Posted by John Bradbury on 06/28/09 in MS Hyper-V, Network Diagrams, Training Lab
As part of my new training lab setup I’ve been working on some network diagrams to help keep things clear in my head. As the network grows I’ll be adding more detail and building up a clear picture of how everything fits together.
Posted by John Bradbury on 06/27/09 in IT Certification, Training Lab
Up to this point I still hadn’t tested any of the kit so it was time to plug everything in and make sure I was on track. I specifically wanted to confirm that I didn’t have any issues with the servers themselves or the additional memory.
Just to make sure everything was being reported correctly in the BIOS I had to unbox my new HP monitor, a HPL1506. Normally I’d look for at least a 22inch monitor but I’ll be connecting to my lab remotely most of the time, the monitor will only really be used for the initial setup, troublshooting any problems.
Posted by John Bradbury on 06/27/09 in IT Certification, Training Lab
I’m happy to say that all of the seperate components have now arrived for me to start putting together my training lab. My new lab will consist of two Hyper-V hosts and a 4TB iSCSI SAN box built on three HP Proliant ML115 Servers which I picked up extreemly cheap from http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/.
Posted by John Bradbury on 06/25/09 in IT Certification, Training Lab
As well as revamping the website I’ve also been planning a new home training lab to get me back into the swing of studying. It’s been a while since I put together a decent training environment so I’m really pushing the boat out.
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