Re: recommendation for USB 3 PCIe card for PowerEdge T320 Server?
No guarantees, but your best chance is to use a USB card with an NEC USB 3 chip and not a VIA USB chip.I believe the HighPoint RocketU series use such NEC chips.
View ArticleRe: DELL PE 860 the same IRQ on 2 NICs
Thanks. So you're suggesting that we don't have enough available irqs ?Tried to disable some devices, like parallel port, but didn't find that in bios.
View ArticleRe: DELL PE 860 the same IRQ on 2 NICs
They are all in use, so finding one is the difficult part that is not shared.
View ArticleRe: DELL PE 860 the same IRQ on 2 NICs
The most you can do is disable any motherboard devices you do not use, as in the COM ports or the Printer port if you not using, and hope one of the NIC jumps to a freed up IRQ. If not, the NICs will...
View ArticleRe: PER510 BIOS/FW UPDATE FAILS
Booting with the SBUU DVD, followed by updating the system with a DL SUU DVD finally worked, thanks.
View ArticleRe: DELL PE 860 the same IRQ on 2 NICs
The problem is, that broadcom nic freezes totally, and traffic cannot be handled by it. Restaring networking usually helps.We have such issues once in a while. It can happens once per month, once per...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2600 CD Drive Failure(?)
I recently booted up my PowerEdge 2600 and noticed that my cd drive was flashing. What does this mean? (I have no signal whatsoever in Ubuntu.)If it is broke, how would I go about replacing it? I'm...
View ArticleRe: Dell PowerEdge 2600 CD Drive Failure(?)
The CD drive is fairly easy to replace. Try page 39 of the manual:http://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-xeo2600_Service%20Manual_en-us.pdf
View ArticleRe: iDRAC disabled
bdjebbarCMC version: A02.1.0.200801211830That would be the problem. That is the original firmware released with the chassis back in 2008. Version 4.2 added support for 12th generation servers. You will...
View ArticleRe: iDRAC disabled
Hi Daniel,I have 15 servers in this chassis with vmware environment, what's the impact on the servers? Is there any procedure/documentation for the upgrade.Thank you for your help.Best regards,
View ArticleRe: C6100 PSU's show unbalanced current load
Hello matt2meThe C6100 does not have a load balancing feature. The only mode for the PSUs is redundant. This server is operating normally. When the power supply is not being used it should not have a...
View ArticleRe: iDRAC disabled
bdjebbarI have 15 servers in this chassis with vmware environment, what's the impact on the servers?There should be no impact, but I would plan on something going wrong. If everything goes to plan then...
View ArticleRe: iDRAC disabled
bdjebbarIs there any difference between A00, A01 and A02?The first couple of revisions(A05,A02) are the only ones you should bother with that number on. Ignore that A revisions on the rest of them. It...
View ArticleRe: iDRAC disabled
Hi Daniel,Bear with me. I just want to make sure that I have understand and avoid any mistake.My actual version is 1.0, so my first upgrade will be to 1.10 and 1.20 and so on.Thank you.
View ArticleRe: PowerEdge R510 Fans out of control after ram install and Bios update
Did all the firmware upgrades possible the intel chipset, esm/bmc / unified board etc. no help looks like will have to just run server without the memory upgrade. just have not reset the nvram so maybe...
View ArticleRe: iDRAC disabled
bdjebbarMy actual version is 1.0, so my first upgrade will be to 1.10 and 1.20 and so on.That sounds good. I would skip every other revision, so something like this:4.40, A006/24/2013 14:15Update4.31,...
View ArticleRe: Poweredge T100 Won't Start Fans Come on for 1 Second then Quit
UPDATE: The one cable internally that i did not remove was the ribbon cable from the front I/O panel to the MB. I removed and reseated this cable, (about this time a big power surge hit our facility...
View ArticleRe: Poweredge T100 Won't Start Fans Come on for 1 Second then Quit
Great to hear that it resolved the issue.
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