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Update Manager and Isolated ESX Service Console Networks

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jon Owings

Sometimes you may be required to run your vCenter server that has two network interfaces. One in the network it can be reached for remote desktop access and the other where it has access to the ESX servers in order … Continue reading →

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B.Y.O.P – The Alternative Vblock

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Jon Owings

In college I often would be invited to a get together that could often include the letters BYOB, Bring Your Own Beer. Sometimes a cookout would be BYOM, Bring Your Own Meat (or meat alternative for the vegetarians). So today … Continue reading →

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Firewalls are not Routers

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Jon Owings

I am no network super-genius but I do enough with networking to be able to get by. Two common mistakes I find many times are flat networks and firewalls as the default gateway. A flat network is when generally switches … Continue reading →

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