I'm planning to buy the PowerEdge R530 rack server but I was wondering how many pins the RAM modules need. Does someone know this? I tried to find an answer on my own but couldn't find it anywhere.
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PowerEdge R530 RAM
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R510 Questions: iDrac Setup, OSMA, vFlash, FreeNAS
Hello all,
Thanks in advance for helping out a complete newbie to server architecture. I'm an experienced custom desktop PC builder for almost two decades, but I recently purchased a used R510 and have realized I have much to learn! This server is being used in my home, not a business setting.
Objectives:
- Setup remote management, as this system will be headless once installed in a rack
- Install FreeNAS on mirrored 2.5" HDD's in the internal drive caddy
- Use all 12 front 3.5" drive bays for 8TB WD Reds, this will be my FreeNAS array
Background:
Here's an ongoing thread I have over at the FreeNAS forums, in case it is useful for reference, or anyone is trying to emulate what I'm attempting and find it useful reading.
Here's a link to my Dell Service Tag so you can see how the server was configured from Dell.
The server currently is setup in a RAID configuration using the H700 with 10 drives combined into a single virtual drive. That drive has Windows Server 2016 Standard installed and activated on it. There's also an iDrac Enterprise card installed.
Questions:
- My goal is to place this server in a rack, but still want to keep an eye on thermals, power consumption, software updates and so forth over my home network. Once configured, I want to make the system completely headless.
The system already has iDrac Enterprise card installed, but no vFlash SD card. I'd like to make a backup of the server's current system configuration before I make any changes to it. There are 10 Dell SAS HDD's (lower capacity than the WD Red's I want to use for FreeNAS) currently installed with the RAID config for Windows Server 2016.- Is there any easy way to export this current hardware configuration via USB thumb drive before I remove all the Dell drives and swap them out with the WD Reds?
I tried exporting the server configuration, but it gave me an error message about needing a licensed Dell vFlash card. I had just a standard SD card in the slot, but the only other option that seemed to be available was export to CDROM, of which there was none attached to the system.
How does one select USB thumb drives as an export destination for server configuration files?
I'd like to save a copy of the current RAID config, plus Windows Server installation information in case I ever wanted to repurpose the server away from FreeNAS and swap out drives to go back to its original Windows Server 2016 configuration.
- Is there any easy way to export this current hardware configuration via USB thumb drive before I remove all the Dell drives and swap them out with the WD Reds?
How do I setup the iDrac management to use OMSA?
Once FreeNAS (based upon FreeBSD) is installed, I won't have any Windows environment to install Windows-based utilities. Based on my reading (someone correct me if I'm wrong!) OMSA needs to be installed on both the management station (my primary Windows 10 desktop) and on the R510 too, inside of Windows.
Can one take full advantage of the remote management features without having an operating system installed? If so, how does one start to configure this?
I've read that iDrac Enterprise works in a pre-OS environment, which is exactly how I'd want to access it once FreeNAS is installed. What needs to be installed/configured on the R510 to make this happen? What needs to be installed/configured on my Windows 10 desktop to access it once configured, or can everything on the management desktop be done over a web-browser?
Those are my main concerns right now, and if anyone can point a complete server beginner in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. I realize I have much to learn. Thank you for your assistance!
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Dell PowerEdge R710 intermittent network slowness on Broadcom BCM5709C NetExtreme II ethernet
Sometimes there is network slowness (connected 1GB) while transferring files in network from one server to Dell R710. The transfer drops from 100-90 Mbps to 6-15Mbps and after sometime recovers itself. Updated the Ethernet drivers still it isn't resolved the issue.
Any clues.
Thanks,
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PowerEdge R220 II - Max hard disk size?
Hi,
I'm looking to get a couple more years out of the R220 II we have. Hard disk technology has moved on since 2014 and thus I was wondering how big a hard disk I can install into the server. The documentation says 6Tb but I suspect that was when 3Tb disks were still new. Ideally I'd like to install a couple of 6Tb 3.5" SATA drives.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Rob
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Dell server node C6300
Hi,
I have a Dell C6300, I'd like to monitor the shared power supplies. Unfortunately, iDRAC doesn't see the PSUs. Therefore I'm asking here if someone would have a solution to propose.
Thanks in advance!
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Perc H700 Dell R415 Raid 5 Firmware Update
Hello,
I have had a PE 415 that originally came with a Perc 300 controller. It was in production for several years. I recently removed it from production because of HD failures. I have new HD that I purchased and the I couldn't get the drives to work in the Perc 300 so I purchased a Perc H700. The controller saw all of the drives and I was able to configure a RAID 5 and load up Windows 2012 R2. It was working great until I loaded up Server Administration. I ran Server administration and it says that I needed a firmware update for the Perc H700. I downloaded the release 12.10.7-0001, A13 but I error out every time that I try and run it. The error is "This Update Package is not compatible with your system configuration". I tried to reinstall using Windows 2008 R2 and then running this Firmware update again but I get the same error. I also tried a Raid 6 configuration and still the same problem.
I dont want to put the server back into production with it having an error. If someone has ideas on what I can do to get by this that would be great. I watched a video on how to update the firmware before I am loaded to Windows but it was not very clear on how to make create the payload package or the commands to run or how to boot to the USB.
Thanks
Jared
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Poweredge 2950 - e1410 cpu 1 ierr
Hello everyone
Last night we had a power outage and now one of our 2950s is giving this error on the display and nothing is coming up...
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Poweredge 2950 - e1410 cpu 1 ierr
Hello everyone
Last night we had a power outage and now one of our 2950s is giving this error on the display and nothing is coming up...any ideas pls?
