Hey I am helping a friend with their business server that went down. Originally it would boot up and see no boot device. We replaced the RAID card and now it says RAID status degraded. Where do I go from here? It should be a mirror RAID. I believe one of the 2 drives may be failing, how do I determine which one, and then how do I replace it and rebuild the RAID to get it going again?
Thanks!
Hi guys,
The latest Java for Windows has broken the ability to launch a virtual console for m710HDs.
x20 and above servers still seem OK.
Do u have a workaround? (I remember that no workaround ever came forth when 605'/905s broke for the very same cause a couple of years ago)
We have tried IE, FFox, Chrome...all fail with the latest Java (build 1.8.0_31-b13) on m710HDs and before.
Previous Java still works fine for m710HDs.
Browsers are all the latest.
If you have any ideas of a workaround pls advise.
Thx,
John Bradshaw
Hey,
I have 3 nodes in a FX2 chassis, 2 FC430's and 1 FC630.
The chassis is equipped with 2 FN2210S switches that then connect to my core network.
I'm looking to move my internal cluster "traffic" to an IPV6 network, that doesn't get routed on the internal network.
I setup the link local IPV6 addresses on the cluster teamed nic on all 3 nodes.
And the 2 FC430's communicate just fine with eachother, but the FC630 is not getting through to either of them nor are they getting to him.
This makes me assume the 2 FC430 share a network connection and route traffic between them directly and the FC630 has to push it to the switches who then send it back.
Any ideas on how can I get this to work?
Thanks!
Dom
We recently purchased 2 Dell PowerEdge T430 servers. One of the servers is a rack server and the other is a tower server. Both servers have redundant 1100W power supplies. Typically, we connect one PSU to a 120V battery and the other PSU to a 220V PDU. This has worked well with all our Dell Servers from our first PE 1650 to the PE T420.
Unfortunately, the PE T430 does not like this configuration. If we plug PSU1 into the battery and then PSU into the PDU, the PSU plugged in the PDU turns off after a few seconds an the server reports the following error:
From my research this appears to be an error associated with mixing incompatible power supply units. For example, I would expect this error if I installed a 750 W PSU along with the 1100 W PSU.
I thought that I had found a work around by moving the input power from a 220 V PDU to a 120 V PDU but this configuration resulted in the same issue. I was able to get both power supplies to stay connected but plugging PSU 1 into the battery and PSU 2 into a standard 120 V wall outlet.
We discussed this issue with Dell in detail and they even sent a technician onsite to research but their final response was that the server is working properly.
I am hoping that a firmware update will resolve this issue but would like to know if anyone else is having this issue.
Hi all,
I recently acquired a used Dell poweredge T320 server for personal use. Warranty expired last year.
It was working to start with however after attempting to clear flea power (see below) the server won't power on. iDRAC is still up/functioning (all components healthy), front panel LCD is operational, the LED on the motherboard is on (solid green), PSU lights are solid green and the onboard NIC's are showing link and activity lights.
iDRAC is reporting the following when I attempt to power on the server (power button on the front does nothing either):
| PWR2402 | iDRAC is unable to communicate with power management firmware |
I've tried reseating the CPU, PSU's and PSU controller board without success. I've also removed all expansion cards and all RDIMM's except 1 (in slot A1) without impact. Given the symptoms below my suspicion is a dead motherboard.
Can anyone confirm this is likely to be the case, or suggest anything else I could attempt to repair the server? My understanding is the firmware flash/rollback function in iDRAC needs to power on the server to work, so I suspect that won't be an option.
Some further details if they help:
After starting the server I noted that virtually all of the firmware had not been updated since 2013, and so I used the Dell DUP tool in windows x64 to update firmware. This appeared to complete without issue.
Once the firmware was updated however the system fan was locked at 30% (confirmed with a stress test - no change in fan speed). I tried power cycling the server (physically disconnecting from power), as well as racadm racrest / changing system profile settings / BIOS restore to defaults / iDRAC restore to default settings etc. none of which helped.
