Unable to create a partition on RAID 5 (PowerEdge R720)
HiWe have PowerEdge R720 Server on which RAID 5 is configured (4 Hard Drives of 1TB each). Disk Management is showing 2 Partitions (System Partition, and C Partition) and 2 Unallocated Portions (1948GB...
View Article12th Generation iDRAC Firmware
One of our techs installed iDRAC firmware version 2.43.43.43 on an R720 server via the web upload method.I know that this version has not been released for 12th gen servers - only 13th gen. Previously,...
View Articledell server t410 showing memory configuration is not optimal error
Dear Teamas i have dell server t410 and two pcs 8 gb ram.and i had installed in server on dimm a1 and dimm a2server is working but showing error showing memory configuration is not optimal.and asking...
View ArticleIntegrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 - Enterprise update
Hello.I'm trying to do "mission impossible 7" and upgrade my iDrac6 Enterprise firmware.So far I found many broken links, documentation to older version of the support site and download file that ends...
View ArticleEZK-UPC-61 RAID controller
I have 6 1TB drives in a blade server that are presently in a RAID 0 configuration in the PERC 6/I utility. I can't seem to be able to change this configuration. I select Controller 0 and I get...
View ArticleMount Issue on Dell R420
Please see attached. New (refurbished technically) Dell R420, plus 4 x 8TB brand new SATA drives as well. Anytime I try to boot off virtual media (Rockstor NAS software), I get this issue. Anyone have...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2950, Can't install OS from anything other than disk drive
Hello. This is probably really simple, but I'm trying to install either Windows Server 20XX (doesn't matter which version), or Ubuntu 16.04 on my PowerEdge 2950. I have enabled all USB ports in the...
View ArticleProblem with updating firmwares on Dell T110
Hi, i've recently got a T110 server (starting a homelab) and before installing an OS i'd like to update the machine's firmwares. Following the instructions found on a pdf on your website, i've...
View Article2rx4 with 4rx4 same server
Hello, its possible to use in R520 models or R720 models with memorys 2rx4 e 4rx4? For exemple: have 8 modules of 16G 2rx4 and 2 modules 32G 4rx4 on same server? Thanks
View ArticleAdding a second PERC H330 to T330
Can I add a second PERC H330 to my T330 and then put SSDs in the 5.25" slots (making use of mounting brackets)? Obviously these wouldn't hotswappable. But is there any reason it wouldn't work? I...
View ArticlePowerEdge R230 hotswap backplane
Hi everyoneI've just received new Dell PowerEdge R230 server and noticed that I've ordered configuration without hot-swap HDD. Is it possible to order hot-swap backplane separably, or could someone at...
View Articledell r710 membist failure after esxi upgrade
so.. I just picked up a r710 from ebay and I got it running and tested some stuff al working great. I installed esxi 6.0 with the drivers from dell and I looked around for a bit and decided to upgrade...
View ArticleCPU 1men vtt pg voltage is outside range
PowerEdge R420 getting this error..testing gives this:Power Edge R420 error code 2000-251 , which is nothing really.any suggestions??
View ArticleDouble-slot wide GPU in PowerEdge R720
Hi,is it possible to equip Dell PowerEdge R720 with single double-slot-wide GPU (e.g. P5000)?From the documentation it seems it is possible but I am not totally sure. Thanks in advance,miro
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T20 - second hard drive disappears
Hello, we bought Dell PowerEdge T20 for our organization without HDDs. We bought two hard drives Western Digital Black 2 TB 3,5" (WD2003FZEX-00SRLA0) separately and installed them.After that I created...
View ArticleiDRAC offline on VMWare VMHost
We recently had an issue connecting to the iDRAC on our remote Dell PowerEdge R530 No ping / web access, and no MAC address resolution from a local device.I installed the Dell OpenManage Server...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R710 running Windows Server 2008r2 RAID Drive Warning Lights
This server's roll is Web Server (IIS). It has a RAID 5 configuration with 6 drive bays and 6 drives with this types of drives:(0) SAS 300 GB 15k (1) SAS 300 GB 15k(2) SAS 300 GB 15k(3) SAS 300 GB...
View ArticleDell R900: Issues with Riser C and D
I have a Dell R900 with 4 risers of 32GB each. Initially, I found out that one of the risers had gone bad so I purchased a new one and also more memory. I can verify that each riser works in slots A...
View ArticleR620 - Intel I350 NIC 1 slower than the other three
Hi,I'm running into an issue on the PE R620 and hopefully someone can provide an answer here. I installed Windows 2012 R2 on R620 and when I was doing the Windows Update I noticed that it is really...
View ArticleRACADM Syntax
Hi,Trying to change the password on m1000e chassis for users from a putty session, logged in as root.The following syntax is being used:racadm set iDRAC.Users.<index>.Password...
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