Here is the list of upcoming chat topics and transcripts from past chats. Please provide suggestions for future topics, and we will do our best to line up Dell engineering teams related to those topics.

All chats are weekly on Tuesdays starting at 3:00 PM in the U.S. Central Time Zone (unless otherwise noted) - Calendar Invite

Upcoming Chats

08-24-10 : DellTechCenter & VMWorld
09-01-10 : Live at VMWorld

Transcripts

2010 Chats

08-17-10 : GPGPU technology infusion into the Dell PowerEdge Server portfolio!
08-10-10 : Dell PowerEdge Blade Systems Management - CMC 3.0
08-03-10 : Networking Point of View: DataCenter and Branch Solutions
07-27-10 : Open Mic Chat with Dell TechCenter
07-20-10 : Windows 7 Migration - Water Cooler Chat with Paul Thurrott & Phil Dakas
07-13-10 : VMware vSphere 4
07-06-10 : No Chat Holiday
06-29-10 : Double Take Availability with VMware & MD3200i
06-22-10 : Dell PowerEdge M710HD Blade
06-15-10 : The New Dell PowerVault MD3200/ MD3200i
06-08-10 : Performance summary of Dell’s new PowerEdge R815 and the Opteron 6100 series processor (Magny-Cours)
06-01-10 : No chat (holiday)
05-25-10 : Performance Team roundtable on R910/M910/R810 and R710 Nehalem-EX and Westmere-EP (Intel Xeon 7500/6500)
05-18-10 : Citrix Synergy Recap
05-11-10 : Dell DX Object Storage Platform
05-04-10 : Chris Almond Topic – Q&A for Storage Interop
04-27-10 : One-to-One Management of Dell PowerEdge Servers
04-20-10 : Open Mic Chat
04-13-10 : EqualLogic WAN Replication using f5 BIG-IP WAN Optimization Module
04-06-10 : Dell in the Virtual Era
03-30-10 : Intel Nehalem-EX
03-23-10 : Open Mic
03-18-10 : Intel Westmere-EP Deep Dive
03-16-10 : Intel Westmere-EP
03-09-10 : Simple Switch Mode for Dell M6220, M6348 and M8024 Series
03-02-10 : Dell and VMware Study: Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere
02-23-10 : Dell and VMware Study: SAP on VMware vSphere
02-16-10 : Dell Management Console 1.1
02-09-10 : Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Unified Communications Advisor Tools
02-02-10 : Web Services for Management Environment
01-26-10 : What's New with Dell Repository Manager
01-19-10 : Dell PowerVault Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Expansion Enclosures
01-12-10 : Dell PowerVault DL2100 Powered by CommVault

2009 Chats

10-13-09 : UNIX to x86 Migration
10-06-09 : Discuss Virtualization with Ron Oglesby
09-29-09 : Highlights from the Intel Developer Forum - Scott Hanson
09-22-09 : Network Design Considerations for EqualLogic SANs – Jeff Sullivan and Marc Keating
09-15-09 : Dell Network Attached Storage: Dell PowerVault NX3000 and PowerVault NX300
09-08-09 : VMworld Post-conference Highlights –Jeff Sullivan and Kong Yang
08-25-09 : VMworld Pre-conference Highlights – Scott Hanson
08-18-09 : Dell Repository Manager – Scott Hanson
08-11-09 : Dell Management Console Second Look
08-04-09 : Dell Systems Build and Update Utility 6.1 – Scott Hanson
07-28-09 : Unified Fabric on Dell PowerEdge M1000e – Scott Hanson and Kong Yang
07-21-09 : Microsoft Hyper-V R2 Sneak Peek – Kong Yang, David Waggoner, and Ryan Weldon
07-14-09 : Dell Business-Ready Configurations – Bala Chandrasekaran, Ryan Weldon, and Kong Yang
07-07-09 : Microsoft Exchange 2007 on VMware vSphere 4.0 – Todd Muirhead and Kong Yang
07-02-09 : iSCSI Security and Best Practices – Darren Miller, Eric Schott, Keith Swindell, and Jeff Sullivan
06-30-09 : Dell iSCSI and Virtualization – Brian Sitton and Kong Yang
06-25-09 : Dell EqualLogic PS4000 Series – Kong Yang
06-23-09 : Dell PowerEdge R410: HPC Node of the Future
06-16-09 : Dell and VMware vSphere 4.0 Performance – Josh Donelson, Dushyant Dwibedy, David Morse, Todd Muirhead, Kong Yang
06-11-09 : Dell Deduplication Solutions – Jeff Sullivan
06-09-09 : OpenManage 6.1 Overview – Scott Hanson
06-02-09 : VMware vSphere – Kong Yang and Scott Hanson
05-19-09 : Live Case Study: Highly Available Hyper-V and Advanced DR for HotSchedules
05-12-09 : Dell Management Console Traps and Monitoring – Rob Cox, Nadine, and the Dell DMC team
05-05-09 : HPC Performance – Jeff Layton, Ronak Singal, Juan Ortiz, and Onur C.
04-28-09 : DMC Installation and Configuration – Rob Cox, Nadine, and the Dell DMC team
04-21-09 : Dell PowerEdge 11th-Generation iDRAC and the Unified Server Configurator – Scott Hanson
04-14-09 : Dell PowerEdge 11th-Generation Hardware Overview
04-07-09 : Double-Take Flex for Managing Workloads – Brace Rennels and the Toronto Double-Take engineering team
03-31-09 : Intel Next-Generation Microarchitecture – John Beckett, David J. Morse, Scott Huck, and Kuppuswamy Sivakumar (Siva)
03-25-09 : Dell Enterprise Launch – Pascal Nicolas, Roopa, Dylan Locsin, and Rob Cox
03-10-09 : EqualLogic Ease of Use – Scott Hanson and Jason Powell
03-03-09 : Open Topic – Scott Hanson
02-24-09 : OpenManage 5.5 – Scott Hanson
02-17-09 : MD3000i New Firmware Enhancements – Scott Hanson
02-10-09 : Dell Deployment Pack for ConfigMgr – Angie Stahl, Greg Ramsey, and Donnie Taylor
02-03-09 : Scripting OMCI - Greg Ramsey, Nathan Martell, and Angie Stahl
01-20-09 : OMCI and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager – Donnie Taylor, Greg Ramsey, and Angie Stahl
01-13-09 : Open Topic – Scott Hanson
01-06-09 : DCCU 3.0 – Dell Client Configuration Utility 3.0 – Scott Hanson and Dennis Abbott

