Replace the battery of a RAID controller PERC 4/Di ?
Hello,I have a Dell PowerEdge 2600 (running Windows 2003), whom the battery of RAID controller PERC 4/Di has to be replaced.It's the first time that I've to do this operation and I've some...
View ArticleNIC Teaming on R710
Would like to setup nic teaming on a PowerEdge R710 however I am not finding much information on it.The server was setup with Server 2008 R2 last year manually (meaning the tech installed the software...
View ArticleInstalling DRAC in a PE 2900
I have a PowerEdge 2900 and just purchased a WW126 DRAC5 remote access card with long cables. The DRAC documentation indicates that the hardware installation procedure is in the computer hardware...
View ArticleOn two PowerEdge T605 I get for the internal disk : SATA link up 1.5 Gbps. Is...
Hi All,When running : "dmeg | grep ata1", I'm getting the following:ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m8192@0xee2fe000 port 0xee2fe000 irq 10ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 320)ata1.00:...
View ArticlePowerEdge T420 Server with Broadcom 5720 NIC
Network Card not being recognized by Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Can someone point me to the specific driver/software that needs to be implemented in order for my network card to be recognized by the...
View ArticleCan I use a RAID Controller Card Adaptec SCSI 39160 ?
Hello,I've a Dell PowerEdge 2600 (running Windows 2003), whom the RAID controller PERC 4/Di (integrated) appears to be faulty.I continually get the message "Warning Embedded RAID firmware is not...
View ArticleMonitoring Dell UPS using network management card 2
Hi,We have Dell smart UPS 3000 with NMC 2. i have connected the card and it's showing solid green( means it has taken DHCP address), but i am unable to configure it for UPS monitoring. Can someone help...
View ArticleR710 PSU requirements
Hello,I recently tried to upgrade an R710 server from a single E5520 CPU and 2x2GB of RAM to Dual X5650's and 6x8GB of RAM. The server also has a Perc 6i and 3x146GB drives. However when I did the...
View ArticlePower edge 2950 hardware
Hi,I've got this server and i have not updated anything on this server a long time. my OS is windows 2003 r2 32bit server. I am planning to install windows 2012 r2. what should i do first? do i need to...
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PowerEdge T110ii Memory upgrade, disaster.
Hello,I need some assistance, I recently made a purchase of some memory to upgrade my PowerEdge T110II. Unfortunately, the person I bought my new memory from didn't add the correct details on the item...
View Articlesnmp OID for inlet temp on R620 iDRAC7
HiWanted to find the oid for getting the inlet temp on a R620 iDrac7 server.Can't seem to find itthanks
View Articledell poweredge 2950 rack converted to full tower case(from poweredge 1900)...
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has tried to take the components from a dell power edge 2950 rack server and put them into a dell power edge 1900 full tower case?I am not sure if it can be done,...
View ArticleDell R620: EEPROM write failure while upgrading Intel(R) Gigabit 4P I350-t...
I'm observing NIC firmware update failures on 6 of our Dell PowerEdge R620 servers. Please suggest remedy methods/workarounds. Error on 14.5.8The version of this Update Package is newer than the...
View ArticleDell R620: HDDs become auto "removed" and "installed" in quick succession
As you can see from the R620 SEL below, the drives go from a “removed” state to “installed” state in a matter of 3-5 minutes. Every “removed” event results in a drive rebuild. This happens...
View ArticleHow to get the "Product Name" on Dell PowerEdge R620 using Linux
Hi allI'd like to retrieve the Product Name on my Dell PowerEdge R620 system to use this information in a monitoring applicataion. Normally I would usedmidecode -t system to see this information. This...
View ArticlePowerEdge 6850 upgrade
HiI have Dell PowerEdge 6850 can i upgrade it to windows server 2008 R2 and work with ram (4*16)GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz 240p ECC REG
View ArticleHow to tell if PowerEdge 2950's have iDRAC cards in them while booted into RHEL
I have a couple PE 2950's that are running RHEL5.4, is there a way to tell from the command line interface while RHEL is booted if the server has an iDRAC card in it? and if so, is there a way to...
View ArticleDoes the PowerEdge R420 support Video Card?
Does the PowerEdge R420 support a video card via PCI? If so which one? I need Open GL capabilities for a security camera server. Thank you!
View ArticleIs it possible to usr a PERC H810 in a R710 Server?
Is it possible to usr a PERC H810 in a R710 Server?
View ArticlePoweredge T20 purchase help?
I am considering my first purchase,namely the Dell 22 inch monitor E series 2214H and a Poweredge T20.Here's a few questions:What are the advantages of buying he T20 from Dell,because Dell wants...
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