Re: Dell UPS 2700W, MUMC and vSphere 5.0 configuration
Hi Richard,Glad the comments were useful :-) Yes, you would just use the ESX3 settings in your particular case.The trick with MUMC is to realise that it needs to be functional (live) in order to send...
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Okay it looks like I need to look into this a bit more to get the timings right.Thanks again for your comments, they've been most helpful.Enjoy your weekend too.Richard
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Hi AndyI just thought of another question in regards to RSVM: If this feature is enabled on a host with the following values:Master shutdown after - 40minsMaster shutdown duration - 20minsCould you...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2950: floppy drive support?
My 2950 arrived today. No floppy drive however: (.Is there any way to connect in a floppy drive that I'm not seeing? Will need to use it to install raid drivers during the WinXP install or can I do...
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USB. I would recommend using nLiteOS.com to integrate the storage drivers rather than using floppy anyway. Which RAID controller do you have? Know that no "client" OS is supported on any Dell...
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There is a CD rom drive. I assumed USB would not be active until after windows was installed?Could I place raid drivers on the flash drive instead and use windows CD install normally? Will it allow me...
View ArticleRe: T110 power on no video no response
tom.kaminskiHow do I determine what component has failed?You need to take the system to minimum to POST. This will allow you to narrow down the point of failure. These are the components required for...
View ArticleRe: PowerEdge 2950: floppy drive support?
"I assumed USB would not be active until after windows was installed?"On pretty much all computers and servers shipping in the last 6-8 years, USB BIOS support (including booting) is standard."Could I...
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i too would suggest using nliteOS.com, but if you dont want to use that, you can use the F6 utility by putting the drivers on a USB key. There is a readme after the files get extracted....
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Here is the post I referred to for installing XP on the 2950.en.community.dell.com/.../18541716.aspxCan you tell from this what he did? Are there two sets of drivers I need to install or just the one...
View ArticleRe: PowerEdge 2950: floppy drive support?
I see from the setup screen there is a SATA 1 and 1 port. Would I be better off installing a small SATA drive back there for my C? Would I simply pull out 0 and 1 to get the server to "see it".
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You have the PERC 5/i ... you can use this XP driver (the T7500 workstation supports XP and also optionally used the PERC 5/i):ftp.dell.com/.../DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A07_R211426.exeYou need to download...
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OK. So you suggest I forget about using the drivers from the Isilogic web site for this SISAS controller and use these other drivers, correct?As to having to use raid from the get go... Are you saying...
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"OK. So you suggest I forget about using the drivers from the Isilogic web site for this SISAS controller and use these other drivers, correct?"Yes. Keep in mind that while the PERC's are just...
View ArticleRe: Dell PowerEdge 1955 and 8GB Dimms of RAM...
We have some 8GB Dimms on hand that we intent to start testing soon. The PE1955 blade center is actually a recent acquisition for us. We are still in the capacity planning stage and building it...
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OK. Getting this now... I think.I looked under the Integrated PERC bios config utility and see there is a problem. Probably from my pulling out that drive.It shows Drive 00:00 as online and Drive 00:01...
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"I assume I have messed up the raid."That is correct :)Assuming you don't want anything currently on the RAID 1, you can simply recreate it. In CTRL-R, highlight the controller, F2, and delete the...
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Printed out this 182 hardware manual but nothing on setting up the raid.I have two 69376mb drives set as raid 0. Will use all of it for the C drive.Under Basic Settings | VD size ____MB? What do I put...
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"Under Basic Settings | VD size ____MB?"Leave it as the default to have it use the entire capacity of each 73GB drive.Keep in mind, if you configure both of your 73GB drives in a single RAID 0, you...
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Yes, you are correct. Meant to set it for raid 1. Now done.I had not completed the left side portion where it set the drives to 0 and 1 and that's why there was nothing in the VD___size space. Now it...
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