Dell C6100
Hello,I have 2 C6100 servers that are currently giving me major problems. An itemized list of the problems all seem related though to the BMC.1) When booting I noticed during POST that there is a...
View ArticleProcessor upgrade for R510
I have a PowerEdge R510 and would like to buy a second processor (Xeon E5620). I found several sites selling "Dell Intel Xeon E5620" processors, with Mfg Part Nr. 317-5043. I also found a lot of Intel...
View Articlecpu2 dimm all disabled
Hiserver = R710I have 12 x 4gb total ram. 6 x 4gb each CPU dimm.when booting up bios shows CPU2 B1-B9 slot all disabled so in BIOS only shows 24GB memory.Could it be motherboard issue? i have confirmed...
View ArticleNeed a compatible nic for fiber?
One of my colleagues has a PowerEdge R710 and is looking for something very specific. Basically, he needs a compatible nic to connect directly to an ISP fiber connection that is 1Gb. Can anyone out...
View ArticleHard Drives/OS Wont Install!
So I just got my Dell Power Edge 1950 III and I need help urgently. I have a SAS 146GB 15K RPM Drive and it will not detect at all. When I try to install Ubuntu it does not detect the drive, when I try...
View ArticleDell System Hardware & Software Updates for April 20 - 24, 2015
Popular DownloadsDSET - Dell Server E-Support Tool for Dell ServersDell Support Live Image 2.2OpenManage Server AdministratorOpenManage Essentials 2.0.1Servers Only13G PowerEdge server backplane...
View ArticleDell Server - Really? Server? I don't think so!
My company bought a PowerEdge R220 for $1,500. Not a high-end server, but we just need it to do some limited file serving. It came with 2 SATA 7200 RPM drives with a software RAID (RAID 1). It copies...
View ArticleDisk for old PE1950
I have an older PowerEdge 1950 server, any suggestions where I can buy a 146GB disk for this please? Dell don't seem to sell them anymore for older servers?
View ArticleR710 upgrade Dell OS Driver Pack to 14.10.00 failure (...secure copy failed...)
I am able to upgrade all the firmware on the R710 to the latest release from the SUU DVD except for the Dell OS drivers pack from 6.2.0.9 to 14.10.00. I receive "update failure: secure copy failure -...
View ArticleIPMI error code 2900:0221 Power supply failure detected on PE R710
My VMware ESXi host recently took itself offline. When I was looking for the root cause, I ran a diagnostic test on my PE R710, and the following error was generated:Error code: 2900:0221.Msg: IPMI -...
View Articleidrac email alerts using office 365
anyone had any luck setting this up.i need to change my from address so my 365 server will authenticate it but the solution completely eludes me...we have our domain as example.com but we email from...
View ArticleInternal server ports on VRTX
I feel like I'm going to get a painfully obvious answer here, but how do I activate more ports for a blade server in a VRTX chassis?Both my blades have 2 of 4 ports active. If i go into port config in...
View ArticlePoweredge BIOS 1.1.4 upgrade time?
Hi all,I applied a BIOS update last night on an R630 server running Linux. I was at 1.0.4 and upgraded to 1.1.4 using BIOS_9KCN3_LN_1.1.4.BIN. The upgrade took around 40 minutes, and I was wondering...
View ArticleDell Power Edge T110 and T110 II Chassis Compatibility
What are the differences between the T110 and T110II chassis, or they are the same?We had a small disaster and chassis of T110II was destroyed.Could we install T110II motherboard to T110 chassis, the...
View ArticleWhat model of perc 3 do I have, and informations about clear...
Hello pals. Perc3 is beating me.As I could see hereI have a perc 3 DC card.Pictures attachedHere, I've seen about[quote]For the perc controller, pull the Raid Key and DIMM and leave out tof the server...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T710 missing some memory
Dear Experts,we have a situation here in our server t710, we have installed 12GB of memory 6GB per processor, but when we perform a restart the system will suddenly only detect 10GB i have no idea...
View ArticleDell poweredge 2800
I have aquired a Dell PowerEdge 2800 server and am looking to rebuild it and turn it into a home theater pc. I know, call me crazy. It only has one powewr supply and I don't think it works. Can I...
View ArticleBlack screen after post
I have a Dell PE 2950 server that was booting fine a few weeks ago. Today I installed it in our rack and plugged in 4 new hard drives (in addition to the two that were in there). System would post but...
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"No storage controllers detected" on Poweredge R210
OMSA Version 6.5.0When I click on storage I get the screen below. I have already tried restarting all the DSM services but no luck.
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ATX Dell PSU to Offical ATX 2.0 spec pinout
Hey all I am using an old Dell Precision R5400 which has the 750w hot swap-able power supply. Problem being, since its a dell, the ATX pin layout is different than that of a normal, standard ATX 2.0...
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