Monthly Archives: June 2011

Cisco Live – what’s on my mind

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Cisco Live is just around the corner, July 10-14 in Las Vegas.  I was actually invited to attend, but unfortunately had to decline because we will be just starting our several week long consulting engagement to build my XenDesktop environment. … Continue reading →

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A Little UCS Geekery

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Here are two quick pics of the innards, or at least the motherboard, of a UCS B230 M1 blade.  One of the B230s in our FlexPod had some kind of issue and was swapped soon after arrival at our data … Continue reading →

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FlexPods have landed

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Update: Forgot to include the specs on our FlexPods.  Have included those at the bottom of the post. Something awesome happened this week – the hardware on which we’ll be running my virtual desktop project and more has arrived!  Here … Continue reading →

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Virtualization Platform Choice

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Like most large IT organizations I’m familiar with, we run VMware vSphere as our virtualization platform.  When we began to plan for my virtual desktop rollout, the consensus among most of the IT admins involved in the discussions was that, … Continue reading →

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Virtual Desktop Software – the Choice

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Given the impetus for me to begin thinking about implementing virtual desktops was a Citrix-sponsored webinar, as well as our own in-house experience with Citrix Presentation Server, the choice to go with Citrix XenDesktop to provide virtual desktops might seem … Continue reading →

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First Post!

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Whew, that’s out of the way. I viewed/attended a webinar almost exactly two years ago, presented by Citrix about Scottsdale Community College and its mySCC system that provided virtual desktops and virtualized applications to its faculty, staff, and students.  I … Continue reading →

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