Dell System Hardware & Software Updates for April 20 - 24, 2015
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View ArticleDell 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...
View ArticleDisk 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?
View ArticleR710 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 -...
View ArticleIPMI 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 -...
View Articleidrac 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...
View ArticleInternal 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...
View ArticlePoweredge 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...
View ArticleDell 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...
View ArticleWhat model of perc 3 do I have, and informations about clear...
Hello pals. Perc3 is beating me.As I could see hereI have a perc 3 DC card.Pictures attachedHere, I've seen about[quote]For the perc controller, pull the Raid Key and DIMM and leave out tof the server...
View ArticleDell 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...
View ArticleDell 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...
View ArticleBlack 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...
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"No storage controllers detected" on Poweredge R210
OMSA Version 6.5.0When 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...
View ArticleDell 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 RamThis 2 m630 are new, (they are installed since 2 days)...
View ArticleHow to change DRAC user's password?
It says "To configure a user, click on the User ID number." butWhen 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...
View ArticlePowerEdge 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...
View ArticleDELL 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...
View ArticleBMC 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...
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