AutoFS with DHCP Classless Static Route Option

My FreeNAS server is a virtual machine (VM) on my Dell r710 server. I mount my NFS and CIFS Shares using AutoFS and configure my static routes to the NAS using the DHCP Server on my pfSense Appliance. AutoFS is software that uses the automounter of the Linux kernel to dynamically mount file systems on demand. … Read more

Mounting NFS Shares in Windows Using Identity Mapping

Before we begin let us enable Services for NFS and both Sub Features. The typical way you will see an NFS share mounted in Windows involves mounting the remote file system using the anonymous (anon) user: mount -o anon \\192.168.28.155\mnt\NAS0\media G: This will give you read only access based on the configured permissions of the … Read more

IBM M1015 9220-8i cross-flashed to LSI 9211-8i IT mode

Flashing a raid card to a different firmware takes about five minutes, however if you have never done it before, the research process can be an order of magnitude higher. I spent about a day parsing all the blogs, forum posts, and subreddits that discuss flashing the LSI9211 HBA firmware to IT mode on compatible … Read more