Thinking it was a case of flea power preventing the server from resetting - I disconnected the power cables, popped the CMOS battery and let it sit overnight which lead to the server not powering on.
Hi,
In the "Dell PowerEdge T620 Getting Started Guide", it is mentioned that the server can handle the following maximum shock while being in storage:
"Storage
Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and z axes (one pulse on each side of the system) of 71 G for up to 2 ms.
Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and z axes (one pulse on each side of the system) of 22 G faired square wave pulse with velocity change at 200 inches/second (508 centimeters/second)."
What is this equivalent to ? What kind of real life shock these values represent ?
Thank you.
Hi There
I currently have some Dell T630's on order. These come with 8 x 3.5" and 4 x PCI Express SSD slots. However, I am unable to find any disks for the PCI Express SSD. It seems these were designed for the Intel 750 - which now appear to be discontinued.
Can I use m.2 NVME Samsung 960's in these slots? Is there any way to adapt these slots to support m.2 NVME? I am unsure of the difference between U.2 and M.2 etc, this is all new to me, so any guidance would be very helpful.
Thanks!
Saj
I wanted to know if the 4 x PCI Express SSD on the front of the T630 is a U.2 interface for a 2.5" disk like the Intel 750?
Can I install an adapter such as the Delock 62725 and use M.2 Samsung 960 NVMe PCIe SSD?
sorry to barge in on such an old post if its the wrong area please let me know. i currently have a dell poweredge 2900. im new to a server/workstation. i have windows 10 32bit home installed on it currently. i had thought with the 2 cpu's it would handle my gaming easier but its proving to be ineffective when i try to game.
processor intel xeon e5405 @2.00GHz x2
installed ram is 12 gb (2.74GB usable)
32 bit operating system x64 based processor
now is there a way to make my computer use all 12 gb of ram this seems improper. also i have no clue how to find specific versions of firmware and such drivers so my second question is there a way to do a system update that would check all of that?
Hello together, this is my first post, since I never had a problem before that couldn't be solved without Google ;)
Well, today my Server went kind of berserk and I need to access it via iDrac to do a reboot, as Server was not responsive. Before I could simply do it with 193.XXX.XXX.43:443 but this isn't working anymore.
I checked and found that i might be able to use SSH .. 193.XXX.XXX.43:22 via PuTTY that was possible.
What can I do to reactivate the Webinterface?
I couldn't find a simple documentation how to do from ssh what I usually do from Webinterface, is there somewhere something simple as that? just typing "reboot" didn't do the trick ;)
As a little help I can give you the output from "racadm getsysinfo" ..... as most stuff about servers thats a lot of hokus pokus ... as normally I have a quite simple server management that does what i need and keeps the server secure. But some stuff I simply need to know myself, as a reboot can be much faster done myself, than writing emails, waiting for a response and THEn getting it rebooted for me.
