Hi all, I recently won an USFF Dell Optiplex 7020 for cheap on ebay. I bought it in hopes that I could replace my big fat Ryzen 1500x PC that doesn’t fit in my TV console. The big hitch though, is that I didn’t want to use Windows on it, because honestly, fuck windows. I…
Category: Dell
How to show connected Switches and Devices via Dell or Cisco switch CLI
This command is known (By at least one person) as “The best command out there for network mapping”, as it tells you what port things are plugged into, and the next hop and IP address of that thing. In the case of both brands, you must be in ‘enabled’ mode first using en, and then…
Controlling fan speed/noise on your Dell PowerEdge server
Us homelabbers constantly battle with two things. Heat, and noise (and sometimes power, like those with fully populated 42U racks and no regard for their wallets). I personally have a Dell Poweredge R610, and whilst it’s not as loud as my now decommissioned R410, it sure does manage to be audible throughout the entire house…