April 2017 – The NetworkNerd Blog

Configuring a Dell PERC H730 Mini – Journey to vSAN 6.6

DellNick KorteApril 26, 20170

Originally posted on MangoLassi April 26, 2017 Imagine having just racked 4 new Dell PowerEdge R730 servers. The network and power cables are all in place, and the disks are in the proper slots. The journey to deploy a new hybrid vSAN 6.6 cluster has begun. Prerequisites Before going any further, it is important to…

Patching vCenter with External Platform Services Controller to Version 6.5.0d – Journey to vSAN 6.6

VMwareNick KorteApril 17, 20170

Originally posted on MangoLassi April 17, 2017 Just yesterday, VMware released a patch to vCenter that enables functionality supporting vSAN 6.6. This patch is build 5310538 and version 6.5.0d of the vCenter Server Appliance. If you are chomping at the bit to play with all the new features of vSAN 6.6, applying this update is…