In this article we are going to go over some basics of using IPMP in Solaris. We will discuss this on the latest versions of Solaris 10 and 11 on the SPARC platform, these instructions should also work on the x86 platform, but will be dependent on the listed version…
Adventures in ZFS: NFS Exports on Solaris 10 and 11
So with ZFS you really have two ways of configuring your NFS exports, you can do it the old fashioned way (read: /etc/dfs/dfstab and share command). Or the super-duper easy method… Use ZFS metadata, and allow ZFS to configure the export for you. The reason why you might choose this…
Powerconnect: Configure Link Aggregation Groups
Today we will be configuring LACP to interconnect some switch stacks as part of a network upgrade. Please keep in mind that part of configuring the LAG will result in the ports losing connectivity, so while it is not necessary to use a console cable, please keep in mind how…
Fedora 18: Noticing Clock Skew?
Recently I noticed that my clock was beginning to skew, and NTP wasn’t able to keep up with it. This is due to having a “system clock” and a “hardware clock” the system clock is the one that the OS controls, while the hardware clock is controlled by the BIOS…
Dell Powerconnect 3500: Enable SSH and Disable Telnet
Most modern switches include the ability to use SSH as a remote communications protocol. Here we will enable that functionality and disable telnet on the Dell Powerconnect 3548 switches. Enable SSH In order to enable SSH we need to generate the keys which will be used by SSH to encrypt…