How to tell which OS Nic is which physical port?
Howdy,I know I found info on this a couple weeks ago but can't find it today. We have some various D430s, R620s, etc. They all have four 1 gig NIC ports on the back. Is there a way to tell which NIC...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2900 9th Gen. Power Failure Error 1215 1.8V Pwr Gd
I have recently power down the server after many years of continuous service.When I tried to power it up again I get a "Fail Safe" E1000 message with the following Error message E1215 !.8V Pwr Gd.Could...
View Article'Ghost' PSU detected, causing PSU mismatch error
Hi,I've encountered a strange error on 24 of my C6220 servers. All of them are alerting to a PSU Mismatch error, but upon investigation, they all show a 3rd PSU which does not exist. Here is a photo of...
View Articlededicated server
Dear, do you need this dedicated server? Or you can help me find this ?CPU:Intel Xeon X3430RAM:8GBHardDisk:2×1TB SATABandwidth:100Mbps unmeteredIPs:1Country:GermanySkype: gchao.09
View ArticleFailing to boot after BIOS update on T110ii
I have just updated my BIOS on my T110ii (from 1.1.1 to 2.8.0) (because I've been getting some crashes which should be fixed by some intel microcode updates).However, after the update it fails to boot...
View ArticleDell Enterprise Hardware & Software Updates for March 14 - 18, 2016
Popular DownloadsDell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.2OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.10Servers & StorageDell 12Gbps HBA...
View ArticlePE R810 and 4x X7560 possible?
Hey I'm trying to reconfigure some PE R810s my company bought and am wondering about the X7560 and its compatibility.The technical guide for the R810 states:Due to power limitations, the PowerEdge R810...
View ArticlePowerEdge T100 and Xeon X3320
Is the Xeon X3320 (Yorkfield, 6M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, LGA775, 95W) supported by the PET100? I want to upgrade the CPU and my options ($) are the E3110 or the X3320.And about the C2Duo E8400,...
View ArticleHow to securely wipe giant hard drives in a server?
Howdy,We have a Dell Nutanix xc730xd server. It has eight ~3.7 terabyte drives in it that we need to securely wipe. I fired up DBAN and told it to do a 7 pass wipe on all 8 drives at once and that...
View ArticlePowerEdge T610 Power Cycling up and down - will not boot.
I just purchased a T610 - and the Power Button was broken. Ordered a new module - installed it. Also Updated the processors of the unit - and added 8 - 8gig memory Modules. After plugging the unit...
View ArticlePower Consumption Alert
Hello,I rec'd this alert from one of my PE 720 servers: Date:3/17/2016, Time:20:56:16, Severity:Critical, Message:Current sensor detected a failure value Sensor location: System Board Pwr Consumption...
View ArticleT710 Mix Memory
I have a T710 that come with 4 - 4gb memory. Recently I purchased a 2 x 16gb to increase the memory to 48Gb but the system doesnt recognize all 48Gb. It's ok to mix 4gbs sticks with 16gb?Thanks
View ArticleSUU Update Program for various models
Howdy,So we have a bunch of models of servers in our various locations 610, 620, 630, 430, etc. We've recently started trying out the SUU file that we can download from the Drivers & Download...
View ArticleR610 - Advanced ECC memory mode disabled!
Howdy,I have two identical R610 servers. One is working fine and the other is throwing memory errors.Both systems have the same number and size of memory sticks. They each has 8 x 8Gig sticks in...
View ArticleCan Intel OEM X520-DA2 10GbE SFP+ adapters be flashed to be "Dell" firmware...
We have two Intel OEM X520-DA2 server adapters (dual SFP+ interfaces), that have unlocked preboot firmware. However, if I put these adapters into a Dell PowerEdge R430 server, the BIOS will see the...
View ArticleFW upgrade for unsupported version of Xen Server
HelloWe have a 1950. I've tried everything I know to get DRAC working on this chassis, so looking to upgrade firmware.The supported Xen Server version is 5.6. What is installed on the chassis is...
View ArticleOrdered PowerEdge T320 upgrade CPU - wondering if I need thermal paste for...
Subject pretty much says it all.We've received an upgraded CPU for our PowerEdge T320. The new CPU shipped with a new heatsink and it appears that there is a thermal pad of paste on the bottom of the...
View ArticlePET100 cpu upgrade
Can someone confirm if the E3110 SLAPM stepping C0 is validated for the PowerEdge T100? I couldn't find the SLB9C stepping E0. Thanks in advance.
View Articleemail not delivered to same domain
email not delivered to same domaini have a client who hosting their email and are unable to receive email from same domain. user1@domainx.com are not receiving email from user2@domainx.com or vise...
View ArticleiDRAC 7 virtual console "connection failed"
Hi there,I got the problem, that I cant connect to the virtual console of any iDRAC. My system is running Windows 10 Pro x64 and Java Version 8.77 x32 and x64. I got the same issues in Firefox 45.0.1...
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