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Dell System Hardware & Software Updates for April 20 - 24, 2015
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Dell Server - Really? Server? I don't think so!
My company bought a PowerEdge R220 for $1,500. Not a high-end server, but we just need it to do some limited file serving. It came with 2 SATA 7200 RPM drives with a software RAID (RAID 1). It copies files at 4 MB/second. If you buy the cheapest computer at your local computer store you'll get 70-80 MB/second. Multiple calls to tech support yielded the same advice: this is about as fast as this server will be able to copy flles.
I ran tests from this Server copying from one network drive to another network drive, taking the Dell Server drives out of the equation, and got about 70+ MB/second. So it's clearly the Dell drives.
I called Dell for a return, but because I was just a few days outside their return policy date, they wouldn't budge. I asked to speak to a manager. And he wouldn't budge. Alex, ID 168907, Supervisor of Returns Department, San Salvador, El Salvador.
So I strongly encourage you to buy a Dell Server under 1 of the following 2 circumstances:
1) You want a server that copies files at 1/20th speed of a cheap desktop computer.
2) You want to spend money with a company that would rather keep your $1,500 rather than do the right thing and accept the blame for a server that isn't remotely qualified to be used as a server.
The fact that this U.S.-based company puts customer care in El Salvador tells you plenty about how they value customer care vs. saving money.
Gordon
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Disk for old PE1950
I have an older PowerEdge 1950 server, any suggestions where I can buy a 146GB disk for this please? Dell don't seem to sell them anymore for older servers?
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R710 upgrade Dell OS Driver Pack to 14.10.00 failure (...secure copy failed...)
I am able to upgrade all the firmware on the R710 to the latest release from the SUU DVD except for the Dell OS drivers pack from 6.2.0.9 to 14.10.00. I receive "update failure: secure copy failure - The secure copy function has failed. How do I upgrade this?
LC is 1.6.5.12
Bios 6.4.0
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IPMI error code 2900:0221 Power supply failure detected on PE R710
My VMware ESXi host recently took itself offline. When I was looking for the root cause, I ran a diagnostic test on my PE R710, and the following error was generated:
Error code: 2900:0221.
Msg: IPMI - <System Boot>: power supply: Power supply sensor (Status) Failure detected "PS 2"
The given error code and message can be used by Technical Support to help diagnose the problem.
Do you want to continue testing?
-- end of error message --
I saw a post online about updating the BIOS and firmware, which I did. We are now running BIOS version 6.4.0. I reran the test with the same results. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this problem? If the problem is indeed a failing power supply or a sensor on a power supply, how do I tell which one is bad? The lights on both power supplies look the same from the back of the server. This unit is no longer under warranty.
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idrac email alerts using office 365
anyone had any luck setting this up.
i need to change my from address so my 365 server will authenticate it but the solution completely eludes me...
we have our domain as example.com but we email from differntexample.com
any ideas?
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Internal server ports on VRTX
I feel like I'm going to get a painfully obvious answer here, but how do I activate more ports for a blade server in a VRTX chassis?
Both my blades have 2 of 4 ports active. If i go into port config in the I/O module GUI, the other two ports show "down", but there are no options to bring them up.
This makes me think that each blade server would have a setting for how many of the internal NIC ports it uses, but I can't find such a setting anywhere in chassis management GUI.
What am I missing?
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Poweredge BIOS 1.1.4 upgrade time?
Hi all,
I applied a BIOS update last night on an R630 server running Linux. I was at 1.0.4 and upgraded to 1.1.4 using BIOS_9KCN3_LN_1.1.4.BIN. The upgrade took around 40 minutes, and I was wondering if that was normal. It seems to be kind of a long time for a BIOS flash, but the progress of the dots was steady and didn't seem to hang at any point. Just curious!
Thanks!
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Dell Power Edge T110 and T110 II Chassis Compatibility
What are the differences between the T110 and T110II chassis, or they are the same?
We had a small disaster and chassis of T110II was destroyed.
Could we install T110II motherboard to T110 chassis, the front panel is compatible (where Leds and USB)? And etc?
(The T110II MB, HDD's and PSU is fine.)
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What model of perc 3 do I have, and informations about clear BIOS/configuration/nvram
Hello pals. Perc3 is beating me.
As I could see here
I have a perc 3 DC card.
