VCF

Quick Tip – Retry VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)…

Quick Tip – Retry VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)… Take charge of your #VMwareCloudFoundation Management Domain processes with @VMwareCloud Builder! Learn how via @lamw : VMware Social Media Advocacy

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AI

How to Install llama.cpp and Run Llama 2 (and Newer Models) Locally

Install llama.cpp, get a GGUF model from Hugging Face and run Llama 2 or newer models locally on CPU or NVIDIA GPU, with the current 2026 commands.

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K8S

Tanzu & Kubernetes for vSphere Admins: Complete…

Tanzu & Kubernetes for vSphere Admins: Complete Guided Workshop (HOL-2413-01-SDC) Tanzu & Kubernetes for vSphere Admins: Complete… Link to Lab: https://userui.learningplatform.vmware.com/HOL/catalog/lab/13926 🌟 Welcome to our VMware Expert-Led Guided…

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HomeLab

NVIDIA Tesla P40 for Private AI in the Homelab: Specs, ESXi Passthrough and Benchmarks

Tesla P40 specs (24 GB GDDR5, 250 W, 10.5-inch dual slot, compute 6.1), cooling and ESXi passthrough setup, llama.cpp benchmarks, and CUDA 13 limits.

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HomeLab

DELL R610 or R710: How to Convert an H200A to H200I for Dedicated Slot Use

Convert a Dell H200A to an H200I so it fits the R610/R710 dedicated storage slot and frees a PCIe slot, e.g. for an NVIDIA Tesla P40.

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UCS

Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for vSphere: Remote Plugin 4.0(0) and 4.0(1) for vCenter 8.0 U2, 8.0 U3 and 9.0

Cisco UCS Manager remote plugin for the vSphere HTML client: 4.0(0) vs 4.0(1), supported vCenter 7.0 U1 to 9.0, appliance sizing, install and Proactive HA.

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