Configuring iSCSI on Microsoft Windows

iSCSI is something like :P, is having a disk server (SCSI disks, SATA or IDE with the types of RAID we want to mount), That disk server connects to the network and tricks our other Windows server into accessing those disks as if they were physically connected, Here's a graph of the example you'll see in the document:

Securing our LAN using IPSec, between Microsoft Windows 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP

IPSec is a network traffic encryption protocol. In this procedure I do a test of how to encrypt communications between a client PC (XP) and a server (2003). The server 2003 has the IP 192.168.0.3 and has FTP server enabled, the thing is that the XP is connected to the FTP server to download some files, but between those two PCs there is a 'kapuyo'’ With a sniff, and since FTP traffic and almost everything on the network is unencrypted then the 'kapuyo’ has taken out the password with which the XP has been authenticated in the 2003, all this happens in the same network, in the same domain (XP and 2003 At least). In order for all traffic to the server to be encrypted I will enable the IPSec services and on the client also to talk to each other in 'IPSec'.

Upgrade to Microsoft Windows 2003 R2

This procedure explains how to update a Windows environment 2003 to Windows 2003 R2. If it were a Windows 2003 No roles in the active directory could be upgraded seamlessly, it just puts the Windows CD2 in 2003 R2 and install with the wizard. But things change if you have a role in the active directory or if you, we directly want to migrate our domain to an R2 version of 2003.

Automated installation of Microsoft Windows using response files – Unattended setup answer file

This is for, Even the administrators work less!! 😀 Or good, If not, that, our work is more comfortable, if you waste a lot of time installing PCs with MS Windows and it's always the same, with the same data, or similar, I mean the data from when you install Windows, The data you ask for, So much NAMEPC, DOMAIN, RED Configuration, Serial Number… to install a Windows CD and totally go from asking us and getting the answers from a floppy disk, prepare what's called a response file, or “Unattended Setup Answer File”. We can put it together with the RIS (HERE) and the use of distributed software (HERE) to make it even more convenient to install a PC in a domain and its respective applications/configurations.

Using IDEAL Administration

In this procedure we will look at the installation and use of this tool which is of great help to system administrators using Windows, since it has the tools that can be used the most at hand, More simplified. The official website of this product is www.pointdev.com where we can download a demo of 30 days.

Create a team with the fault tolerance network cards

If we normally work with HP servers (with other suppliers/manufacturers there are also, but not explained herein) We will be able to enable a feature that is normally mandatory if possible. Servers typically come with more than one network adapter, At least two adapters come integrated into the board, whether the server will only need to use a network adapter, What is usually done is a 'team’ to create a virtual network connection between the two for high fault tolerance, because if one network adapter fails, nothing would happen because we have the other adapter in this 'team'. Ideally, you should connect each network adapter to a separate switch, because if the switch also failed, we would have another adapter connected to another switch.

Setting up and managing an EVA – HP StorageWorks EVA – HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array – 4100 – 4400 – 6100 or 8100

In this document we will see in detail all the hardware of these controllers, Disk Cases and Fiber Switches. Later we will configure an EVA 8000 new, Creating a New Disk Group, Creating Virtual Disks, adding hosts and presenting these virtual disks to the hosts. We will also update the firmware, We will create snapshots, Snapclones… all this from HP Command View.