Trouble with Dell R620 Updates
Today, I tried to apply 3 updates to 3 x Dell R620's as follows:BIOS 2.4.3 to 2.5.2Intel NIC firmware from 16.0.24 to 16.5.20iDRAC Firmware Version to 2.10.10 (iDRAC Settings Version remains...
View ArticleTAPE - POWEREDGE T410
Hi to allI have one server : POWEREDGE T410Incidence : The tape is continuously ejectedCould you help me??Thank youRegards
View ArticlePowerEdge 2950 - USB Boot Option missing
Trying to upgrade a PowerEdge 2950 from 2003 to 2012 and there is only a CD-ROM drive.I ran Boot Option setup and found that the Boot from USB option was not present.I looked at the available BIOS...
View Articledell esxi 5.5 offline bundle for command line upgrade
where can i find a dell offline bundle for esxi 5.5 so that I can do command line upgrade of esxi 51 to 5.5?
View ArticlePE1950 rear video port no video, how to switch
I have a PowerEdge 1950 at a customer site since 2008 with a rear video port that does not work properly, so we used the front video port.Now the display is going dark for 30-60 seconds at random times...
View ArticleFactory Defaults R710s
Hi, I've been given the task of resetting a number of R710s,which is the best way of erasing\resetting all user settings\data on them, i've removed the drives and sanitised them with a data erase...
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PRODUCTION server with CPU speed 0.15 or 0.17---PowerEdge R720 -Intel(R)...
Hello,I have an interesting issue on a production servers used for a SharePoint farm. It worked OK for almost 1 year, but on the last 2 days are only issues related to the CPU speed.Processor Intel(R)...
View ArticleNew-to-me R710 will not boot - gets hung at splash screen
Good evening,I have a "new to me" R710 in my home lab. It's one of those great used ones from eBay.It has 2x E5520 Xeons and 18x8GB DIMMs, DRAC6 Express, PERC6/i (no local storage other than a thumb...
View ArticleOccasional Beep from Dell PowerEdge T630
Hi All,I've got a new Dell PowerEdge T630. We are getting an occasional (few times a day, with seemingly no pattern) beep from the server.I'm pretty sure the beep is followed by individual drive...
View ArticleMemory Configuration - Mixing Memory
Hi,I have an R710 that contained existing 24GB RAM (2GB DIMMs) from Samsung (part# below).I purchased new 64GB of Crucial Memory and thought I would be able to combine them to get 88GB.I am having a...
View ArticlePowerEdge R720 – Front LCD panel completely dark
We did something that has apparently turned off the front panel LCD display and Power light - The server is up and running normally, just no lights in the front (except for the blinking HHDs). And...
View ArticleStorage server Running Raid 0, OMSA shows bad blocks error, can i run...
I have a r720 running 2008r2 with omsa version 7.4.0 it shows red x on virtual disk, its running raid 0 and I need to know if I can run a consistency checker without shutting it down and loading in the...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R710 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
I have a PowerEdge R710 with Windows 2008 R2 and installed a NVIDIA GeForce GT 720. The Windows drivers appear to have installed correctly, and all looks good in the device manager, but I have 2...
View ArticleR815 halt twice or more in a day
Hi everyone I have dell poweredge R815 server and I am facing an issue with it. The issue is that it halt twice and sometime trice in a day then I go manually and restart the server. Which affect our...
View ArticleSuccessor to the Dell T110 II, is anything on the road map to replace the...
Is there anything in the pipeline to replace the PowerEdge T110 II for SMB customers? Something with lots of SATA 3 port, USB 3.0, and more than 32GB of RAM I'm hoping...does anyone have any inside info?
View ArticleIs my 2950 Gen1 or Gen2?
So, I cant figure out what gen is this, what source of info should I trust?The chassis does not have any markings like II or III, which would mean Gen1. But then, both DRAC and OpenManage say that the...
View ArticleWake on lan DELL T310
Hello,I need to boot a Dell t310 using the wake on lan from the power of state, but the bios not have this function.I the manual report that the wol is available from the hibernation state, how is...
View ArticleVRTX - Updating NICs firmware
I might be missing something obvious, but I can't figure out how to update the firmware of the chassis-attached NICs on a VRTX.Mapping a NIC to a blade and trying to update its firmware from the...
View ArticlePowerEdge M1000e and Dell FX2
Hello - I am looking for some process input\ direction into migrating from a PowerEdge M1000e to a Dell FX2.Our PE 1000e has 3 M610s and 1 M520 blades with VMware 5.0 on each.We are also moving from a...
View ArticleM1000e IP Address requirements?
I am working to implement the M1000e chassis which will utilize 2 Dell Force10 MXL integrated switch blades. between the intergrated swtches and other management functions, how many IP addresses do I...
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