and then use the Quantaplex blades as...
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    QuantaPlex-T41S-2U BMC

    So i acutally got this solved! And i will put the solutioin here. It intails dropping the security of your java signifantly so just be aware. Go to your java security folder(mine is located here "C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\lib\security"). open the java.security file and find...
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    QuantaPlex-T41S-2U BMC

    So i got my hands on a QuantaPlex-T41S-2U and i am havving a issue when trying to console using the java console. BUT!.... there is a certificate that ran out in 2019 so i get this error: What i have tried. 1: added the management url to Java security 2: removed certificate validation and...
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    Microsoft Multipath storage timeout values

    Hi I have a weird issue with Windows multipath storage. When I lose a path, all IO will pause for up to a 60 seconds before resuming. Anyone found a way to remove this pause?
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    CPU cooler for Dell T630

    So I bought a Dell T630 that came with a single E5-2640V3. I now have the possibility to get my hands on two E5-2680V4's. Now, the E5-2640V3 are a 90W TDP part and the new ones are 120W TDP so I am pretty sure that the heat sink I have is inadequate as it looks like the 105W TDP one. I know...
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    Switch for S2D

    I don't think I need the Ethernet license for S2D so I might just skip that unless I'm forced to use it for the ROCE protocol. And if I need the license I will look into generating it with ltrace Regarding the noise, its going to be mounted with 4 HP DL360 G8's and a DL380 G8 so I don't...
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    Switch for S2D

    Hi I am looking at a cheap mellanox MSX6036F-1SFS(not the Dell one) that I want to use in my lab setup for Storage spaces direct. Are there anything I should be aware about? As far as I have been able to find the Ethernet license should be free when using the last Firmware. I will be using...