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toc: true

resources:
- name: img:counter
src: '**.png'

tags:
- docker
- networks
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When you think you've had enough, run `docker logs` and look at your data.

![](/images/speedtest-plotter/resultscsv.png)
![](resultscsv.png)

Wonderful. What now?

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Save your results in `results.csv` and the above script in `plotscript`. Then run
`gnuplot ./plotscript` and you'll be rewarded with a graph:

![](/images/speedtest-plotter/example.png)
![](example.png)

Leave the container running for a day, apply a different smoothing function and you'll end up with
something that clearly shows some variation with the time of day:

![](/images/speedtest-plotter/example_bezier.png)
![](example_bezier.png)

But that is still nowhere near the promised 500 Mbps? Have you tried .. you know .. turning it off
and on again?

![](/images/speedtest-plotter/restart.png)
![](restart.png)

A-ha! So a router reboot 'fixed' my slow connection? This is just the beginning of my debugging
effort but visualizing the data definitely helped.
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advanced features of the FTDI chip in your nullmodem cable but these settings
work great for me:

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/6.png)
![](6.png)

To connect from my laptop, I use [picocom](https://linux.die.net/man/8/picocom)
after adding my user to the `uucp` group:
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under `Advanced > Chipset Configuration > North Bridge > Graphics
Configuration`:

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/7.png)
![](7.png)

I am actually not sure if this is required. But I disabled it and had no
more problems during installation. And since I now had a working serial
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sure that you are booting from it. You might need to adjust the boot order in
your BIOS. I chose the internal USB-A header on the motherboard.

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/4.jpg)
![](4.jpg)

Since we didn't install any EFI binaries it should boot in legacy BIOS mode. But
just make sure it does anyway because the ISO is certainly containing EFI
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You should be greeted by this screen:

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/0.png)
![](0.png)

Wait for the ISO to load and then quickly press `Tab` in the second loader to
add additional kernel options `gdbPort=none logPort=none tty2Port=com1`:
[reference](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-B67A3552-CECA-4BF7-9487-4F36507CD99E.html)

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/1.png)
![](1.png)

Append those options and press Enter. Nothing will happen for a few seconds
until you'll see loaded modules rushing by and you are finally greeted by the
VMware ESXi Installer:

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/2.png)
![](2.png)

At this point I had to disable the fullscreen shortcut key `F11` in my
gnome-terminal settings since this key is used to accept various options in the
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`VMkernel.Boot.tty2Port` to `com1`. If you want to be sure, you can set both
`logPort` and `gdbPort` to `none` to definitely disable them.

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/3.png)
![](3.png)

After this you can reboot. It shouldn't matter if you are booting through UEFI
or legacy BIOS mode anymore either, since you should see output on the serial
console as soon as the VMKernel starts initializing (which takes a little more
than a minute in my case).

![](/images/install-esxi-6.5-on-a-supermicro-x10sba/5.png)
![](5.png)

Voilà!

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The string needs to be urlencoded though, so e.g. use `%20` instead of spaces. Then
display a QR code in your terminal with `qrencode` and scan it with your app:

![](/images/paypal-2fa-app/0.png "$ qrencode -t UTF8 'otpauth://totp/PayPal:VSMT89594652?secret=GAHXEUAHO6KE63TUJGVHS53VVKHACPVN&digits=6&period=30&algorithm=sha1&issuer=Symantec'")
```
$ qrencode -t UTF8 'otpauth://totp/PayPal:VSMT89594652?secret=GAHXEUAHO6KE63TUJGVHS53VVKHACPVN&digits=6&period=30&algorithm=sha1&issuer=Symantec'
```

![](0.png "qrencode output of the command above")

Note that using an online tool to create this QR code might not be the wisest idea. Please don't
use this example either.
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