fans run at high-speed over-cooling CPU
we have two identical server R220, except one with E3-1220 and other with E-1230. I am trying to run them with very low power and noise, so I've disabled turbo-mode and hyper-threading on E3-1230, thus...
View ArticleR710 not pulling up Perc 6/e
I have a R710 with a H700 raid controller. I wanted to add a PERC 6/E to it, but when I add the 6/E it does not pull up. I removed the H700 and it still won't pull up. Any thoughts on what this...
View ArticleT310 struct at "iDrac6 not responding!! rebooting".
My Dell T310 running VMware esxi.It hasn't any iDrac card.Yesterday, it has problem.When i power on this machine it will struct at "iDrac6 not responding!! rebooting" message.Fron panel LCD is blank,...
View Article"ecmprod-index1" on LCD? PE2950
I have a strange message scrolling on the LCD. It says:ecmprod-index1Can anyone tell me what this means?
View ArticlePerformance problems
Hi!We have a PowerEdge R510 with 2xE5620 and 24GB of RAM running W2008 R2 Datacenter.We ran a MIPS measuring tool which is using only one core sustained. We ran this tool on both host and inside W2008...
View ArticleRandom emails "The storage BP1 power cable is not connected" R620
Poweredge R620 iDrac will randomly email out a message saying "The storage BP1 Power cable is not connected, or is improperly connected." Here's the thing, we don't have ANY hard drive in it. All the...
View ArticlePoweredge2800 - memory upgrade
Hi all,I would like to extend memory in my serwver up to 16 gb of ram. There are 6 slots for memory + 1 if i am good remember. This last one is in diffrent place inside server (256 ram). So 7...
View ArticleR730 PSU 750W fails FCC part 15 class A and CISPR 22 conducted emission test
We have recently purchased two R730 server from the Dell representatives in Australia. One of which has undergone a FCC part 15 class A / CISPR 22 test, and fails the conducted emission test at 120V...
View ArticlePowerEdge T110-II - 4TB Hard drive
I have a PowerEdge T110-II server running VMware ESXi 5.5. I have added a 4TB SATA drive. The BIOS does not recognize the drive. It is not being identified under the SATA settings. I have tried...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2970 w/AMD Opteron 2212, problem with 2nd CPU install
Hi,We had this server donated to us and I am trying to get it ready to use. (fairly new with servers)It came with (1) CPU and 2 gb of Ram and it runs good. The BIOS reported this CPU as an AMD Opteron...
View ArticleR510 Supported CPU's
Tried to upgrade one of our R510's to 2 Intel Xeon X5687 processors, but found out that the R510's don't support 130w CPU's??? Is there a list of supported CPU's because the documentation lists all...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1900 Dual-Socketed .... Now what?
Just installed a second processor in the P.E. 1900 II. The processor shows in the BIOS, so it's working, but how do I get it to be recognized in Server 2012 R2? In device manager it lists 8 identical...
View ArticleCan i use Dell PowerEdge T110 II for #D Animations and architects designs
Hello..I'm Dilan, I need a system that suitable to work AutoCAD, Lumion Revit.. Can i use Dell PowerEdge T110 II by using compatible VGA to it???If so what is the VGA that suit to the system..?
View ArticleDell PowerEdge M620 [NIC problem]
We have a problem with NIC of Dell PowerEdge M620.In iDRAC log event it shows: NIC 100: The NIC Integrated 1 Port 2 network link is down. We have switched the server from one slot to another and the...
View ArticlePOWEREDGE R 710 MEMORY CONFIGURATION
Hi guys,i have a Poweredge server R710 with 2 processor. Actually i have 8 x 4GB RAM (Tot. 32GB). Is possibile mix the memory size of 4GB with 2 memory of 16GB RAM.I tested the configuration but during...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 800 Hardware Issues?
I have a Dell Power Edge 800 Server that is just randomly locking up on me frequently. It is running Windows SBS 2003 but the event logs don't show much other than unexpected system shutdown from the...
View ArticleT110 No display
Hello, I have a poweredge t110 and the display won't work. I had this computer for about a year and it worked perfectly two days before it broke. I took the graphics card out, which is an xfx r5 230. I...
View ArticleDell YT674 NIC Drivers needed for 2012 R2
I am decommissioning several 1950 servers; each of them have 2 of these NICs. I'm spinning up a new R320 with Server 2012R2 and thought I'd throw one of these NICs in it, but I'm finding it impossible...
View ArticleDell System Hardware & Software Updates for May 11 - 15, 2015
Popular DownloadsDSET - Dell Server E-Support Tool for Dell ServersDell Support Live Image 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA)OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.0.1ServersMellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet...
View ArticleBreaking through the 2TB barrier on a poweredge T300
I have an older Poweredge T300 running windows 2012 r2. The scsi adapter is very finicky. Some drives aren't even recognized at all. I installed a 5TB drive and the OS only reads 2TB i cant for the...
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