The project review outlines the successful construction and configuration of a 3-node GPU cluster with InfiniBand networking. It details performance testing procedures and confirms healthy RDMA performance with minimal tuning.

Enterprise Servers are loud and hot, and while a couple of 13th generation Dell servers kept a room nice and toasty in the cold of winter, it a double whammy to your electric bill in the Spring/Summer. The noise can be problematic as well, especially since I no longer have a basement, where I…

The document details the installation and configuration of three Mellanox ConnectX-4 Adapters across multiple servers. It covers verifying detection, driver loading, InfiniBand setup, subnet management, and IP over InfiniBand configuration for effective connectivity and testing in a lab environment.

InfiniBand technology, excelling in high bandwidth and low latency, is increasingly used for large-scale AI workloads. This project focuses on deploying an optimized InfiniBand fabric for GPU clusters.

This guide details installing NVIDIA drivers, CUDA Toolkit, and Container Toolkit on RHEL 10.1, utilizing simplified methods and new repositories for streamlined setup and verification processes.

CPU Overclocking on Ubuntu 24.04. In this post we will overclock the Intel Core i7-8086K Special Edition CPU - Intel's first CPU to hit 5.0Ghz out of the box.

Discover how to manage NVIDIA GPUs with DCGM, covering health monitoring, performance telemetry, and setup for RHEL 10.1 systems.

Overview On some RHEL 10.1 installs users are running into this error, post-install, when attempting to install packages via dnf. Unsure if the issue is isolated to users attempting to install RHEL via the full DVD ISO, from the minimal boot ISO, and users deploying RHEL 10.1 via kickstart. More…

This guide details setting up three LACP port-channels on a TP-Link SX3008F switch for RHEL 9/10 hosts, enabling 20Gbe connectivity for efficient NFS backups.

The shift from srvadmin (OMSA) to iSM (iDRAC Service Module) marks the end of bloated, “in-band” server management. This occurred between Dell 12th gen and Dell 13th gen server. If you have a 12th Gen Dell Server, you can still leverage Dell srvadmin (Idrac 7). I wrote a post on it here. While OMSA…

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) provides hardware management and monitoring for PowerEdge servers, facilitating diagnostics, fault detection, and health reporting through various tools.

I recently picked up a Netbotz 450 for almost nothing on Ebay. I have always wanted one of these things since I first deployed one in a SunGard facility in Philly about 12-15 years ago. These devices allow you to connect environmental sensors to monitor temperatures, rack intrusion, humidity,…

By default the Cisco ASAv has weak ssh config that many modern OS’s do not support. This error is from the client side ssh client refusing to use any of the host key algorithms that are offered by the ASAv. To get around this you can try the following. However as you can see from … Continue reading

The TP-Link TL-SX3008F is an 8-Port 10GE SFP+ L2+ Managed Switch suitable for homelabs. It supports various features, including VLANs, static routing, and link aggregation, and offers CLI and web management interfaces. Unboxed with essential accessor

This post details the setup of an NTP/Chrony server on Ubuntu 22.04 using a GPS receiver. It covers hardware requirements, package installations, GPSD configuration, firewall settings, and Chrony installation and configuration. Key functionalities include time synchronization and location sharing,…

This guide outlines the installation and configuration of Network UPS Tools (NUT) for monitoring a Tripp Lite USB PDU, enabling Zabbix integration. It covers prerequisites, file configuration, USB permissions, firewall settings, service management, and setting up Zabbix agent parameters, concluding…

Quick start guide on installing RHEL command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed

Chrony is a flexible and modern implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It is designed to synchronize the system clock with NTP servers, reference clocks, or manual input with high accuracy. It excels in environments where the connection to the time source is intermittent or when the…

Dell Force10 S4810: Step-by-step guide on how to Factory Reset, OS Upgrade, and basic config.

Step-by-Step Guide to install #Nvidia Drivers, #CUDA Toolkit, & Container Toolkit on #Redhat Enterprise Linux #RHEL9

Upgrade #Cisco Catalyst WS-C4500X IOS: Step-by-Step Guide

How to Reset #Cisco Catalyst WS-C4500X to Factory Defaults

How to Install and Configure #Dnsmasq with Web Frontend on #RHEL9

Resetting a Lost BMC Password with ipmitool

Simple RAG with #Ollama, #OpenWebUI, and #VectorDB

How to Install #Instructlab + #VLLM with #Nvidia #Cuda Support on Ubuntu 22.04

Drivers and #CUDA Toolkit Setup for #Nvidia on Fedora 40

Step-by-Step #Nvidia #CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide: #Ubuntu 24.04

Step-by-Step #Nvidia #CUDA Toolkit Installation Guide: #Ubuntu 22.04

#RamaLama is an open-source tool facilitating AI model deployment with OCI containers, supporting diverse environments. Get started now with this quick intro.