Eng. Alessandro Mazzanti: October 2022

Cloud - Ireland Datacenter expansions problems due to climate changes and power consumption

Ireland Datacenter expansions problems due to climate changes and power consumption, here it is an interesting italian article that well explain Ireland problems faced (but these problems should impact any other country as well)

https://edge9.hwupgrade.it/news/cloud/un-altro-limite-alla-crescita-del-cloud-i-consumi-energetici-eccessivi-dei-data-center_109604.html

Automation - Wifi Tapo Lightings

I discovered, surfing on web, these lights (that work using WiFi connection) in conjunction with Tapo App (iOS and Android) that permit to control, lightness, brightness and colors (with 16,000,000 hues to choose from)

It has scheduled timers (useful when you are out of home - Away Mode – Automatically simulate someone being at home to frighten away, unwanted visitors)

Voice Control (works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistante)

https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/smart-bulb/tapo-l530e/

Other than product appeal, my security concerns (see Hacker/Security blog sections) remains the same.

SAN - SC3020 Dell #Certificate renew procedure

On EMC SC3020 Dell San Storage you might receive below alert

"Alert created on controller 'XXX' for object [internal ref: 'SSLCertificateExpiring'] - [SSLCertificateExpiring]: SSL Certificate expires in 14 days"

Solution Summary

1. Click Edit Settings from the DSM Summary tab.
2. Select the General tab in the left pane, then click Import or Generate a new SSL Certificate at the bottom of the screen.
3. Check Generate a new Storage Center self-signed certificate.
4. Click OK.
5. Confirm that the alert is gone.

Operation Image

1. Click Edit Settings from the DSM Summary tab.

Select the General tab in the left pane, then click Import or Generate a new SSL Certificate at the bottom of the screen.

Check Generate a new Storage Center self-signed certificate. (it is not necessary to select any ip/entry)

2. Click OK.

Finally you will receive below advice:

Alert normalized on controller 'xxxxx' for object [internal ref: 'SSLCertificateExpiring'] - [SSLCertificateExpiring]: SSL Certificate expires in 14 days

[2024.11.22]

This is original article

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/it-it/000198078/compellent-ssl-certificate-expires-in-14-days-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%81%8C%E9%80%9A%E7%9F%A5%E3%81%95%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B