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Not able to ping default gateway from blade server
Dear All,
I'm facing connectivity issue with M630 blade server. I m not able to ping default gateway from blade server. We have MXL 10/40Gbe Switch IO Module on back panel of M1000e chassis.
We have connected two fiber cable from cisco core switch to dell I/O module and configured this port as LACP on both the end i.e on dell switch as well as cisco switch. We have configured VLAN i.e. 210 on cisco switch as well as on dell switch.
We can ping the default gateway from Dell switch but we cannot reach the default gateway from any of the blade server.
Even we can ping the blade server with each other but we cannot reach the default gateway from any of the servers.
Appreciate your quick respond.
Regards,
Hakim. B
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PowerEdge T110 stuck in a loop maybe, cannot go into Setup F2 or F10 or F11 Error Code 2 Light on fornt
Hi all,
Anyone come across this.
My old PowerEdge T110 refuses to go to setup F2 or F10 System services of F11 Boot options for Bios.
I am getting a number 2 light on front panel diagnostic error lights , have checked each interface card pci separately, taken battery out to try and clear settings. No success.
Yesterday I did get it to boot to old Windows 2008 system on a Dell hard drive 500 GB size. Which is what came with system, even though no raid configuration was set, it still booted with the S100 cables Blue ones connected to that drive. Maybe I fluked it, as I had used a Live Image ISO Linux Boot CD first.
Cannot repat this at all.
Any suggestions guys?
Specs of system are
www.dell.com/.../configuration
Thanks
Phil
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R230 NIC Teaming; NIC1 not showing
Hello everyone,
I recently bought a PowerEdge R230 and have installed Server 2016 Standard on it. Drivers are all up to date, latest updates installed etc. With both NIC1 and NIC2, static IPs on the network are configured and verified working on their own, both alongside each other and in isolation. On the C6100 node I have, I've configured NIC Teaming and would like to do so on this machine too. However, when attempting to do so, NIC1 doesn't show up in the list of available adapters, instead showing the NDIS device:
I've rebooted the machine to disable iDRAC from using the network (I have no use for it, having permanent physical access to the machine) and the router shows the IP for iDRAC intermittently. As iDRAC is disabled, I'm not sure what's going on - a flick through the user's manual provides no hints. My assumption is that iDRAC or something else is still sharing NIC1's port and overriding it somehow, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
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Convert Dell T420 2.5" drive configuration to 3.5"
Hello,
I have a Dell T420 with 16 2.5" drive bays. I want to convert it so that it has 8 3.5" bays.
Is this possible and if so, what parts do I need to buy and where can I buy them from?
Thanks.
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I1910 Intrusion Error with PCIe Training Error: Internal Storage Slot
The monitor shows System Halted! right after the message press Ctrl+E to access DRAC and the system stops booting any further with a message: PCIe Training Error: Internal Storage Slot
While the front LCD displays message I1910 Intrusion
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Can M.2 pcie ssds be used on a R820 ?
I'm looking to place qty 2 (two) M.2 PCIE SSDs into an R820 .
Do the R820s have M2 slots ?
I made several calls to Dell sales and got no where.
Can the Samsung 960 PRO 512G, which has an M2 interface, plug into the dell R820 ?
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Smart card and virtual console iDRAC7
Does anyone know if there will be a fix for using smart cards with the virtual console in iDRAC7? When I initially started using the iDRAC7 web interface I was able to use my smart card to log on the virtual console. Maybe my memory is failing and it never did work.
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Dell R930
We recently received 4 R930's and when I try to add the SFP's to the 10g Network card it is such a tight squeeze because of the design of the server. I think I need to move the network cards in all 4 servers. I've never seen anything like this.
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Power Edge T110 II OS
Power Edge T110 came with preinstall of Server 2012 standard. Want to down load ISO but downloads only seems to supply Server 2008. Suggestions? <email removed>
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R740XL - H330 Mini - Correct SAS Cable
We are installing the H330 Mini on the R740XL PowerEdge Server. What SAS Cable is required? Can the same SAS cable from the R730XL be used? I have part# 0F037K, but if the R740XL now have a different SAS Cable please advise.
Thanks!
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iDRAC6 SSL key upload
Hello,
I am trying to configure SSL for iDRAC6 and the command to upload the SSL key to the DRAC is not available. I have updated the firmware walking it all the way from 3.33 to 3.85 for the iDRAC. I am a configured admin, I am using a remote RACADM console, and I have reset the RAC numerous times. I have tried it remotely, and locally but the command is not available. Lastly, I configured the SSL key upload for all of my other servers using iDRAC 7 and 8 without an issue. Please help.
Thanks,
Scott
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iDRAC6 lock down
I have a iDRAC6 with version 1.2 which has iDRAC Lan option as off, this version of IDRAC firmware has a bug which causes a communication error with IDRAC during POST when iDRAC Lan is off.
I am capable of accessing iDRAC during boot via ctrl+e ONCE each time I unplug the server and drain any remaining power by holding the power button for 30 seconds. After the first access via ctrl+e I will receive a iDRAC communications error again.
When I do gain access to the iDRAC non of my option changes take effect. If I try to do a factory reset for the iDRAC settings I see a an error that keeps says please try again later. If I try to change the bugged option iDRAC Lan to on, it simply does not take effect.
What I would like to do at this time is somehow get iDRAC functional enough so that I can turn it on over LAN, set static IP and update the iDRAC firmware over its web interface.
Server: R710
OS: No OS installed at this time, I have access to various linux livecd's
BIOS Revision 2.2.10
System services disabled
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