Re: PowerEdge T420 - Installing Hyper-V on to SD Card option
VMware is a much smaller OS with a lot lower system requirements (IO/space/memory wise). This is why it can run off of a 1GB SD card.The nature of Microsoft Windows (or hyper-v server (trimmed down...
View ArticleRe: Dell PowerEdge R710 COMM Port issue with connecting to Cisco Switch Console
Assuming you're in Windows, check the device manager to see if it sees a COM1 as well as a COM2. On this system I recently worked on, the (only) external port on that Dell server turned out to be COM2....
View ArticleRe: DELL R720 & ESXi 5.0 Network Connectivity Loss on Intel I350 NIC
Having the same problem:new R720ESXi5.1DGS-1100-24 DLINK switchI350 NIC ports connected to the DLINK switch will drop connection to the switch. I updated BIOS, IDRAC, NIC, LC firmware to the latest...
View ArticleRe: Dell C410X BMC setting date and time
Hi Paul,The SEL time get and set commands are mandatory for compliant IPMI implementations and the C410X BMC does indeed support them per support.dell.com/.../BMC.pdf pages 39-40. Therefore you can use...
View ArticleRe: Dell FS12-NV7 information?
quick question my servers are racked up and i hate to pull them while they are running to just check. im trying to find out what the open slots are. i want to buy a dual nic port for them to increase...
View ArticleDELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
Hello,I unfortunately have been given a very small comms room and need to mount a couple of short depth servers, hopefully some R210 II's.Is it all all possible to do hardware RAID 5 in the R210 II? If...
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
The S100 and S300 controllers are the only "validated" RAID controllers for the R210 II that will do RAID 5. They are Windows only, do not support 6Gbps, do not support SAS, and will not support tape...
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
Actually the H800 doesnt support raid either, would the H310 work?
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
The H800 is for EXTERNAL storage enclosures only ... not for internal storage.The H310 is not supported on the R210 II. It may work, but it is not supported.
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
Okay hopefully someone else has done this and can confirm if it works. An H710 would be better since it has battery backed cache. I normally use HP kit so am not 100% familiar with the different models.
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
The H710 is the best internal controller for Dell servers, but it would not support a tape drive (supports RAID only - no passthrough/JBOD), but is 6Gbps. The R210 II may lack the resources required...
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
Okay what controller has cache and provides 6GB internal sas and also pass thru?
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
None.You will not find a single controller that does all that you need (RAID 5, passthrough, 6Gbps, SAS, cache) ... you will need to make a compromise on something. I don't know if the R210 II has the...
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
The R210 II only has a single PCI slot. The tape drive is external.
View ArticleRe: DELL R210 II + HW RAID 5
Then you can attach your SATA disks to the onboard SATA ports in non-RAID mode and run RAID 5 in the OS, then use the PCIe slot for an external controller (SAS 6Gbps HBA) for the SAS tape drive....
View ArticleRe: Any success stories swapping our a H310 Adapter for a better PERC Adapter?
OK thanks. I installed the new PERC 310 driver but after some initial signs that the adapter was performing better it seemed to go back to the way it was before. Basically same Servers - one with...
View ArticleRe: List of BIOS, Backplane firmware, and ESM firmware versions for PowerEdge...
I checked the ftp site for the listing of BIOS version and there isn't the latest versions in the ftp site. Is there a location where you can find a listing of all the current bios versions for all of...
View ArticleRe: List of BIOS, Backplane firmware, and ESM firmware versions for PowerEdge...
This thread is seven (7) years old and things change. Not all files can be found by going to ftp.dell.com anymore (although they are still there, they are just impossible to find in their folder...
View ArticleRe: List of BIOS, Backplane firmware, and ESM firmware versions for PowerEdge...
I understand and thanks for replying. I just find it odd that I need to access each individual model to find out the current bios version. Just very odd if you have to plan out updates and want to...
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