"System Services Update Required"
Hey all,I know this is probably covered somewhere but I've searched a lot about it and the information is nothing but contradictory and confusing and it's something that I don't want to get wrong.I get...
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The idrac and LifeCycle Controller are 2 halves of the same coin. ideally you want to update them both to the latest version on the support site. Because you are running Ubuntu, that might be a little...
View ArticleRe: iDRAC6 Update via Website failing on Firmware Upload
I think the idrac is off in the weeds, and I believe that pulling power to reset the idrac is going to be the only solution. Rebooting the box will probably not have any effect. Note, if you do pull...
View ArticleRe: Dell Poweredge 2600 Network Card Switching on and off?
I had this same exact problem, and the solution is as follows:Find a copy of windows server 2003Search for e1000325.infGo to device manager, update driver, have diskFind that file and pick it
View ArticleRe: File: \Windows\system32\drivers\intelide.sys issue
I highly suggest you speak to tech support about this so they can walk you through the process of attempting to fix this. Doing this via a forum can take a lot of time and could cause you to lose data.
View ArticleHARD DISK NOT DETECTING
Hi All,I have purchase a new DELL POWER EDGE T420 server with 3 HARD DISK . while installing hard disk not detecting .Becouse of this i cant do raid or install windows server 2008 r2 Please Help
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Which RAID controller do you have? You either need the driver for the RAID controller, and/or you need to configure RAID before any disks can be seen. It all depends on which RAID controller you have.
View ArticleT610 with 3.6Ghz upgrade reports "This CPU Rating is not supported! System...
I have a T610 with BIOS 6.3It has 96GB of RAM.It has 2x 870Watt power supplies.I just attempted to upgrade the processors from 2.66Ghz to 3.6Ghz (X5687)The system was fine with the 2.66 processor prior...
View ArticleRe: T610 with 3.6Ghz upgrade reports "This CPU Rating is not supported!...
The X5687 is not supported on the Intel 5520 chipset, nor is it listed anywhere (that I could find) as being supported on the T610. Page 26 of the T610's Technical Guide shows that the X5677 (3.46GHz...
View ArticleRe: T610 with 3.6Ghz upgrade reports "This CPU Rating is not supported!...
I find a number of upgrade sites that list that proc as supported.Dell's site also shows it:accessories.ap.dell.com/.../PfydFeaturedCategoryResults.aspxMaybe the guide is out of date?
View ArticleRe: T610 with 3.6Ghz upgrade reports "This CPU Rating is not supported!...
The guide may be out of date, but with a date of December 2012, it is more likely that it was mistakenly left out of the guide than outdated (Dell's documentation doesn't get updated often enough for...
View ArticleDell r720 - Power use
Hi Everyone,We have two cabinets located in a 3rd party datacentre which are currently contracted for 3.6kW of power each. The current consumption is as follows… CAB1 – 2.2 kW in use (1.4Kw Free)CAB2 –...
View ArticleRe: Dell r720 - Power use
Hello StuartThe Energy Smart Solution Advisor is the newer tool that contains 11th and 12th generation servers. The DCCP stopped with 10th generation. Here is the page for...
View ArticleRe: clear data on PE2950 disks
Hi rborman, what's the reason for clearing them? If it's for disposal, we bit the bullet and went for Iron Mountain. They shred the disks and recycle the component materials. Not the cheapest option...
View ArticleR510 memory upgrade to 64GB
Hi,we have a PowerEdge R510 with a single E5654 CPU. It has 32GB (4 x 8GB in A1 to A4 slots) . I would like to upgrade it to 64GB (or more if possible).Can I use the slots B1 to B4, or is it only for...
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The maximum RAM supported on a single processor is 48GB, using 3 x 16GB RDIMM's. You can only use the B slots when a second processor is present. Regards,
View ArticleRe: R510 memory upgrade to 64GB
The manual lists a 4 x 16GB = 64GB as a valid configuration for a single processor, but as Geoff said, the B slots are not usable without a processor (the processor now contains the memory controller).
View ArticleWhich Dell update package to use?
Dell PowerEdge 6850 installed with Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 x86. Server is in a cluster environment. I have to update NIC drivers on the servers. I am planning to use Dell update packages to do...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R710 Operating System Reinstallation Query
Hi,We have an R710 Physical Server that has the following configuration:- 2 Hard Disk Drives configured in Raid-1 for the operating system- 3 Hard Disk Drives configured in Raid-5 for data- 1 Hard Disk...
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