Zsoldier's Tech Blog

Summary: I'm so used to testing connectivity to an ESXi server from a windows or Linux system, that I never thought about how to do it the other way around.  It took me a bit to find it so I figure I should post on this for my reference @ a later date. The key command from the CLI: nc (aka netcat) nc -z DestinationIP DestinationPort -v Example: In my case, I was trying to get Emulex onecommand to download and install firmware to my HBA's.  Emulex onecommand was running on my tools server on ports 8080 and 8443.  To test my connection, I passed the following command: nc -z myToolsServerIP 8080 -v and nc -z myToolsServerIP 8443 -v The commands would just hang, meaning the ports were not responding.  A quick e-mail to my firewall teams and they were able to fix the problem by opening up the ports. VMware KB: 2020669 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2020669

SSL Certs are something of an enigma that have always eluded my proper understanding.  So I took it upon myself to figure this one out. Summary: Replace default OCM cert w/ one that is CA signed.  Click below to continue.

Summary: This one has been on the back burner for a little while, but I finally got it put together thanks to resources like virtualghetto .  lamw is crazy smartz! Script: Everything seems to work fine, the only one I’m not sure of is the enabling the CIMoemProviderEnabled Advanced setting as to whether that works or not.  Let me know if you happen to brave my custom kickstart script made for Dell servers, but can be adjusted for pretty much any setup I think. 1: # Bind vmnic4 to vSwitch0. EDA adds vmnic0 automatically 2: # Active/Passive 3: esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic4 vSwitch0 4: esxcfg-vswitch -X 1 vSwitch0 5:   6: # Add vSwitch1, VMkernel, and bind vmnic1/3 7: # Active/Passive 8: # The following configures vSwitch1 as the vmKernel vmotion switch 9: esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1 10: esxcfg-vswitch -A VMkernel vSwitch1 11: esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch1 12: esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic3 vSwitch1 13: esxcfg-vswitc...