Re: PowerEdge 2950, Ubuntu Server install, Hard Disk not detected??
There should be an unpackaged or hard drive version that can be run from a bootable DOS CD. You could also update it from a Live linux distro (may need to be a specific distro, like CentOS or...
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Thanks DanielI can press F2 as it first starts and it says entering setup but it never gets there. Same for F11.I'll try your solution today.ThanksAdrian
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Plex Media Server on 32bit Ubuntu on ESX 3.5 on 2800.
System specs:CPU: Dual Core Xeon 2.8 GHz Paxville x1RAM: 6 GBHDD: SCSI 10k 73 GB x1Motherboard: Foxconn XC320So, here's my issue.I've got ESX 3.5 installed on this box with an Ubuntu Server 12.04...
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Thanks for the great details on your setup and the graph. I would be really surprised if that CPU was capable of transcoding at playback speeds except at very low bit rates. To make things as fast as...
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Alright,I downloaded both the SBUU and SUU, and updated all of the firmware, including the Perc5/i.It now lets me create a virtual disk !So im gonna attempt the ubuntu install again. If it doesn't...
View ArticleRe: PowerVault NF500 upgrade options
Sigh... Well, I guess my last question would be - Is the controller on a card that I could replace with a higher functioning version?
View ArticleRe: PE2950 BIOS upgrade without floppy drive
Yes, but if you only need one or two updates, the SBUU method is HUGE overkill!We need SIMPL.E instructions for doing these updates via USB. I cannot be that difficult to take the equivalent of the...
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Re: PowerVault NF500 upgrade options
Are you talking about upgrading to the PERC 6/i, or are you talking about upgrading beyond that? The cards are PCIe x8 cards in a slot dedicated to use with the controllers. An upgrade to a PERC 6/i...
View ArticleRe: How to get blade Names to show on m100e
I am not 100% sure how the CMC gets the hostname but the idrac has something to do with it.If you run the following command locally on each blade do you get the correct hostname?racadm getsysinfo |...
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Also, are the FW versions the same on each blade?Run this command and compare versions:racadm getversion
View ArticleRe: PE2950 BIOS upgrade without floppy drive
Sure it's overkill, as far as "bytes" go, but it is the simplest method. I believe somewhere on these forums one of the Dell sysman guys explained getting SBUU on USB.
View ArticleRe: Plex Media Server on 32bit Ubuntu on ESX 3.5 on 2800.
Well, it is capable of transcoding some files. I play the files on my Roku; I select "Direct Play" but most videos are not supported by the "Direct Play" mode so I have to select transcode. It usually...
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SBUU will install Windows 2012, if the system supports it AND if the hard drive controller on the system supports it. If either one of these conditions is not supported, SBUU will not offer 2012 as an...
View ArticleRe: Plex Media Server on 32bit Ubuntu on ESX 3.5 on 2800.
Interesting. It sounds like it might be swapping. You can actually check on what is going on by installing the sysstat package if it is not already installed and then run a command like this:$ sar -o...
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Dell R415 "CPU 2 machine check detected."
I just got a new R415 from the Dell Outlet site, and periodically, it's rebooting, with the following messages - any ideas? Fri Feb 15 2013 19:02:11An OEM diagnostic event has occurred. Fri Feb 15 2013...
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Do you have any add-in cards installed?What version is your BIOS at?
View ArticleRe: Dell R415 "CPU 2 machine check detected."
Here's the inventory. All firmware are current according to the update utility.Hardware InventoryComponent Attribute Value iDRAC.Embedded.1 Model N/A Firmware Version 1.92 RAID.Slot.1-1 Type PERC H700...
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I have just noticed that the drive listed in the inventory is incorrect. It's the drive that the unit shipped with, however, it's been replaced by four 15k SAS disks. Also, here's the iDRAC6...
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Hi Forum,I am new in forum. I have trouble with R720xd server, we need to implement dot1q(Vlan) on our OS Centos 5.x. Everything work when using Supermicro server. I found this link...
View ArticleRe: Plex Media Server on 32bit Ubuntu on ESX 3.5 on 2800.
Here's the output of those commands:Video Buffers all the time$ sar -o transcoding_activity_report 5Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae (ubuntu) 02/15/2013 _i686_ (4 CPU)06:13:55 PM CPU %user %nice %system...
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