Dell Power Edge not booting
Hi y'all:I have a PE 2650 server (quite old) running RH linux. The OS system is broken and does not boot to it, but it DOES boot halfway (it stops at "no inittab found, enter runlevel..." a simple way...
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It appears that its passing from the hardware to the OS since its giving you a Linux error message. I would reduce it down to the minimum to POST and see if it gives you any hardware errors prior...
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Carlos, just to be sure, if you press F2 and enter the bios/setup screen, scroll down to where it shows Boot Sequence, what is the order that is shown in there? Also, After Boot Sequence is Hard-Disk...
View ArticleMemory Configuration Powered R510
I have 6 identical 8 GB memory sticks for my single processor R510. I placed 3 in the identical same slots of each bank of 4 but am only seeing 24 GB total. Is there anyway to see all 48GB with only...
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No. The memory controller is in the processor, so if you have no processor installed, then you have no memory controller for those slots. You have four memory slots per processor, so you can use only...
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Hi Geoff! Thanks fdor your answer. Since I want to force non-HD boot, I removed the HDs. I only have a cdrom/floppy unit,. I disconnected the battery and removed the power and all memory modules...
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Hi Ray! Thanks for your answer. I have selected ONLY CDROM, ONLY floppy and disabled the PERC to force a cdrom. I have enabled them both and set CD first, floppy second and all the way around. Nothing....
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2900 and X0 series processors
Upgrading a PowerEdge 2900 series, production date was late 2008.Motherboard has the SATA slots, not IDE, which I've read means it has the latest revision board in it.The service tag does not reveal...
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What exactly do you mean by "X0" series?You also said "There are also PowerEdge 2900 (not PowerEdge III) selling functional with the X5450 processors" ... what do you mean "not PowerEdge III"? Only...
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Re: Which PowerEdge Lowest Noise?
I've heard that T620 are very quiet in comparison to other dell servers so it's very nice to hear that this machine is comparable to an Optiplex desktop system with respect to noise output. How is your...
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HelloRather than guessing you should look through the user's guide of the server in question and check the sound output. The easiest way to check multiple servers is to use one of our datacenter...
View ArticleRe: RAC0503 and RAC0501 with T620 and H310
When I went into LCC (F10) after reboot I found that CSIOR was already selected. I also check the LCC firmware version which is 1.1.1.18 and appears to be current version.One thing I found was that I...
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The firmware update on the iDRAC should have performed a reset, but let's try manually performing one. We encountered the same issue with another client a couple of weeks ago and a reset of the DRAC...
View ArticleDell Chasis Fan going to max speed
Hi,I have a M1000e Dell Chasis with 14 blades, my chassis fan goes to max speed frequently ,more often evening time from 3PM to 10 PM,All my firmware, CMC , LCC IDRAC are updated with the latest one,...
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Hi,Please make sure that your CMC and mail server are in the same network segment ,if not add one ip address within the same segment of CMC in your mail server and configure your SMTP Server with the...
View ArticleRe: poweredge 850 front panel amber light
Sticky1,I have the issue addressed and escalated it. Please be patient with me while I get it taken care of. In the meantime,What are you seeing on the server?What is the OS installed?Do you have Open...
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Abdul,The M1000e 9 fans can adjust RPM as needed to control the internal temperature of the unit. Generally if there was an issue or fault in the fans the remaining would go to max RPM and stay there....
View ArticlePowerEdge T410 System board
I'm trying to purchase a second T410 as a backup for our main server, basically just for parts, but also to currently do a rebuild on our SBS2008 as we need our it rebuilt from the ground up....
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Platin465,The 2nd board has a different pinout for the Westmere processor. You will have to have the 2nd board if you have the Westmere. If you don't have Westmeres then either board should work.In...
View ArticleRe: RAC0503 and RAC0501 with T620 and H310
Daniel - tried powering off and unplug, had it off and unplugged for 30 min - still same results. Is there some issue with the controller?
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