Cisco Error ‘%PHY-4-SFP_NOT_SUPPORTED’
Sep13

Cisco Error ‘%PHY-4-SFP_NOT_SUPPORTED’

KB ID 0001347  Problem This is another question I see getting asked a lot in forums! You see something like the following; 000032: *Sep 28 09:35:32.507 UTC: %PHY-4-SFP_NOT_SUPPORTED: The SFP in Gi3/0/50 is not supported (PNL-3750-Stack) 000033: *Sep 28 09:35:32.507 UTC: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: gbic-invalid error detected on Gi3/0/50, putting Gi3/0/50 in err-disable state (PNL-3750-Stack) The usual response is ‘Enable unsupported...

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VMware vSphere and ESXi – Create a ‘Logon Banner’
Sep12

VMware vSphere and ESXi – Create a ‘Logon Banner’

KB ID 0001346  Problem Before you create your logon banner it’s important to understand; Where you want it to appear. What the underlying file is actually called (on ESXi). For access to the vSphere Web client (including the Flash client), the setting you want is ”Login Banner’ (Note: vCenter 6.0.Update2 or higher is required); Using this you CAN FORCE, (but you don’t have to) a user to tick “I...

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FirePOWER – ‘DataPlaneInterface0’ is not receiving and packets
Sep11

FirePOWER – ‘DataPlaneInterface0’ is not receiving and packets

KB ID 0001344  Problem While replacing a FirePOWER Management console, I got this error; Interface Status Interface ‘DataPlaneInterface0’ is not receiving any packets   Solution A look a the health monitor showed me the same thing; Firstly, common sense dictates, that this is a live firewall and traffic is actually flowing though it? In my case the traffic simply needed to be ‘sent though’ the module. Execute...

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VMware Converter – Unable to Deploy Agent
Sep11

VMware Converter – Unable to Deploy Agent

KB ID 0001345 Problem I still think P2V conversions are cool, and I’ve been doing them since version 3! It seems though every time I try and do one with the standalone converter though I get this error; VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Unable to complete installation/uninstallation of converter agent on ‘{target}’ Solution I always spend five minutes messing with firewalls, checking remote registry services,...

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Windows Certificate Services ‘certsrv’ Website displays 403.14
Aug31

Windows Certificate Services ‘certsrv’ Website displays 403.14

KB ID 0001342  Problem I seem to get all the PKI/Certificate services problems! Yesterday I was trying to use the web enrolment portal on a certificate services server, and could not get in locally, (or remotely) via http, (or https) it simply showed me a 403.14 error. HTTP Error 403.14 Forbidden Solution This was an odd one, in IIS Manager select the ‘Certsrv’ virtual directory > Advanced Options > And look at the...

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