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Homelab recovery · September 2026

6 posts

iLO 3 in 2026: the complete quirks catalog

TLS 1.0, DSA-only keys, no gratuitous ARP, and a FIPS toggle that factory-resets the device. What it takes to run an end-of-life HP BMC in 2026.

Sep 28, 2026·Homelab recovery·7 min

I powered down a node on purpose. Ninety seconds later its workload was serving again.

I powered a cluster node off on purpose and timed the recovery. Ninety seconds, no commands from me, and every one of those seconds was bought in advance.

Sep 24, 2026·Homelab recovery·5 min

The cluster joined fine. Its heartbeat was on the wrong network.

The cluster created, joined, and reported quorate. One node was heartbeating over the management network, and nothing anywhere was going to warn me about it.

Sep 21, 2026·Homelab recovery·6 min

Thoughts & insights.

iLO 3 in 2026: the complete quirks catalog

I powered down a node on purpose. Ninety seconds later its workload was serving again.

The cluster joined fine. Its heartbeat was on the wrong network.

The boring naming decision that unlocks cluster replication

A sub-100-dollar ZFS data tier from a used office PC

The one SSH command Windows doesn't ship