No display output when plugging an external display - PowerEdge R520
Hi there,Has anyone encountered this issue? If so what did you do to resolve this issue? Basically when either my IT Manager or I remote into the server, no output is displayed when plugging an...
View ArticleR710 Memory goop
Installed 4GB PC3-10600 ECC 1333 sticks into slots A1, A3, A5, B1, B3 and B5 expecting 24GB at 1333 or 10600At POST it shows 24GB running at 800Latest BIOS and CHIPSET firmware running. What did I miss?
View ArticleUEFI entry is S-L-OoooooooooooooW on R710
Choosing F11 during start-up to enter System Services starts the slow process to load the UEFI.Thinking it only slow, I went for coffee, drank it and got a second (third) cup. Still not loaded. I...
View ArticleR710 refuses to take new processors
Bought R710 with 1 x E5504 processor. Picked up a pair of L5639 which is the same processor family/socket. Replaced processors, put heat sinks back on but when I press power button server starts for 1...
View Articledell vrtx output max
I am trying to find how much power out my dell vrtx outputs?how much would you say the max power output is on a dell vrtx?
View ArticleR810 unrecognised DDR3-12800 DIMM
My R810 is currently fitted with 64GB (16x 4GB) sticks of DDR3-8500R and we were wanting to bump this up to 128GB. We've got four E7540 Xeons fitted.We purchased four IBM DDR3-12800R ECC ram (2Rx4,...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2950 error: RAC initialization failed.
I will update. I have the same pattern and the same server.System: Dell PowerEdge 2950Remote Access Controller detected!!*** Error: Remote Access Controller initialization failure ***RAC virtual USB...
View ArticleDell R710 and Dell EMC R710?
Can someone explain the differences between Dell R710 and Dell EMC R710?Thx
View ArticleR630 - low single threaded performance
Yesterday I've installed my two new R630 servers with dual Xeon E5-2640 v3's. As always I've run a benchmark to see how much these servers improve against previous generation of servers. So I run...
View ArticleSystem State Backup on Dell PowerEdge R510 Domain Controllers Freezes and...
Hi,We have recently had issues with running system state backups on our Domain Controllers. We just migrated to Server 2008 R2 on Dell PowerEdge R510 machines. We've had a recent issue that when we...
View ArticleInstalling more DIMMs - Will not work
We have a PowerEdge 1900 with 4x 1GB DIMMs installed. Bought 4 more but the server will not boot - error message DIMM mis-match. Tried various configurations but no success.As last resort, installed...
View ArticlePE 2950 SAS R/i Firmware wont update
I have a 2950 with the Perc 5/I integrated. Server manager is saying I have to update the firmware from 2.13.00.32 to 2.24.00.32 and i get message in the even log that back up this need. I found...
View ArticlePoweredge R610 memory upgrade
Hi all,So I have a few R610s I want to upgrade the memory on. I read the documentation I found at support but I'm still slightly confused. They're all single processor (On the A side) with six 2GB...
View ArticleDell PER720 very high fan speed!
I have just performed a clean installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 on a new RAID 1 pair of 300GB SAS 15K. I tried both methods, directly off the OS DVD and using SBUU.BUT the fans will not slow down...
View ArticleAsset Tag Utility for PowerEdge T410
I replaced the mobo on a PE T410, and I'd like to update the asset tag. Can someone direct me to the correct tool? I'm running VMware, so I need a bootable ISO.Thanks
View ArticleBrightness on R620 front panel lcd display
Hello,This year we purchased 4 new R620 servers. We purchased 2 R620 servers last year. The two servers we purchased last year have a much darker front panel LCD than the ones we purchased this year....
View ArticleCovert a 4 bay R710 to 6 Bay.
I have a 4 bay R710 with Flex bay and want to replace SAS backplane to make it 6 bay. Is this feasible? Thx
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DRAC6 virtual console not working in Win8/IE10?
I have a Poweredge R610 with a DRAC6. It works fine. I got a new Windows 8 computer with Internet Explorer 10. No matter what I do the virtual console won't come up under IE10 on this Windows 8...
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M1000e showing weird graphics
Hi,After recently updating our m1000e chassis fleet to version 5 of the firmware, the Group Administration view is behaving quite strangely.There are open boxes instead of correct pics being shown in...
View ArticleR815, USB not showing in boot sequence
I have been tasked with maintaining some PowerEdge R815 installed with VMware ESXi 5.5. It was previously installed off a disk from the internal optical drive. I was aiming to run Dell tools/updates...
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