MikeSpike.org » Apple http://www.mikespike.org un poco de todo Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:42:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Happy 35th Birthday Apple http://www.mikespike.org/2011/04/01/happy-35th-birthday-apple http://www.mikespike.org/2011/04/01/happy-35th-birthday-apple#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:43:58 +0000 Michael http://www.mikespike.org/?p=368

Photo by pingiwingi: flickr.com/photos/pammb

I almost forgot another significance to April Fools’ Day, today is Apple’s 35th birthday. I can’t say that I remember them from day one since I wasn’t even born but I can remember the first computer I laid my hands on. This was a Franklin ACE 1200, with a $2,200 price tag, dual 5.25″ drives and 48k of RAM. WOW that was a machine!! I can’t even recall how to work the machine but I do remember my dad teaching me the basic syntax to make games execute. That was enough to ignite my interest in computers for years to come. The rest is history… To many more years of Apple innovation, just be careful not to become “the man.” :)

Thanks dad for making me a tech addict and Happy birthday Apple.

]]> http://www.mikespike.org/2011/04/01/happy-35th-birthday-apple/feed 0 36.1071867 -79.5013207 How to reset the WebGUI password for a Highpoint RocketRAID 3522 Card http://www.mikespike.org/2011/03/22/how-to-reset-the-webgui-password-for-a-highpoint-rocketraid-3522-card http://www.mikespike.org/2011/03/22/how-to-reset-the-webgui-password-for-a-highpoint-rocketraid-3522-card#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:23:12 +0000 Michael http://www.mikespike.org/?p=345 read more...]]> Here’s a recipe to reset the IOPController password to access the WebGUI of a Highpoint RocketRAID 3522 Card running on OSX.

1. Go to the Mac driver/firmware download page for High Point Raid cards. You will need to get the flash utility that is contained in the EFI Firmware update download. Within the dmg look for a file called ‘flashelf_mac’, this will allow you to flash the bios using OSX.

Driver/firmware Download Page: http://www.hptmac.com/US/product.php?_index=43&viewtype=download

2. Next, go to the main Highpoint Global website and download the Firmware/BIOS driver for the RocketRaid 3522 card (see link below). This download will have the flash utility for the PC but it also contains flash files which can be used in conjunction with the mac flash utility. The file that we’re looking for is called ’3522fs.blf’. Using this file with the mac flash utility will set the firmware back to its default settings.

Firmware/BIOS driver page: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS_Driver/page/rr3522_U.htm

3. Once these two files have been acquired I basically used the flash utility in Terminal and specified the flash file. Below is the syntax to get it to work. I also noticed that unless I rebooted the server it wouldn’t allow me to log in with the default password. The default username/password should be RAID/hpt.

./flashelf_mac 3522fs.blf

Background information:

What got me into this situation in the first place was the fact that out of all the passwords that I try to remember I couldn’t recall what I set the webgui interface for the RAID card. I’m running an Intel Xserve with a HighPoint RAID 3522 card connected to a Proavio 6TB R8-MS array system. I scoured the net for solutions but I could only find bits and pieces of the answer that still didn’t add up to the solution. I found one answer but it wasn’t clear where the flash file was retrieved. This will hopefully help some other person out there who’s trying to desperately get back into their web RAID management system. Good luck!!!

 

]]> http://www.mikespike.org/2011/03/22/how-to-reset-the-webgui-password-for-a-highpoint-rocketraid-3522-card/feed 1 36.1071867 -79.5013207 Log into a mac using ARD’s “send unix command.” http://www.mikespike.org/2008/10/21/log-into-a-computer-using-ard-remotely-via-send-unix-command http://www.mikespike.org/2008/10/21/log-into-a-computer-using-ard-remotely-via-send-unix-command#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:43:16 +0000 Michael http://www.mikespike.org/?p=88 I stumbled across this useful little tidbit of knowledge. Have you ever needed to log into several machines in a lab but hated going to each one and typing in your credentials. Well thanks to “David Kahn3″ and others for coming up with the following script,

osascript <<EOF
tell application “System Events”
keystroke tab
keystroke (ASCII character 8 )
keystroke tab
keystroke (ASCII character 8 )
keystroke return
delay 0.5
keystroke tab
keystroke “username”
keystroke tab
delay 0.5
keystroke “password”
delay 0.5
keystroke return
keystroke return
keystroke return
keystroke return
end tell
EOF

I was able to push this script out using Apple Remote Desktop (run as root not admin) to my macs while they were at the login screen window. Just a few changes for the account username/password fields and bam the computers logged in without me having to even touch them.Beautiful

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]]> http://www.mikespike.org/2008/10/21/log-into-a-computer-using-ard-remotely-via-send-unix-command/feed 1 36.0726354 -79.7919754 Apple coming soon to Greensboro, NC http://www.mikespike.org/2007/11/30/apple-coming-soon-to-greensboro-nc http://www.mikespike.org/2007/11/30/apple-coming-soon-to-greensboro-nc#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:10:46 +0000 Michael http://www.mikespike.org/2007/11/30/apple-coming-soon-to-greensboro-nc applelogoAfter playing phone tag all day with a friend, Jen was trying to be the bearer of good news. She told me Apple was soon to come to The Shops at Friendly Center. Not that there’s enough stuff there already, but it will fit in perfectly with the feng shui.

I searched and found two listing already in Craigslist for store positions. Has Apple grown so large that it can put a store in Greensboro, North Carolina? Apparently this will be store number four in this state, sorry Winston-Salem, ya missed out. But when you come visit the Apple store at Friendly be sure to try out Jay’s Deli, they have great ham and cheese omelette’s. :-)

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