In this guide I will show you how to upgrade the Firmware on the Compute Modules This is a follow on from HPE Synergy Firmware Update – Shared Infrastructure so It is assumed the firmware bundle has been uploaded In Oneview go to Servers -> Server Profile Template -> {Select template} -> Actions -> Under Read More…
Category: Hardware
HPE Synergy Firmware Update – Shared Infrastructure
In this guide I will document the steps needed to upgrade the firmware on the shared infrastructure. It is assumed the Composer modules have already been upgraded. The firmware in question is going from SY-2022.08.01 -> SY-2023.03.01 Go to Oneview -> Firmware -> Firmware Bundles -> Add Firmware Bundle -> {upload firmware bundle} . 2. Read More…
HPE Oneview Global Dashboard Setup for Synergy
As part of a HPE Synergy multi-frame installatIon, Oneview Global Dashboard was required to manage the frames. In this post I will be showing you how to deploy the Oneview Global Dashboard appliance on vCenter give it an initial configuration. Download the appliance in OVF format from HPE website and deploy via vCenter ( I Read More…
Create Port Forward on Cisco ASA 9.9 using ASDM
In this example I will be opening port 3389 to a VM called RDP-Machine (192.168.2.200) There are two steps when creating a port forward: 1) NAT Policy Go to: Firewall -> Objects -> Network Objects/Groups -> Add -> Network Object Click Advanced 2) Create Access Rule Firewall -> Access Rules -> Add Access Read More…
Enable Outbound ICMP on Cisco ASA 9.9
Scenario: I set up a Cisco ASAv 5525 and placed a Windows VM behind it. I created the NAT (PAT) policy and default route. The Cisco ASA could ping external IP addresses (eg 8.8.8.8). However, the VM behind that could not ping any external IP addresses despite being able to ping the Cisco ASA. Read More…
Upgrade Firepower Management Center (FMC)
In this example we will be upgrading Firepower Management Center virtual appliance (formerly known as Firesight) from version 6.0.1.3 to 6.1.0-33. This process needs to take place before the Firepower sensors are upgraded. Pre-Reqs Ensure you have backups of the FMC. As its virtual I’d also recommend taking a snapshot as well. Check Read More…
Backup Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC)
In this example I will back up the Firepower Management Center. All policies and rules are configured and sent via the FMC so backing up the configuration will mean that sensors can be restored via the FMC – if one ever crashes. Alternatively the sensors will continue to work if there is a problem Read More…
Telnet from Cisco UCS
Problem: Ciscco UCS was not backing up the configuration via SFTP. I wanted to check I could connect to the backup server from the UCS on port 22 (SSH) Resolution: Execute the following commands using your desired SSH Client. I have used Putty in this example. 1) SSH to the Cisco UCS and enter Read More…
Backing Up Cisco UCS
Pre-requisites: You will need an FTP, TFTP, SCP or SFTP target. In this example I have created an SFTP destination on a CentOS 7 server. To schedule a backup of a Cisco UCS configuration simply log into the UCS Manager: Select Admin on the left hand side frame -> Policy Backup & Export -> Fill Read More…
Simple NAT Configuration for Cisco Router
The following configuration is for a NAT router which plugs into an Ethernet circuit. The router is set to 192.168.1.1 and running DHCP hostname CustomerA ip dhcp pool LOCAL network 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 default-router 192.168.1.1 dns-server 8.8.8.8 ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 description WAN ip nat outside ip address 213.42.180.166 255.255.255.254 duplex auto speed auto interface Read More…
You must be logged in to post a comment.