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home lab
Change BBU and RAID Cache Settings with Avago LSI StorCLI
We have covered the functionality before of the Avago LSI StorCLI utility and its capabilities in controlling and interacting with Avago LSI RAID controllers. Just about anything you can do from the RAID BIOS can be done from the StorCLI.…
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VMware
Installing Avago LSI StorCLI VMware ESXi
In our previous post on how to update Avago SMIS provider in VMware ESXi, we discussed how to upgrade your Avago/LSI SMIS provider that allows you to interact with your Avago/LSI card with the Avago Storage Manager utility. However, may…
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VMware
Update Avago LSI SMIS Provider VMware ESXi
If you are running an Avago/LSI RAID controller card in a VMware host, Avago has an SMIS provider that can be installed on the host that allows you to connect a remote Storage Manager utility to the server and interact…
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Computers
Change VMware NSX Controller Settings
If you are looking into NSX especially in a lab environment, the resource requirements for the NSX virtual infrastructure is quite costly.  Especially with high availability, you are looking at steep memory and CPU requirements.  Also, if you look to edit…
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Computers
Monitor LSI Megaraid RAID controller in VMware
Last week in working with a “whitebox” ESXi server running a VMware lab that was running on an LSI 9280-16i4E controller, the need arose to monitor LSI Megaraid storage controller in VMware and see an initialization process that was running as…
