Dedicated Servers - Configuration

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How to configure user accounts and root access on a server
Find out how to get started with the administration of user accounts on a GNU/Linux operating system
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How to change a Windows Server product key
Find out how to modify your Windows Server product key
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How to reset the Windows Administrator password with the Windows customer rescue system
Find out how to use the OVHcloud Windows rescue mode to reset the password of the Administrator account on a Windows dedicated server
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How to manage Intel SGX on a dedicated server
Find out how to enable the SGX option on your dedicated server and install the SGX software stack for Linux
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Hardware upgrade on a High Grade or Scale dedicated server
Find out how to request a hardware upgrade on High Grade & SCALE ranges via the OVHcloud Control Panel
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How to assign a tag to a Bare Metal server
Find out how to create and modify tags for each dedicated server via the OVHcloud Control Panel
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How to install VMware ESXi 8 on a dedicated server
Find out how to install and configure VMware ESXi 8 on a dedicated server using an OVHcloud provided image
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Managing and rebuilding software RAID on servers using legacy boot (BIOS) mode
Learn how to manage and rebuild software RAID after a disk replacement on a dedicated server running in legacy boot (BIOS) mode.
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Managing and rebuilding software RAID on servers using UEFI boot mode
Find out how to manage and rebuild software RAID after a disk replacement on a server using UEFI boot mode
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Managing hardware RAID
Find out how to verify the state of your hardware RAID and the health of your hard drives
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Hot Swap - Hardware RAID
Find out how to hot-swap a disk on a server with a hardware RAID configuration
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Hot Swap - Software RAID
Find out how to hot-swap a disk on a server with a software RAID configuration
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Configuring MegaRAID for RAID Level 0
Find out how to configure RAID 0 in order to use your server's entire disk space
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Configuring a software mirror (RAID) on Windows
Find out how to rebuild your server’s drive configuration after a disk replacement
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OVHcloud API and Storage
Find out what the OVHcloud API provides in order to customize the disks, hardware/software RAID and partitioning configuration during the server OS reinstallation
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Configuring the storage on a HGR-STOR-2 server
Setting up and configuring the multipath as part of using an HGR-STOR-2 server
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Creating a Windows partition on a server with hardware RAID
This guide will explain the steps needed to create a Windows partition on a server with hardware RAID.
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Advance Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your Samsung NVMe PM9A1 firmware
Learn how to upgrade your Samsung NVMe PM9A1 firmware for Linux, ESXi and Windows Dedicated Servers
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High Grade Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your SSD SAS Western Digital SS300 firmware
Learn how to upgrade your SSD SAS Western Digital SS300 firmware for Linux, ESXi and Windows Dedicated Servers
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High Grade Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your SSD SAS Western Digital SS530 firmware
Learn how to upgrade your SSD SAS Western Digital SS530 firmware for Linux, ESXi and Windows Dedicated Servers
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Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your SSD Solidigm D7-P5520 firmware
Learn how to upgrade your SSD Solidigm D7-P5520 firmware for Linux, ESXi and Windows Dedicated Servers
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Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your Micron 7500 PRO firmware
Learn how to upgrade your Micron 7500 PRO firmware for Linux, ESXi and Windows Dedicated Servers
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How to verify the BMC firmware version on a dedicated server
Discover how to check the BMC firmware version on a dedicated server.
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Configuring OVHcloud Secondary DNS on a dedicated server
Find out how to add a secondary DNS server for your domain
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Installing an OVHcloud SSH key
This guide will explain how to install an OVHcloud SSH key, allowing our administrators to make changes
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Configuring OVHcloud Link Aggregation in the OVHcloud Control Panel
Find out how to enable OVHcloud Link Aggregation in the OVHcloud Control Panel
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How to configure your NIC for OVHcloud Link Aggregation in Debian 9 to 11
Enable OVHcloud Link Aggregation in your Debian server (from Debian 9 to Debian 11)
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How to configure Link Aggregation with LACP in Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04
Enable Link Aggregation in your Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04 server (Netplan) to increase your server’s availability and boost the efficiency of your network connections
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How to Configure Your NIC for OVHcloud Link Aggregation in Windows Server 2019
Enable OVHcloud Link Aggregation in your "Windows Server 2019" server
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How to Configure Your NIC for OVHcloud Link Aggregation in SLES 15
Enable OVHcloud Link Aggregation in your SLES 15 server
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