Manage ESX and ESXi VMs from OSX
VMware have released 2 versions of Fusion 7 for OSX - standard and pro. Fusion 7 Pro now supports the ability to connect to ESX and ESXi servers which …
Upgrading ESXi from 5.1 to 5.5 on ASRock Z87M-Pro4 Whitebox
Late last month, VMware made ESXi 5.5 available for general download. This is great timing as I was thinking about patching my generic ESXi 5.1 …
HP MicroServer Gen8 G1610T Review
HP reached somewhat of a cult status amongst many tech enthusiasts a couple of years ago when they dropped the price of the N36L MicroServers to clear …
VT-d Pass-through with ASRock Z87M Pro4
I can confirm that VT-d pass-through appears to be working just fine with the new ASRock Z87M Pro motherboard. I don’t have a need for it just yet but …
ASRock Z87M Pro4 Onboard NIC Not Supported by ESXi
When I installed ESXi 5.1, I discovered that the onboard NIC was not supported. My interim solution was to use an Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter …
Building a Consumer Grade ESXi Server with ASRock Z87M Pro4, Intel i7, Corsair Non-ECC RAM
Here is my consumer grade Haswell ESXi server. It’s consumer grade as I am not using traditional server components such as ECC RAM, Intel Xeon …