Mellanox `nmlx5_core` driver `4.23` issues on…
Problem Inventory – Mellanox Driver Update on ESXi 8.0u1 causing network virtualization issues After installing ESXi 8.0 Update 1, some issues start to appear with affected nmlx5_core adapters: […]
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Problem Inventory – Mellanox Driver Update on ESXi 8.0u1 causing network virtualization issues After installing ESXi 8.0 Update 1, some issues start to appear with affected nmlx5_core adapters: […]
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I previously blogged that you can install and enabled FRR on a UniFi UDM (or UDM SE) running UniFi OS 3.0.x. which gives you the ability to run BGP; in my case I was using it to talk to my NSX-T Tier-0 Edge. I noticed I started getting some weird issues after the first 3.1.x was installed […]
vSphere UI behavior change for VM Disk I/O Shares & Limits in vSphere 8.x
If you use the vSphere UI to configure individual virtual disk I/O shares or limits for a Virtual Machine, it looks like this functionality has been removed in vSphere 8.x in favor of using VM Storage Policies, which has been around for almost a decade now. Prior to vSphere 8.x, you could configure both disk […]
vVols VASA to vSphere Matrix
To help understand what features are associated with a specific VASA version and what vSphere release supports which VASA version(s).
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In Part 1 of this blog, we reviewed the value proposition and benefits of using VMware NSX ALB to manage incoming network function traffic specifically for a VMware Telco Cloud Platform (TCP) environment. Out of the box, The NSX ALB provides: Automation, Central Orchestration, Resilience, […]
Carbon Black Senior Technical Marketing Architect Joshua Knox speaks about the risks that containers and Kubernetes introduce to your organization, where to start with security, and how to automate compliance and manage risk at scale without impacting business agility. He answers customers’ […]
vSphere allows assigning GPU devices to a VM using VMware’s (Dynamic) Direct Path I/O technology (Passthru) or NVIDIA’s vGPU technology. The NVIDIA vGPU technology is a core part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise suite (NVAIE). NVAIE is more than just the vGPU driver. It’s a complete technology stack […]
Converting VirtualBox VDI (Virtual Disk Image) to VMDK for use with ESXi 8.x
If you are converting an Oracle VirtualBox VDI (Virtual Disk Image) to a VMDK for use with VMware ESXi, you might come across the following error: Unsupported or invalid disk type 2 for ‘scsi0:0’. Ensure that the disk has been imported The invalid disk type 2 is typically a giveaway that the VMDK was mostly […]