2008 Chats

12-16-08 : Dell Software Updates Catalogs and Microsoft SCCM – Part 2
12-09-08 : Dell Software Updates Catalogs and Microsoft SCCM – Part 1 - Scott Hanson and Greg Ramsey
12-02-08 : MD3000i Performance - Todd Muirhead and Scott Hanson
11-25-08 : Managing the MD3000i - Todd Muirhead and Scott Hanson
11-18-08 : Using the MD3000i with Hyper-V and ESX - Todd Muirhead and Scott Hanson
11-11-08 : Thin Client or Traditional PC for VDI - Todd Muirhead and Scott Hanson
11-04-08 : Desktop Virtualization Architecture Examples - Todd Muirhead
10-28-08 : Enabling Desktop Virtualization 101 - Todd and Scott
10-21-08 : When to Use Which Storage for Virtualization - Todd and Scott
10-14-08 : Benefits and Uses of EqualLogic iSCSI for Virtualization - Todd Muirhead, Scott Hanson, and Tim Sherback
10-07-08 : Selecting Storage for Virtualization 101 - Todd Muirhead and Scott Hanson
09-30-08 : VMworld 2008 Summary and Reunion - Todd Muirhead and Scott Hanson
09-30-08 : Late Night VMworld 2008 Summary and Reunion - 10PM CST - Todd and Scott
09-23-08 : Dell-Cisco Blade Switches- Bruce Holmes and Scott Hanson
09-16-08 : Dell M805 and M905 Blades Web Chat - Roger Foreman and Armando Acosta
09-09-08 : Bulking up Dell Blades - Scott Hanson and Armando Acosta
09-02-08 : Performance of Hyper-V Virtual Machines - Todd Muirhead
08-26-08 : Microsoft Hyper-V Function and Features - Todd Muirhead
08-19-08 : VMware ESXi and ESX Discussion - Todd Muirhead and Dan Bettinger
08-12-08 : VMware ESXi Licensing and Features - Todd Muirhead and Damon Early
08-05-08 : OpenManage on Hyper-V - Scott Hanson
07-29-08 : Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Overview - Scott Hanson
07-22-08 : Hyper-V Management Kickoff - Scott Hanson and Todd Muirhead
07-22-08 : Blade FlexAddress - Samit Ashdhir and Scott Hanson
07-15-08 : Easy Scaling of EqualLogic iSCSI Storage - Marc Farley
07-08-08 : iSCSI Network Configuration - Marc Farley and Travis Vigil
07-01-08 : Benefits of iSCSI with Virtualization - Marc Farley and Todd Muirhead
06-24-08 : Flexible Blades Management Features - Mike Roberts, Armando Acosta, and Chad Fenner
06-17-08 : Architecting Blade Management - Scott Hanson
06-10-08 : Managing Blades - Scott Hanson
06-03-08 : Selecting Blades for Virtualization - Todd Muirhead
05-27-08 : Would you like 2 or 4 sockets for Virtualization - Todd Muirhead
05-20-08 : Selecting a Virtualization Server - Todd Muirhead
05-13-08 : Starting Smart with Dell OpenManage Deployment - Scott Hanson
05-06-08 : OpenManage Decoder Ring for HP Admins - Scott Hanson
04-29-08 : Kicking the Tires on HyperV - Todd Muirhead
04-22-08 : OpenManage Power Management - Scott Hanson
04-15-08 : Enterprise Apps on VMware - Todd Muirhead
04-08-08 : Systems Management Open Discussion - Scott Hanson
04-01-08 : Running SQL Server on VMware - Todd Muirhead
03-25-08 : PowerConnect Switching - Victor Teeter, James Meeker, and Bruce Holmes
03-18-08 : EqualLogic - Host Data Protection with PS5000 Series - Marc Farley and Darren Miller
03-11-08 : VMware and iSCSI Discussion - Todd Muirhead and Travis Vigil
03-04-08 : Dell OpenManage with VMware - Host Scott Hanson and Bala Chandrasekaran
02-26-08 : Virtualization - Resources MD3000i and ESX - Host Todd Muirhead
02-19-08 : OpenManage Resources on the wiki - Host Todd Muirhead
02-12-08 : Virtualization - Exchange 2007 - Host Todd Muirhead
02-05-08 : Systems Management - DRAC 5 - Abhay Salunke
02-04-08 : Dell EqualLogic - Travis Vigil and Marc Farley
01-29-08 : Virtualization and Dell - Host Todd Muirhead
01-22-08 : Dell OpenManage - Host Scott Hanson
01-15-08 : Dell OpenManage 5.3 - Host Scott Hanson
01-08-08 : 10G Blades Power Management - Host Dave Jaffe
01-03-08 : Networking with 10G Blades - Host Jason Echols

2007 Chats

12-18-07 : 10G Blades Firmware Upgrades - Host Dave Jaffe
12-11-07 : Inside the Dell 10G Eval Wiki - Host Dave Jaffe