Archive | August, 2009
Considering Nehalem

Considering Nehalem

Audience: Seasoned IT ProfessionalsRead Time: 10 Min There has been a lot of buzz about the new Nehalem processor and chipset family from Intel and how to optimize memory configuration for speed. I had quite a lengthy discussion with some colleagues at work on how to best organize the RAM to gain the most performance [...]

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Tutorial: 802.3ad Port Configuration with ESX

Tutorial: 802.3ad Port Configuration with ESX

Just wanted to post a quick post about how to configure 802.3ad port consolidation with a Cisco switch and VMware ESX (vSphere was used for this example).  I was using an HP DL380 with 2 onboard NIC and 2 24 port Cisco 3750G connected with stackwise cables. Switch Configuration: …interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1 description ESX NIC 2  switchport [...]

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