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Questions tagged [adapter]

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How can I connect a SAS drive to USB?

I have a Dell T710 with Seagate Cheetah 15k.7 SAS disks. If the T710 motherboard dies, I'll need to resort to one of my nightly off-site backups and salvage the journal/logfile from the SAS disk to bring the backup bang up-to-date. I need a way…
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What is a a good serial-to-USB adapter?

Serial ports on devices are still used for many things, especially on network devices. However, most modern laptops no longer have serial (aka "COM") ports. So what I'm curious about is: what is a good adapter, or chipset used in adapters, that…
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How do I determine which network adapter my computer is using?

I just put in a new network adapter card into my laptop and would like to know if it is being used. How can I tell? I'm running Vista.
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Is it possible to convert 4-pin floppy to SATA power?

I just bought a server and realized that it had power for all my drive bays, but not for the internal SSD I bought for it. It does, however, have 2 free 4-pin floppy power connectors: Is it possible to convert these to a SATA power connector using…
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How Windows choose what network adapter to use when redundant adapters are available?

I have a following configuration: two Windows Server 2008 non-virtual machines (a database server and an application server) are connected to the same network through two network adapters, a fast one (1 Gbps), and a slow one (100 Mbps). They have a…
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Use VPN connection in certain programs only

I shall set up an open-source software on a linux Server that is in a network which is otherwise not connected to the internet. I have to connect my Windows PC to that network via VPN (type-in a one-time password received by cell phone, start PuTTY,…
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Portable, battery-powered, wireless access point, ethernet adapter

I am in need of an adapter that will convert an ethernet port into a wireless access point. I have found a handful of devices, but I'm unable to find a device that is battery powered. Does a self-powered wireless access point even exist? The…
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External SAS cable or adaptor with 90 degree plug

We have an HP tape autochanger mounted in a rack, but it's so deep that with the external mini-SAS cable plugged in we cannot close the rear rack door - if we did we'd crush the SAS cable well beyond a sensible bend radius! Has anyone come across an…
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Shrew VPN client doesn't create an adapter in Network Connections folder

I've successfully set up and connected to a workplace VPN using Shrew, but when I connect, no adapter appears in Windows' "Network Connections" folder. Consequently, I cannot find a way to share, bridge, or otherwise make it available to other…
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Creating virtual switch in VMware

We are trying to add a network using vsphere client for VMkernel port while creating a virtual switch. But it prompts us a red cross between the physical adapter and VMkernel port. We did test all the network cables and the network adapters. We…
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Command to get adapter type

Do you know if there is a command for AIX servers to check which is their adapter type? I am trying to find if my AIX server is NPIV or vSCSI Thanks in advance
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SGI Rackable Systems server, what type of power connector

I purchased a used "Rackable Systems" server off eBay and I discovered to my surprise when it arrived it has power connectors which appear to require ~48 volts DC input. It looks like this: What sort of adapter is normally used to plug this into…
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UDP. Sending speed is limited by the minimal Ethernet adapter configuration

I have 1Gbit Ethernet adapter on my computer. And I have the other computer with Ethernet adapter 100Mbit. The both in one LAN and connected through the 1Gbit switch. 1 Test: I try to send from my computer(1Gbit) to the other(100Mbit) the packets by…
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Connecting SAS drives to Server which supports only SATA

Is there any adapter or connector available to connect a SAS drive to a Server having motherboard which supports only SATA drives. It is ok if can connect it for temporary. I need to transfer some data from SAS driver to a server which supports only…
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ESXi5 - 12 Network Interfaces in Windows Guest

I am building a CCIE lab where I will use GNS3 to map virtual router interfaces to physical NIC interfaces which connect to physical switches. I want to build this in an ESXi5 Guest running Win 7. My ESXi5 host has 3x Sun X1034A cards which I had to…
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