MrBaker89

Hi all, I've got 2 x TZ670 SonicWall devices in HA installed at work. They are working as they should be. No reported issues on the network. However, I can see a warning in the logs for "Control Plane Flood Protection Threshold Exceeded" The frustrating thing, is that the log gives no info on what might be causing it (image below). I know it is Core 0 that it relates to, but cannot find historic Core 0 data as I don't think that is a feature that the device has. I've reached out to SonicWall support that recommended upping the threshold from 75% to 95% which in my mind is only masking an issue. We do not have DPI-SSL currently enabled and we have a very simple network topology. 2 x Ubiquiti Aggregate switch 10Gbe OM4 connections to the firewalls and the 2 x Ubiquiti Enterprise 48 Port 2.5 GBe switches. Our incoming leased line is 500Mbps DL & 500Mbps UL. We have approximately 50 workstations connected the switches on 1Gbe and 43 VOIP phones connected using POE. Could it simply be a firmware issue or a false positive? Currently both running 7.1.1-7058-R6162 Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

I took over this migration half way through, sadly not from the start. Long story! I was 99% sure I could do that, I just wanted to double check as it is my first time moving servers to a brand new site & network.

Hi all, Just a quick question. I am moving both our servers tonight to our new site (2 x HPe DL380 Gen10). They are our ESXi hosts. Can I access them directly through the back iLO management port so I can reconfigure the static IPs and default gateway? Thanks in advance

Firstly, thank you for your reply, apologies if I came across as ignorant. I didn't chose the hardware, it was already at the company when I took over IT. They are currently working as they should. I am currently in the process of creating a new SQL server (Windows SQL 2022) that will host our Khaos Control CRM. Our old server is 2012 R2. it has 36 cores allocated, 18 cores per socket and 160GB RAM. I have been advised that SQL 2022 will require less cores but better clock speeds. This is why I was looking at the 8280L CPUs After looking into this, there are so many different answers plastered across the internet. Thank you for this, what you have said makes way more sense now.

But, why not upgrade the physical HPe boxes? To me, that's like throwing out an AMD AM5 desktop with a 7700x CPU instead of installing a 9900x CPU.

Hi all, At work we have 2 x HPe Proliant GL380 Gen10 Servers. They host our 2 ESXi servers. Their current config is: Intel Xeon Gold 5118 CPU Hynix 256GB PC4-2400T RDIMM - 8x 32GB modules. 8 x 900GB SAS HDD - RAID 5 Config. - With a HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller. What would be our best upgrade path? Was thinking along the lines of the Xeon Platinum 8280L CPUs along with 512GB 2933mhz ram? Maybe move over to SSD drives? Any advice?

But I love the MBP. Windows 11 actually ran smoother on my friends MBP using Parallels than my similar spec work laptop.

Thank you! It will be plugged in at work when using it so battery drain is not much of an issue.

Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry if I have misunderstood your reply. It is not a piece of Apple software it is the following: https://www.khaoscontrol.com/sales-order-management-software/ Are you saying that I can run that software through Rosetta 2?

Good Afternoon All, Hope you're well. Apologies if this is posted in the wrong group. I am looking at a MBP for work, all of the applications I use has an ARM version apart from 1. I reached out to them and got the following response: x86 supplied in updates is the only version of Khaos Control that we do provide. There is no Windows ARM or x64 version. My question is, is there another way to run it as it will not run through Windows on Parallels. TIA.

Thank you for your reply. From what I have read, it is an ARM based version of Windows that runs in paralells. Would this not lose some functionality? Do consider that half of the point of a Macbook vanishes the second you start using Windows, though. - Apologies, I don't quite understand what you mean here. The speed, the battery life, the fact that the performance didn't tank when you go onto battery power. His MBP smashed my laptop when we both tried to open the same VB project.

Hey all, So I'm a sysadmin at a small business (48 employees.) We are moving to a new site, which I have overseen a brand new network deployment and setup, this was my first project like this. As a "job well done" My MD as said get yourself a new machine £4k budget. I tried my friends M2 MBP last weekend and I fell in love with it! I said to him, I would buy one of these in a heartbeat but I work in a windows environment. He replied, "you know you can run windows on them with Paralells" my jaw dropped and I've been looking into it since. My question is, does anyone here have experience using a MBP with parallels and windows? The things I am concerned about: ● Network drives ● Limiting my capabilities as a Sysadmin ● Remote Desktop connections to servers or workstations Could this work? TIA everyone!

Ahh, I probably worded it wrong. Thanks for the input though.

My friend did this with a laptop and it was rejected. I do not want to be stuck with a laptop.

Sadly, I live in the UK. If I did this I would not be able to return it. Trying to find somewhere in the UK that has one on display is a nightmare. If I could find one I can run the scanner and see.