Creating an SSL certificate for iDRAC 6

Navigate to iDRAC Settings > Network/Security > SSL Click Next to Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Fill in the fields with the hostname, Org name, ect… Click Generate once done. After a few moments, it the browser will download a txt file. Open the text fiel and copy the text including the —–BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST—– … Read more

Getting the iDRAC6 virtual console to work with Chrome

Step 1: Get the Fix IDRAC .jnlp file from the Chrome webstore This makes sense of the JNLP files that you’ll download to start the virtual console https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fix-idrac-jnlp-file/elhgcjjhibcbkocpdklcmlhomhcbfonp?hl=en-US Step 2: Get Java on your machine Pull down and install the latest Java Step 3: Setup Java security Add the IP address of the remote server … Read more

How to Enable and Configure SNMP in ESXi

Configuring SNMP Agent Parameters in ESXi Specify the monitoring server IP address (SNMP target), port (by default, 161 UDP) and SNMP community name (usually, public): esxcli system snmp set –targets=192.168.99.99@161/public Or you can set the community name as follows: esxcli system snmp set –communities YOUR_COMMUNITY_STRING Additionally, you can specify the location: esxcli system snmp set –syslocation … Read more

Setting the fan speed of the Dell R710

Enable manual/static fan speed: raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00 Set fan speed: (Use i.e http://www.hexadecimaldictionary.com/hexadecimal/0x14/ to calculate speed from decimal to hex) 3000 RPM: raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x10 2160 RPM: raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x0a 1800 RPM: raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x05 1560 RPM: raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x09 Note: The RPM may differ from model … Read more

Removing Immutable Files from Linux

The immutable flag can be manually removed by a sudo user Note you will have to remove the immutable (i) flag from both the files and the folder. There may also be a hidden .veeam.lock.0 file which also needs to be removed. rm file.name rm -d dirname

Auto mount a Linux partition on boot

Step 1: Get the Name, UUID and File System Type Open your terminal, run the following command to see the name of your drive, its UUID(Universal Unique Identifier) and file system type. sudo blkid In the output of this command, the first column is the name of your drives. The second column is the label … Read more