My Personal Blog
As you know I wrote some blog about Cisco Hyperflex. To make a search easier, here are my links to the blog posts. Hyperflex Links : Really ? 37 Minutes to install Cisco Hyperflex ? Howto use Hyperflex Rest Explorer. (With Video) Expanding Hyperflex with a Compute Node is So easy ! Hyperflex Cluster Information … Read more
API’s are hot ! You can automate almost anything you like. If you want to automate Hyperflex you can use UCS Director (See this blog) or you can write something yourself. There is a page at the Hyperflex cluster with a rest explorer build in. Not only the schema, or requests, but also the output … Read more
Blogging is fun ! My personal words on the internet and anyone can read those. Twitter is a good medium to spread the word and there are other social media apps. But a lot of people still stick with facebook. To reach more friends and people I just created a Facebook Page, just for my … Read more
When you have a Cisco Hyperflex cluster and you have enough storage, but you need more CPU or memory, it’s possible to expand the cluster with a compute node only. In this instruction video I will show you the steps. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoSeL_TsEZA[/embedyt] Summary : Assign the Compute-Only service profile to a server. Install the ESXi … Read more
Last year Hyperflex just got one configuration. Right now there are multiple different Hyperflex clusters, with their own limitations. I just updated my Hyperflex Sizing Tool on calculating # Capacity Nodes. Click the link for the Tool ! What’s new ? You can choose between a Replication Factor of 2 or 3. Hyperflex Still the same … Read more
Cisco Hyperflex is getting more and more new features. Right now you can download the HX Data Platform 2.1(1b) software on the cisco.com/go/software site. What are the best features of the software ? Self Encryption Drives One way of protecting your data is to use SED or Self Encryption Drives. Hyperflex support those SED drives … Read more
What if you are a company with lots of branch offices and those offices are to small for a Cisco Hyperflex cluster. Or you are just a small company who doesn’t need much compute, memory, iops and storage capacity for you office. Think of offices where you just need and Active Directory Server, DNS, DHCP, … Read more
Why would you install vCenter on a laptop ? When installing Hyperflex vCenter is mandatory. When you only got Hyperflex nodes, you can have the chicken or the egg story ! If you have 4 hyperflex nodes, you can install vCenter on the 4th node and install Hyperflex on the 3 nodes. Then move vCenter … Read more
Everybody can upgrade a Hyperflex cluster ! Changes in Hyperflex 2.0(1a) To have the Hyperflex All Flash working, you will need the Hyperflex 2.0 Data platform. With a hybrid solution (Hyperflex with the 10k spinning disks) you can also upgrade to the 2.0 version. During the installation you can configure FC and iSCSI connections ! … Read more