I have often stumbled when trying to explain the differences and the relationship between Etherchannel, LACP, and IEEE802.3ad. I began stumbling more when I learned that vSphere 5.5 supports Enhanced LACP and LAGs. Here is may best attempt to clarify. Etherchannel: an Etherchannel is a logical channel formed by bundling together two more links […]
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I attended my 10th consecutive VMworld this year. Here are some of my main take-aways. VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2: is now GA and available for download. Some features are: Support for ESXi hosts with up to 6TB RAM VMware vShield Endpoint driver is bundled with VMware Tools and called Guest Introspection VMware vCenter Server now […]
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Many vSphere administrators have learned the hard way that with default settings, the root account in the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 expires after 90 days. The VMware KB article 2069041 addresses how to change the root account password after it expired, which requires rebooting the appliance, modifying the grub boot parameters and using the passwd command. To […]
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I recently submitted a white paper on Tips for VCP5-DCV Preparation that contains a lot of details that I expect VCP candidates will find useful, such as: Benefits and requirements of VCP5-DCV Differences in the VCP510 and VCP550 exams General preparation tips URLs to unofficial practice exams Link to Measure-Up, the official source for practice exams Special considerations […]
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You can read the whitepaper here. NAT-2013-01-22-001-Adv-Mem
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