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Engineering article from Ashutosh Sarawat describing the benefits of running vVols on NVMe-FC.
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Engineering article from Ashutosh Sarawat describing the benefits of running vVols on NVMe-FC.
I recently came to learn about a really cool project called Tiny 11 which is a stripped down version of Windows 11 Pro 22H2 that can run with just 2GB of memory and 8GB of storage. While you would probably not use this for production workloads, it could be interesting for those with homelabs and […]

The installation of the Operating System image will be denied and “SECUREBOOT: Image DENIED.” will be reported in vmware.log.
Below goes the list of the impacted Linux Operating Systems.
This is caused due to the Secure Boot deny list (dbx) is updated to prevent vulnerable bootloaders from being used. For more information, refer to VMware response to GRUB2 security vulnerability CVE-2020-10713 (80181)
Create the Virtual Machine with Secureboot disabled instead.
A deep dive into vVols performance improvement from vVols engineer Yogender Solanki
Today we are going to talk about the logical routing in the VMware NSX-T environment. As many of you know that the logical routing capability in the NSX-T platform provides the ability to interconnect both virtual and physical workloads deployed in different logical L2 networks. […]
I have been working with the Project Keswick team for quite some time now, which is an OCTO project is lead by my good friend Alan Renouf, who is doing some really innovative work with ESXi at the edge and application deployment using a desired state engine. Recently I had met with the team to […]
If you are new to Cloud Native concepts and Kubernetes, this Learning Path will introduce you to the history and industry pressures that necessitated the rise of Cloud Native practices. The courses in this learning path provide a broad overview of the Cloud Native landscape, cover Container […]
The 5 day VMware NSX Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Ninja program provides in depth coverage of networking use cases. This program is a comprehensive look at NSX architecture and components that support switching, routing, VPN, load balancing, container networking, and multi-site networking [..]
[~] esxcli software component apply -d /vmfs/volumes/SSD/_ISO/intel-mas-tool_2.2.18-1OEM.700.0.0.15843807_20956742.zip
Installation Result
Components Installed: intel-mas-tool_2.2.18-1OEM.700.0.0.15843807
Components Removed:
Components Skipped:
Message: Operation finished successfully.
Reboot Required: false
[~] /opt/intel/intelmas/intelmas show -intelssd 1
- 1 Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD 905P Series PHMB839000LW280IGN -
Bootloader : EB3B0416
Capacity : 260.83 GB (280,065,171,456 bytes)
DevicePath : nvmeMgmt-nvmhba5
DeviceStatus : Healthy
Firmware : E201HPS2
FirmwareUpdateAvailable : The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release.
Index : 1
MaximumLBA : 547002287
ModelNumber : INTEL SSDPED1D280GAH
NamespaceId : 1
PercentOverProvisioned : 0.00
ProductFamily : Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD 905P Series
SMARTEnabled : True
SectorDataSize : 512
SerialNumber : PHMB839000LW280IGN
[~] /opt/intel/intelmas/intelmas show -nvmelog SmartHealthInfo -intelssd 1
- PHMB839000LW280IGN -
- NVMeLog SMART and Health Information -
Volatile memory backup device has failed : False
Temperature has exceeded a critical threshold : False
Temperature - Celsius : 30
Media is in a read-only mode : False
Power On Hours : 0x0100
Power Cycles : 0x03
Number of Error Info Log Entries : 0x0
Controller Busy Time : 0x0
Available Spare Space has fallen below the threshold : False
Percentage Used : 0
Critical Warnings : 0
Data Units Read : 0x02
Available Spare Threshold Percentage : 0
Data Units Written : 0x0
Unsafe Shutdowns : 0x0
Host Write Commands : 0x0
Device reliability has degraded : False
Available Spare Normalized percentage of the remaining spare capacity available : 100
Media Errors : 0x0
Host Read Commands : 0x017F
[~] /opt/intel/intelmas/intelmas show -intelssd 1 -smart
- SMART Attributes PHMB839000LW280IGN -
- B8 -
Action : Pass
Description : End-to-End Error Detection Count
ID : B8
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- C7 -
Action : Pass
Description : CRC Error Count
ID : C7
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- E2 -
Action : Pass
Description : Timed Workload - Media Wear
ID : E2
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- E3 -
Action : Pass
Description : Timed Workload - Host Read/Write Ratio
ID : E3
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- E4 -
Action : Pass
Description : Timed Workload Timer
ID : E4
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- EA -
Action : Pass
Description : Thermal Throttle Status
ID : EA
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
ThrottleStatus : 0 %
ThrottlingEventCount : 0
- F0 -
Action : Pass
Description : Retry Buffer Overflow Count
ID : F0
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- F3 -
Action : Pass
Description : PLI Lock Loss Count
ID : F3
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
- F5 -
Action : Pass
Description : Host Bytes Written
ID : F5
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
Raw (Bytes) : 0
- F6 -
Action : Pass
Description : System Area Life Remaining
ID : F6
Normalized : 100
Raw : 0
[~] /opt/intel/intelmas/intelmas load -intelssd 1
WARNING! You have selected to update the drives firmware!
Proceed with the update? (Y|N): Y
Checking for firmware update...
- Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD 905P Series PHMB839000LW280IGN -
Status : The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release.
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