Pictures attached
Here, I've seen about
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For the perc controller, pull the Raid Key and DIMM and leave out tof the server for 5-10 minutes. Put the components back in, reboot and go into the bios of the Perc controller (Cntrl-"A"). Accept the configuration changes and the controller should take the configuration off the drives.
For the system NVRAM: Note the settings in the bios. Shut the server down, set the ISA_CLR jumper, restart the server and you should get a message that the jumper is set or that there is a configuration issue. Shut the server down, remove the jumper and restart. Go into the system setup (F2), reset any settings and reboot.
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DIMM, ok, but "raid key", what is it?
I'm trying control with perc 3 a 6-bay SCA822 (LSI) with 4 10k SCSI Maxtor hd (73,4G) and 2 10K SCSI seagate with 36Gb (raid 5 4//2) to use with linux
The mobo is a desktop one, asrock extreme 3.
I used a LSI21320R, but after a non succesfull BIOS update, I bricked it, and choose perc3 to do the work, but... it don't detects nothing, and hangs during boot, and I mind that "zeroing all" will be enough (I wish)
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Dell PowerEdge T710 missing some memory
Dear Experts,
we have a situation here in our server t710, we have installed 12GB of memory 6GB per processor, but when we perform a restart the system will suddenly only detect 10GB i have no idea which dimm is it. then after we perfrom another restart the system will see 12GB again.
What might cause this problem?
Regards,
Carlo
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Dell poweredge 2800
I have aquired a Dell PowerEdge 2800 server and am looking to rebuild it and turn it into a home theater pc. I know, call me crazy. It only has one powewr supply and I don't think it works. Can I replace the bad one and add a second one then go from there as far as revamping the system?
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Black screen after post
I have a Dell PE 2950 server that was booting fine a few weeks ago. Today I installed it in our rack and plugged in 4 new hard drives (in addition to the two that were in there). System would post but then go black and the LSI raid controller never came up and the system didn't boot into Windows.
So, I powered off the server and removed the extra drives. Powered on and same thing happened.
Next, I tried removing the network cable and the first two drives to try to minimize the configuration. CD/DVD tray was empty, no hard drives, no mouse, one USB keyboard connected (no PS/2 ports available) and a VGA monitor.
Same thing happened, in fact, it started happening even earlier in the boot process. The Dell splash screen and the loading bar show up and the bar doesn't even get halfway done before the screen goes black.
Finally, I tried removing the CMOS battery, waiting for several seconds, and putting it back in, then booting. Same results.
Any idea what could be wrong?
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"No storage controllers detected" on Poweredge R210
OMSA Version 6.5.0
When I click on storage I get the screen below. I have already tried restarting all the DSM services but no luck.
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ATX Dell PSU to Offical ATX 2.0 spec pinout
Hey all I am using an old Dell Precision R5400 which has the 750w hot swap-able power supply. Problem being, since its a dell, the ATX pin layout is different than that of a normal, standard ATX 2.0 power supply pin out.
What I found to be the Standard ATX 2.0 pinout: 
I have taken a volt meter to the R5400's ATX pinout and this is what I come up with:
[1] Ground [13] Ground
[2] +5v [14] +5v
[3] +5v [15] +5v
[4] +12v [16] +3.3vsb
[5] -12v [17] Ground
[ 6] Ground [18] Ground
[7] +3.3vsb [19] +12v
[ 8] +3.3v [20] +3.3vsb
[9] Ground [21] +12v
[10] +3.3v [22] +3.3v
[11] +3.3v [23] +3.3v
[12] +3.3v [24] +3.3vsb
Thankfully my motherboard's manual shows the pinout of it's ATX power supply connector: 
So some questions are still wondering inside my head:
1) What voltage should the PSON# be?
2) What voltage should the Power OK be?
3) As you see, I do not have access to a +5Vsb from the R5400 PSU. Can I just use a normal 5vdc for that (or somehow get 3.3vsb that I do have to work with it)?
Currently this is my pin-out for my new connector from the R5400 connector to the motherboard: 
So do you see anything wrong with the above? Just making sure as I do not want to fry a $500+ server motherboard over one wrong pin.
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Dell M1000e with M630
Hi,
We have a blade server m1000e with 8 m610, 6 m620 and 2 M630.
