ESXi 5 installer ISO
VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0-469512.x86_64.iso
vSphere Client
VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-455964.exe
Linux Tools ISO
VMware-tools-linux-8.6.0-425873.iso
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VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi 5.0) Officially released and available for Download
Thursday, August 25th, 2011Tweaking HP ProLiant MicroServer BIOS to support 2 additional AHCI SATA Ports for VMware ESXi 4.1/5.0, SSD
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011I’ve been experimenting with the HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L, to extend its capacity to support an additional 2 AHCI SATA Ports, from the standard IDE mode offerings, that the on-board SATA and eSATA ports offer. This will support the use of SSDs better in the future.
Storage Controllers available to VMware vSphere 4.1 U1, not there are four AHCI SATA controllers, vmhba0, vmhba34, vmhba35, and vmhba36. These correspond to the “not supported hot plug” bays.
HP ProLiant MicroServer BIOS POST before tweak!
VMware ESXi 4.1 installed on HP ProLiant MicroServer Before tweak!
and also two IDE vmhba1 and vmhba33.
VMware ESXi 4.1 installed on HP ProLiant MicroServer Before tweak!
After tweaking…a total of six AHCI SATA ports, vmhba0, vmhba33, vmhba34, vmhba35, vmhba36 and vmhba37.
HP ProLiant MicroServer BIOS POST After tweak!
VMware ESXi 4.1 installed on HP ProLiant MicroServer After tweak!
If you want more details, ping me an email or twitter, and I’ll send you the bios.
Esther and Alfred
Sunday, August 21st, 2011A photograph that Lindsey took a few days ago…
Esther and Alfred
CubeWorld!
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
CubeWorld
Dusty, Hans, Handy, Dash & Toner
It’s a CubeWorld!
Breeding pair of Western Digital VelociRaptor
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011I’ve actually had this pair of Western Digital VelociRaptors 600GB, SATA 3, 10,000 RPM disks for just under 12 months, 12 months old on 23 August 2010, I thought I had already blogged about them, but it seems I take so many pictures, that not all of them end up on the blog, so here there are!
Breeding pair of WD VelociRaptors WD6000HLHX
The WD6000HLHX model, which I have two, have increased in value since, I purchased them 12 months ago, I believe Western Digital are still the only storage manufactuter to manufacture a 10,000 RPM SATA 3 drive today.
VMware ESXi 5.0 tested on HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L
Saturday, August 13th, 2011Just confirming that VMware ESXi 5.0 tests out okay on the HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L, ideal for labs or testing, I don’t expect to see this HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L on the Hardware Compatibility List, when VMware ESXi 5.0 is finally launched Q3 2011, but ideal for labs or testing, on this small low powered server.
VMware ESXi 5.0 tested on HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L
As with ESXi 4.1, no support for the “fake RAID controller”, so ESXi 5.o detects both SATA disks, and does not detect as a RAID 1 set. But the Broadcom NetXrtreme BCM5723 Gigabit Etherner network interface is supported.
New HD Video Fully Loaded HP ProLiant Microserver N36L with VMware vSphere 4.1 U1 Hypervisor
Monday, August 8th, 2011This video is part of my power consumption series coming soon…
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Community Allotments in the shire! – £24,000 has been secured from the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme
Friday, August 5th, 2011I’m not sure, if I had, told many people, because I had a “gagging order”, but now I can say, “We are delighted to announce that a grant of almost £24,000 has been secured from the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme and we can now begin to action the plans for community allotments in the village……”
read more here at the Gravel Pit Allotments Website
A micro flash (HP v165w) drive for a HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L
Sunday, July 31st, 2011For my “Skynet” project, I’ve been looking for a micro 4GB flash drive to hold the various operating systems I’ll be using, operating systems including VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) and FreeNAS, possibly also Solaris and Nexenta Community Edition. Previously I’ve used Talent flash drives, but these seem in short supply, and are usually metal, and I’ve recently read an interesting Product Advisory about the heat from metal flash drives, and also some metal flash drives have been shorting out inside HP ProLiant DL series servers, using embedded versions of VMware vSphere Hypervisor. So my requirements were to find a plastic cased, in-expensive 4GB flash drive. Enter the HP v165w 4GB Flash Drive, this version comes in many different sizes, and is very small.
HP v165w 4GB Flash Drive
HP v165w 4GB Flash Drive on Samsung NC10 Netbook keyboard (yes my keyboard really needs a clean!)
A Micro Flash drive for a Microserver!
Also manufacturered by HP (okay, PNY), so HP on HP should work okay. I found the most cheapest place on the Net, was Play.com, but I’ve had to wait over a week for delivery, delivery is free, but why they had to send them all in individual boxes, I’ll never know. So I’ve not been able to do anything with Skynet, for the last week, waiting for them to arrive.
Eight boxes of HP v165w 4GB flash drives from Play.com
Here is the micro flash drive installed in a HP ProLiant Microserver
HP v165w installed in HP ProLiant Microserver N36L
The micro server, has a purpose built bootable USB socket on the motherboard, designed for booting embedded operating systems, so the four internal SATA disks can be used to store data, so I you can install the OS on a USB stick!
The HP v165w does not have any LED, or flashing light to indicate the device is in read or write mode, for my purpose ideal, but some folk, may like this feature to see what the flash drive is doing, but personally I think it’s too small for general usage, I’ve had to attach my existing flash drive to 2.5″ hard disk spindle to stop losing it in my pocket! I’m also using this device to replace my existing HP v100w flash drives, installed in my existing DL servers, because I keep catching them and snapping them off!
Banged Up in some Cuban jail somewhere!
Friday, July 29th, 2011(well not exactly, probably alarmed some people!)
I’m sorry, but this made me laugh so much, my heart almost exploded! So I thought I would share….
If you are a fan of the The Apprentice and Lord Sugar, it’s priceless…
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