Enterprise Servers are loud and hot, and while a couple of 13th generation Dell servers kept a room nice and toasty in the cold of winter, it a double whammy to your electric bill in the Spring/Summer. The noise can be problematic as well, especially since I no longer have a basement, where I relied … Continue reading The Homelab Dilemma: Living With Enterprise Servers
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Project “NVIDIA HPC Infiniband Homelab GPU Cluster”: Part 2: Infiniband Setup
The document details the installation and configuration of three Mellanox ConnectX-4 Adapters across multiple servers. It covers verifying detection, driver loading, InfiniBand setup, subnet management, and IP over InfiniBand configuration for effective connectivity and testing in a lab environment.
Install APC Netbotz Advanced View on Ubuntu 24.04
I recently picked up a Netbotz 450 for almost nothing on Ebay. I have always wanted one of these things since I first deployed one in a SunGard facility in Philly about 12-15 years ago. These devices allow you to connect environmental sensors to monitor temperatures, rack intrusion, humidity, noise. You can also connect a … Continue reading Install APC Netbotz Advanced View on Ubuntu 24.04
Dell Force10 S4810 Factory Reset, OS Upgrade, and Basic Setup
This guide will walk you through a factory reset and initial config as well as upgrade from OS8 to OS9 on the Dell Force10 S4810 switch
Upgrade Cisco Catalyst WS-C4500X IOS: Step-by-Step Guide
In this post we will walk through the process of upgrading the IOS image on a Cisco Catalyst WS-C4500X switch
How to Reset Cisco Catalyst WS-C4500X to Factory Defaults
Need to reset your Cisco Catalyst 4500X back to the factory default settings. Follow this quick and easy guide
Installing the GPU Power Supply Expansion Board into the Dell T620
Introduction I recently picked up a couple of used Dell T602s for my homelab for AI/ML project work. Dell Tower form factor servers are very attractive to homelabbers due to their availability, their low costs, the fact that they are rather low noise, and due to the fact that they are easily expandable. For example, … Continue reading Installing the GPU Power Supply Expansion Board into the Dell T620