2 m630 have this configuration :
2x cpu Intel Xeon E5 2698v3 (2x 16cores)
196GB Ram
This 2 m630 are new, (they are installed since 2 days) and since they are installed, fan speed has increase.
Actual we have this stats :
FanSpeed 1 | Fan-1 OK | 8226 rpm
FanSpeed 2 | Fan-2 OK | 11284 rpm
FanSpeed 3 | Fan-3 OK | 11330 rpm
FanSpeed 4 | Fan-4 OK | 8182 rpm
FanSpeed 5 | Fan-5 OK | 11300 rpm
FanSpeed 6 | Fan-6 OK | 11287 rpm
FanSpeed 7 | Fan-7 OK | 8167 rpm
FanSpeed 8 | Fan-8 OK | 11265 rpm
FanSpeed 9 | Fan-9 OK | 11317 rpm
[Ambient Temperature Fan Request %]
38
[Server Module Fan Request Table]
<Slot#> <Server Name> <Blade Type> <Power State> <Presence> <Fan Request%>
1 srv1 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 53
2 srv2 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 52
3 srv3 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 52
4 srv4 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 52
5 srv5 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 51
6 srv6 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 52
7 srv7 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 52
8 srv8 PowerEdge M630 ON Present 63
9 srv9 PowerEdge M620 ON Present 39
10 srv10 PowerEdge M620 ON Present 38
11 srv11 PowerEdge M630 ON Present 76
12 srv12 PowerEdgeM610 ON Present 51
13 srv13 PowerEdge M620 ON Present 38
14 srv14 PowerEdge M620 ON Present 38
15 srv15 PowerEdge M620 ON Present 39
16 srv16 PowerEdge M620 ON Present 38
[Switch Module Fan Request Table]
<IO> <Name> <Type> <Presence> <Fan Request%>
Switch-1 Cisco Catalyst WS-CBS3130G-S Gigabit Ethernet Present 30
Switch-2 Cisco Catalyst WS-CBS3130G-S Gigabit Ethernet Present 30
Switch-3 M8024-k 10GbE SW 10 GbE KR Present 30
Switch-4 M8024-k 10GbE SW 10 GbE KR Present 30
Switch-5 Cisco Catalyst WS-CBS3130G-S Gigabit Ethernet Present 30
Switch-6 Cisco Catalyst WS-CBS3130G-S Gigabit Ethernet Present 30
[Enhanced Cooling Mode]
Enhanced Cooling Mode(ECM) Status = Disabled.
We have update cmc to 5.00 for idrac 8.
I verify on the 3 new m630 and all sensors are ok.
Do you think this fan speed are normal?
This Fan speed is normally?
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How to change DRAC user's password?
It says "To configure a user, click on the User ID number." but
When I open the "User Authentication" page in DRAC 8, I see the User IDs not clickable, they're not a link?
How can I change DRAC user's password?
Thank you.
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PowerEdge 1950 III, How to set up DRAC card for use with crossover cable
Hi,
So im trying to use the DRAC card by using a crossover cable, I have gone into the (CTRL+E) Configuration Screen and set up the LAN Parameters, DNS details but i cannot connect to the card at all.
Even the server itself cannot connect to the card. The server is just being used as a media server in my house, (yes overkill). It would be nice to configure this card as when i get new hard drives i will not have to connect a keyboard, mouse and monitor just to press a few buttons to set up a raid array.
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks.
Arron
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DELL R710 no POST after BIOS update
Hi All,
need some help here. I updated the BIOS of my Dell R710 server from 6.3 to 6.4 and it indicated that it was successful and asked for a reboot which I did. after the reboot there is no POST or any display on the monitor. I can get into the server via IDARC and it shows no signal as well. I have tried to clear up NVRAM with no luck. any help is appriciated
Regards,
Ash
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BMC issues poweredge 2900 v2
hi, ive recently got hold of a poweredge 2900 v2 (i think) server, this is currently running dual xeon quad core 2ghz cpus (e54xx series) but every time i boot it up i get an error about communication failure with the Baseboard management controller, ive tried to get the bmc update but it always reports error that its not supported on this system configuration, . im pretty sure its down toa failed firmware update but i cant seem to force an update,
server works fine otherwise other than needing to press f1 everytime it starts and the fans running at full tilt at all times
cheers for any ideas at all on this - i have got a mainboard from an older 2900 also but this does not support my cpus so cannot use that as i need the 8 cores
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