virtualization
CentOS 6.4 Mellanox 10GB Driver Install on the Open Compute Windmill V3 server
Our build out of the Open Compute Windmill V3 server utilizes the Mellanox MCX342A XCAN 10GbE, 2-p SFP+ mezzanine card. By default, the Mellanox card is not natively supported by CentOS 6.4. [root@server /]# lspci | grep Mellanox 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3] That being said, I had to download the appropriate driver from […]
Tags: cloud, Facebook Server, Facebook Servers, OCP, Open Compute, opencompute, virtualization
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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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