This short guide explains how to get up and running with Serve 2016 or 2019 on a headless (core) on a Proxmox hypervisor Change Log 2019/05/02 — Original Publication 2020/05/14 — This guide was based on VirtIO for but Proxmox recommends VirtIO SCSI. (stated below). The guide is still applicable except for…

Intel® SSD Data Center Tool (Intel® SSD DCT) https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28594/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Tool-Intel-SSD-DCT-?v=t Download the isdct tool kit from Intel’s website (linked above) Install the tool kit dpkg -i isdct_3.0.18–1_amd64.deb Show the Intel SSDs installed in the system isdct show -intelssd You will notice the tool will report if a new firmware update is…

When switching to HBA Mode I found a interesting issue where the iDrac would quque the job but the setting would not take after a reboot. Then when attempting via the bios I received the message: “The requested operation is not possible at this time” This usually happens if some…

A while back I was tasked with configuring a cluster of Cisco UCS C2xx M3 servers for Vmware vSAN 6.0 U2. As the UCS C2xx M3 series are using the 9271CV-8 controller there are a few specific requirements for configuration that I thought I would document the process in this…