Lessons Learned: Redhat 5.8 + IBM Bladecenter 88524TG + IBM Storwise V7000

Objective: Having a baremetal install of Redhat Enterprise on a blade within the IBM Bladecenter, configure the OS to successfully mount a LUN on the SAN (Storwise v7000) as usable storage. Hardware: - Blades: IBM Bladecenter 88524TG - SAN storage: FiberChannel Storwise V7000 - HBAs: Qlogic Method: I assume all cabling and SAN zoning has already … Continue reading Lessons Learned: Redhat 5.8 + IBM Bladecenter 88524TG + IBM Storwise V7000

Lessons Learned: Apache CGI & Livecheck

I recently had a project where I used a combination of nagios / livecheck and Apache's CGI to create a lightweight Nagios Dashboard for the NOC team. It was quite a simple process, much aided by the fact that the CGI gateway allows you to use any programming language, including my favorite bash. The project took … Continue reading Lessons Learned: Apache CGI & Livecheck