Nutanix CE Refresh with Internal SSD

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten any fresh content on this blog, hopefully I’ll get some content ideas to keep a regular cadence of updates going. While I was updating the cabling on the garage lab, I realized it had been a while since I had…

Rebuild Time: Nutanix Community Edition 5.10 Released!

I love the fact that Nutanix provides a Community Edition for those of us with home labs, I can bring the Enterprise Cloud I so enjoy deploying for customers close to home.    Sure, would I love to have a small NX-1365 in the rack at home, who wouldn’t?   Maybe…

Installing Nutanix CE Version 2018.05.01 (5.6) with .iso installer

Nutanix CE Version 5.6 is out, and it’s hot!!! With the release of Nutanix Community Edition version 5.6, Nutanix has also provided a new installation mechanism as an alternative to the previous dd imaging method, now allowing for a .iso installer. Previous CE Installs With previous Nutanix…

Deploying NSX in a Home Lab - Part 1

I’m a fan of NSX. Ever since I deployed it for the first time, and got it working, I realize the power, AND ease of what it would provide. I’ve had VMware NSX [https://www.vmware.com/products/nsx] deployed in my lab for a while now, but…