Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThese parts, which fall under HP Renew programme run by HP, is a means to reintroduce returned products back into the market. These parts are returned for various reasons. These might include:- incorrect orders, oversupply, and cancelled orders in which case the product is new and classified by HP as “Gold” product. By Tekmart Africa DC Team This Renew program provides
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCPUs have evolved to meet ever-increasing technology demands. We look at the way performance and power characteristics have shifted in recent years. By Brien Posey When purchasing server hardware, organizations have always had to decide on CPU type. In the early days, this decision might have been as simple as choosing between an Intel or AMD processor. There are now
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesUnderstand, communicate, monitor, check logs, ask for support. Follow these guidelines, and make troubleshooting server problems quick and easy. By Adam Fowler Server troubleshooting is a fine art, but there are some quick and easy methods and tips to get things running smoothly. ITIL methodology delves into how to troubleshoot a server or a related issue more deeply, but the general theme is
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBy Robert Sheldon Lights-out management (LOM) is a form of out-of-band management. It enables system administrators to connect remotely to servers and other data center infrastructure to monitor and maintain those systems. With LOM in place, IT teams can keep their systems running and respond to potential problems no matter where they are located, even if they’re on the other side of
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA converged network adapter (CNA) is a single network interface device that provides the functionality of both a Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter (HBA) and a TCP/IP Ethernet network interface card (NIC) By Robert Sheldon and Todd Erickson CNAs connect servers to FC-based storage area networks (SANs) and Ethernet-based local area networks (LANs). A CNA attaches to a server via a
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesFollow these steps to recover the password on the CLARiiON and VNX array. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team You might have a VNX5100 array and encounter a situation where it was initialized by someone in the past and you no longer know the username and password to login to it from unisphere. Follow the below steps to recover that password
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHewlett Packard Enterprise has announced a new line of cloud-native compute solutions powered by Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max cloud-native processors. Post courtesy of: Harold Fritts With the new ARM-based HPE ProLiant RL300 server line, the company is targeting service providers and enterprises that are embracing cloud-native development. HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 The new HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 server
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA motherboard tattoo is a colloquial term once used to denote an ID code that is written in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computer to uniquely identify the computer. By Gavin Wright This ID code is used to ensure that system restore, or diagnostic CDs will only work with the computer they come with. It is set by
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWhen it comes to small business and home lab IT decisions, sometimes thinking outside the box helps to create cost-effective and high-performance solutions. By StorageReview Enterprise Lab Crucial just released the new 4TB capacity of the long-standing MX500 SATA SSD, which may just be a perfect price and performance mix for a low-cost all-flash storage setup. We installed eight of these SSDs
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesMRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) is a method of storing data bits using magnetic states instead of the electrical charges used by devices such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM). By Robert Sheldon and Rodney Brown By combining the high speed of static random access memory (SRAM) and the high density of DRAM, MRAM promises to significantly improve electronic products
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