Category: Dell

Dell PowerEdge Home Lab Stage VII
4. January 2023

irgNET – LAB 7.0 U2

Welcome to my next HomeLab Update. Today we will talk about a new Family Member for the irgNET Datacenter. Since irgNET-Lab 5.0 update; I had a HPE ML310e v2 Gen8 as my backup/redundancy server. As the requirements for my VMware vSAN environment grew, the backup size increased and the 4 LFF slots were no longer enough. So I needed an alternative that was up to […]

Dell Dell PowerEdge Home Lab Stage VII VMware vSAN
7. December 2022

irgNET – LAB 7.0 U1

As I mentioned in the last HomeLab Update, I will post all upgrades in my infrastructre monthly from now on. This time we will talk about the expansion of my VMware vSAN OSA ROBO 2-Node Cluster. My personal VMware vSAN journey started about 1 year ago: Back that time I had a usable capacity of about 3 TB, over time I have converted my single […]

Dell Dell PowerEdge Home Lab Stage VII
15. November 2022

irgNET – LAB 7.0

It is HomeLab time again, this update comes with a BIG announcement/change! It is been a while, the last update was in August. Let us get started: I was able to get 3 Dell PowerEdge R730 servers. As you know, a General Availability of vSphere 8 has been announced. My HPE DL380 Gen8 servers and my HPE ML310 Gen8 v2 are getting on in years […]

Dell News
31. May 2022

Dell Technologies World 2022

Today I want to tell you about my unique experience from my first participation of the Dell Technologies World 2022 in Las Vegas. It was like a theme park for passionated technologists. First, let me start with my incredible view from my hotel room – wow: Right after the breakfast, I came across one of our Computacenter banners: After that, the first session – Dell […]

Blog Dell VMware
24. February 2022

Dell EMC PowerEdge Server TPM Support on vSphere 7.0

TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module. It is a chip that provides basic security functions on a hardware basis. It can be used to ensure the integrity of a system and platforms such as computers and servers or other electronic devices like smartphones. The chip is protected against manipulation by security mechanisms and, for example, generates, provides, stores or controls the use of cryptographic keys. […]

Blog Dell Dell VxRail
2. July 2021

How to RASR Reset Dell EMC VxRail 7.0 Node

There are several reasons why you have to factory reset a VxRail node, for example: Here is an easy step by step guide – how to RASR reset a Dell EMC VxRail 7.0 node. Before we start please remember that you are going to take the node back to factory reset. Do not perform a RASR reset unless it is needed. Fast Steps: Step by […]

Blog Dell
2. July 2021

Dell EMC VxRail 7.0 – Useful Log File Information

The following log files can be accessed either via console or SSH to VxRail Manager. Monitor Dell EMC VxRail bring-up logs: dayone.log , short.term.log & firstboot.log: dayone.log – detailed information in relation to initial first run configuration. (/var/log/microservice_log/dayone.log) short.term.log – micro services related information. (/var/log/microservice_log/short.term.log) Note: short.term.log is a good starting point for all microservices related information. For specific microservice log detail filter by the microservices name for example: firstboot.log […]