So I would be really glad if somehow the Webinterface could be 'reactivated' or you tell me a simple way to reboot via command from the idrac ssh
Kind regards
Sascha
/admin1-> racadm getsysinfo
RAC Information:
RAC Date/Time = Mon May 22 03:35:31 2017
Firmware Version = 1.35.35
Firmware Build = 07
Last Firmware Update = 05/15/2013 07:26:16
Hardware Version = 0.01
MAC Address = 90:B1:1C:4D:A8:F4
Common settings:
Register DNS RAC Name = 0
DNS RAC Name = idrac-7Y93YX1
Current DNS Domain =
Domain Name from DHCP = Disabled
IPv4 settings:
Enabled = 1
Current IP Address = 193.XXX.XXX.43
Current IP Gateway = 193.XXX.XXX.1
Current IP Netmask = 255.255.255.0
DHCP Enabled = 0
Current DNS Server 1 = 0.0.0.0
Current DNS Server 2 = 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers from DHCP = Disabled
IPv6 settings:
Enabled = 0
Current IP Address 1 = ::
Current IP Gateway = ::
Autoconfig = 1
Link Local IP Address = ::
Current IP Address 2 = ::
Current IP Address 3 = ::
Current IP Address 4 = ::
Current IP Address 5 = ::
Current IP Address 6 = ::
Current IP Address 7 = ::
Current IP Address 8 = ::
Current IP Address 9 = ::
Current IP Address 10 = ::
Current IP Address 11 = ::
Current IP Address 12 = ::
Current IP Address 13 = ::
Current IP Address 14 = ::
Current IP Address 15 = ::
DNS Servers from DHCPv6 = Disabled
Current DNS Server 1 = ::
Current DNS Server 2 = ::
System Information:
System Model = PowerEdge R320
System Revision = I
System BIOS Version = 1.5.2
Service Tag = 7Y93YX1
Express Svc Code = 17308628101
Host Name =
OS Name =
OS Version =
Power Status = ON
Fresh Air Capable = Yes
Watchdog Information:
Recovery Action = None
Present countdown value = 15 seconds
Initial countdown value = 15 seconds
Embedded NIC MAC Addresses:
NIC.Embedded.1-1-1 Ethernet = 90:B1:1C:4D:A8:F2
WWN = 90:B1:1C:4D:A8:F2
NIC.Embedded.2-1-1 Ethernet = 90:B1:1C:4D:A8:F3
WWN = 90:B1:1C:4D:A8:F3
This server has 2 SATA 1 TB drives configured as a virtual raid 1. I see the degraded message during boot but windows does load and runs, though it is slow and momentarily freezes for 10-20 seconds every once and awhile. In open manage there is an error triangle next to the virtual drive. If you mouse over the triangle it says - non-critical. I was expecting to drill down further and see the physical drives with one showing an error, but it does not let you any further than seeing the single virtual drive.
Does this indicate that drive 1 is bad and should be replaced? If so, should I replace the drive and let it rebuild on its own or do I need to first undo the raid, replace the drive, then recreate the mirror? Or is there something else I need to be looking at? I appreciate any help on this issue.
Hello,
Problem: I turned off server PowerEdge R410 after 8 hours work, when I want to turn it on, can't start... The disk diode blinks and that's all.. After several hours everithing is OK, start normally. Any idea, what is going on?
Thanks for your answer.
Hi,
I have a Dell PowerEdge server with Linux installed, and I need Linux to boot on CPU1 rather than CPU0. I can't find any option in Linux to set the boot cpu, so I thought it might be possible to configure the boot cpu in the BIOS / iDrac. Is there such a configuration?
Thanks!
I have a Dell PowerEdge R720 server that was subject to a power outage. Now it proceeds through the boot process (No errors or warnings) until it comes time to load the Red Hat OS. I am presented with a menu containing the only OS that is installed (see attached image). I select that OS and I am immediately presented with a new screen that simply says, "Press any key to continue..." When I press any key, I am returned to the previous screen where I am asked to select an OS. There are no other messages or warnings.
I know this is an old version of Red Hat. I am not interested in upgrading it. This server is not critical but will make life easier if I can get it running. Also, I only need this server for a couple more months until we finish implementing a whole new solution.
I am not a hardware guy but this one fell into my lap. So, any advice, information, tricks, etc. would be greatly appreciated!!
I am buying some T630 servers with the 8 x 3.5" HDD and 4 x PCI Express Flash SSD.
Can anyone tell me if the connector for the PCI Express Flash SSD disk is a SFF-8639 (U.2) connector?
Thanks!
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hello
we are searching for a power supply that can replace the old code N870P-S0, for a server model PE710.
Any suggestions?
Thank you
Best regards
Hi ,
I have updated my T620 BIOS from 2.1.3 to 2.5.4. After that the fan became noisy. The current speed of the two fans is 2500. I have updated all other firmware that comes in the SUU as well.
- What need to be done to reduce the fan speed ?
- I have noted that the iDRAC firmware version is 2.41.40, while the iDRAC settings version is showing "1.65.65.04". Not sure if this is OK or not and how to fix it.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
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