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Category Archives: Glossary
Choosing a Commercial Printer: What You Need to Know
There’s a wide variety of commercial printers out there that can provide you with most any type of printing you may need. However, not just any commercial printer can tackle every printing job successfully. Most printers have certain techniques and processes that they use to fit certain types of printing needs. In other words, when it comes to… Read More »
SaaS/IaaS – Why or Why Not
IT organizations are exploring methods to migrate applications from internal data centers to external infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Thinking about it?
Network Protocols
A network protocol is a set of rules for communicating between computers. Protocols govern format, timing, sequencing, and error control. Without these rules, the computer cannot make sense of the stream of incoming bits. But there is more than just basic communication.
vicfg-rescan
Perform a rescan operation each time you reconfigure your storage setup. You can use the vicfg-rescan vSphere CLI or the vSphere Client to perform a rescan. See the ESX Configuration Guide and the ESXi Configuration Guide. The Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide discusses rescan on Fibre Channel storage. The iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide discusses rescan on iSCSI storage.… Read More »
vicfg-nics
Get information, set speed and duplex for ESX/ESXi physical NICs. The vicfg-nics command manages uplink adapters, that is, the Ethernet switches used by an ESX/ESXi host. You can use vicfg-nics to list the VMkernel name for the uplink adapter, its PCI ID, driver, link state, speed, duplex setting, MAC address and a short PCI description of the card.… Read More »
What is Craigslist?
Many people hear the name Craigslist and know it refers to some sort of website but many are still unclear about the different ways in which Craigslist can be used.
How to register your domain name
When you launch a new website you must register a unique domain name with an authorized registrar. Here’s how to do it.
What is Wardriving ?
Imagine a car equipped with nothing more than a laptop computer, a portable GPS receiver, and a wireless network card slowly rolls through your neighborhood. Unknown to any onlookers, this is no ordinary vehicle; rather, it is a wardriving machine.
Who doesn’t love NETDOM?
This command-line tool enables administrators to manage Windows domains and trust relationships from the command line. This tool is very handy for scripted installs, updates, adds/removes, and general info gathering. Command Description Netdom add Adds a workstation or server account to the domain. Netdom computername Manages the primary and alternate names for a computer. This command can safely… Read More »