Tip of the Day: Updating Dell Firmware using USC (Unified Server Configurator)
Models applicable: Dell Poweredge R-Series Updating your firmware of your Dell hardware is a very useful technique to ensure hardware, compatibility, or patches are maintained throughout the lifecycle of your server hardware. As a recommendation, updating your firmware prior to any server imaging or re-imaging can always be a cost-effective and time saving adminstrative step. Luckily, [...]
Tip of the Day: Simple Network Commands
Here are a number of useful commands to diagnose, test, and troubleshoot hostnames or IPs on the Internet. Windows ping – Returns ICMP request from host. telnet – Attempts to establish a telnet connection to specific TCP service port or connection. netstat – Displays all active connections on a server or workstation that the command [...]
