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Updated Quanta Winterfell BIOS fixes issue where you cannot send keystrokes to ESXi via IPMItool
After working this issue with Quanta/VMware since July of 2014, we finally have a new working issue for the Quanta Winterfell motherboards. What was happening: You could see everything on the SOL interface, but you could not send any key sequences (no keyboard input was being accepted). You can grab the BIOS here. F03C3A05 Working BIOS
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ESXi 5.1 serial console based (headless) kickstart
As you saw in my previous post, it takes a little work to get an Open Compute Platform (OCP) server to install ESXi 5.1. The main reason being the lack of video card, the second reason being that only “old people” know serial :) Keep in mind, my OCP servers (Hyve) have three interfaces, eth2 […]
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Installing ESXi over serial console (headless, no video card)
I ran into a unique scenario where I had a server to install ESXi on that had no video card (maybe open compute style?). That being said, I figured that PXE installation would be the easiest method. First lets look at the PXE installation method of installing ESXi… Server boots, grabs DHCP address then downloads […]
Tags: esxi, opencompute, pxe, quanta, windmill
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VMware to Cut 900 Jobs as Revenue Growth Slows, now what?
After reading the Wall Street Journal Article, attending VMworld 2012 (where it was announced that Pat Gelsinger was replacing Paul Maritz), and after VMware consumes acquisition after acquisition only to wait one, two and even three years before incorporating said acquired functionality into the VMware product line (for which they acquired); I’m beginning to wonder if […]
Tags: cloud, cloud computing, desktop computing, ESX, esxi, virtualization, vmware
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