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IPS | AV | Application Control missing from H3C SecPath UTM

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If you cannot start H3C Secpath UTM in "UTM mode", or, the option in left navigation tree called IPS | AV | Application Control is missing, or, you cannot register the licenses, all you need is to put a CF card in your H3C Secpath. FYI, without the CF card, your dashboard of H3C SecPath will look like the image below (click to enlarge). And with CF card plugged in, your dashboard of H3C SecPath UTM will look like the picture below (click to enlarge).

Show tech command in H3C

Normally we use " show tech " (show tech-support) command to gather ALL the information from a switch or a router. This applies to all Cisco networking devices as well as HP Procurve switches (I don't know about other vendors). The show tech command in H3C is display diagnostic-information . It does exactly the same thing as show tech, except that it will ask you if you want to save the output in a file [(inside flash), so that you can copy it using tftp], or display it on screen (as usual).

How to get shortcodes (plugs) for zeebizzcard theme working

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I recently ran into problem with zeebizzcard theme for WordPress, where I was unable to enter the shortcode for "plugs", which displays Personal Details in very nice way. I posted the issue to themezee (creator of zeebizzcard theme) on facebook and even on wordpress support. I got no answer from them or from any other. The theme is so good that I did not wanted to move to other theme. But if your home page is not as you wish, you might get the feeling to move to some other theme completely. With no support from anywhere, I decided to dig the code of the theme (though I am no programmer). Within couple of days, I got the solution. Note: The solution on this page for shortcodes on ZeeBizzCard will work only with writing very little amount of code (text), for which explanation is given below, and is not implied to make the buttons work.   To get the Personal Details  on a page when the shortcode on the WordPress editor (buttons) is not working, first make ...

What is /dev/cciss/c0d0p1

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Recently I ran into issue to find out what is /dev/cciss/c0d0pX. Unfortunately, there was no direct and simple answer from the great Google. This thing you can find in Linux OS where your partitions are mounted on  for eg. /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 instead on regular /dev/hdaX or /dev/sdaX. These are kind of "virtual disks" (/dev/cciss/c0d0) and are NOT regular hard disks (unlike /dev/hda or /dev/sda). Actually, these are RAID device configured from the BIOS or SmartStart CD before installing the OS.  When you will try to install the Linux OS over such RAID configured from BIOS level, your OS will detect them as " /dev/cciss/c0d0 " disks instead of regular "/dev/hda" or "/dev/sda". Although you can use them as your normal drives and create partitions, which will be called as “/dev/cciss/c0d0 p 1”, “/dev/cciss/c0d0 p 2”, etc, whereas your normal drives would have looked like “/dev/hda1”, “/dev/hda2”, etc or “/dev/sda1”, “/dev/sda2”, etc. You CAN...

Panasonic UF-8100 Incomplete info. code = 714

Recently we had an issue with Panasonic UF-8100 printer. After a particular interval, it was giving continuous beeps and displaying error as  " Incomplete info. code = 714 ". We even downloaded the manual for this printer, but nothing helpful was given about this error. Google was helpful only for some other error code number for this printer model. After troubleshooting, we found that the network cable for the printer was disconnected from the switch. Once connected, everything was back to normal...

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Microsoft Misconceptions

Many people have misconception that the IP address in the range of 169.254.x.x is called as Microsoft IP address. This term is usually coined by non-technical people. The IP address in this range is actually called as " Link Local IP Address " (169.254.0.0/16) . Your machine (weather Windows or Linux or Mac or ANY other OS) will get an IP address in this range if it is unable to get an IP address from DHCP server and there is no static IP configured on it. This range is reserved and is not given on Public network (similar to private IP address like 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 and 192.168.0.0/16). Similarly, the password P@ssw0rd is called as Microsoft password by many noobs. Microsoft had never claimed that this password belongs to them in any fashion. This password just provides the requirements of a general " complex password ". i.e., mixture of CAPITAL letter, small letter, number, symbol and minimum of 8 characters.