Generating SSL Certificates for vCenter Operations Manager 5.0

Generating SSL Certificates for usage with vCenter, Update Manager and the ESXi host is one of those tasks that keeps being push away. Accepting the self-signed certificates is fine in most situation, but getting validated certificates means a whole lot of pop-ups...

HP ML110 G7 and VT-d DirectPath I/O Configuration and VMware FT

I’ve had quiet a few questions over the past days about the HP ProLiant ML110 G7. And here are some screenshots aboutabout using Intel VT-d or DirectPath I/O and VMware FT. To use the Intel VT-d DirectPath I/O you need to make sure that Intel VT-d is enabled in...

Using vCenter Update Manager for HP ESXi installations

This post will explain how to use the vCenter Update Manager to create a custom Hewlett-Packard Extensions baseline, so that you can install the HP Drivers on your ESXi install and the HP CIM Management Tools. Having just purchased a set of HP Proliant ML110 G7, I...

HP ML110 G7 and Power Management (iLO3 & vSphere DPM)

The HP ML110 G7 works great with VMware vSphere 5.0 once the C-States has been modified. In the following screenshot we can have a glimpse of the Hardware Status of the ML110 G7. We can clearly see that this ML110 G7 with it’s integrate iLO3 controller gives the...

vSphere 5.0 on HP ML110 G7

Last friday, I came across this very interesting deal, Two HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with Xeon E3-1220 (Quad-Core @3.1Ghz) for the price of one. So Two HP ML110 G7 for $960 seemed a great bargain to me. I got some extra Kingston memory and I should have some decent lab...