m1000e DRAC slow
Hi, I have 5 Dell m1000e chassiswith 16 blades each.When I need to use the DRAC to manage the blades, everything is SO SLOW... it can take 30 seconds to a minute for each click.Ex: I'M in the cassis...
View Article10 GBe mezzanine card for Dell C1100
Hi all,I have Dell PowerEdge C1100 (model CS24-TY). I'm trying to locate the Dell part number for the optional 10 GBe mezzanine card described in...
View ArticlePower Edge 2850 running Windows Server 2012 R2
I am trying to get a Power Edge 2850 and 1850 to run Windows Server 2012, so far It gets past the loading screen then will reboot. I believe it has something to do with the drivers but not sure.
View ArticleVirtualisation Advise
HiI want to start implementing virtual servers (virtual datacenter) for my company but don't have an idea where to start as I've never worked with VMs before.This will be a total new infrastructure of...
View ArticleR630 + Qlogic 10G nics
I was working through the config options of the Qlogic (broadcom) 10G nics.Noticed there was a virtulisation config (I am running vmware).Any know where I can find some doco on this what its support to...
View ArticlePowerEdge T410 & Xeon X5680 Compatibility
Anyone know if the PowerEdge T410 with the 1.12.0 BIOS is compatible with Xeon X5680's? The release notes indicate the system is compatible with 5600 series processors but I am unable to get the server...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2400 Power Supplies voltage drop from 5V to 1.5 V
Hi all.One of my venerable PowerEdge 2400 servers is damaging power supplies. In my efforts to isolate the problem by parts swapping with a working server I managed to wreck five power supplies before...
View ArticleWater Cooling PowerEdge
I am looking to reduce the noise of a R910 Poweredge server. I have modified the fans, which has helped reduced the noise, but not enough. As an alternative, I am considering water cooling kits and...
View Articleneed suggestion for buying a server
Hi,My name is sreeraj. Im working as an IT infrastructure engineer. My client wants to create a virtualized Infrastructure by using VMware horizon view. And users will be zero clients. Users needs to...
View ArticleIntel X710 PXE Ubuntu ESXI Revisited
Hey folks,I started a new thread vs resurrecting the old one in the hopes that someone knows how to deal with this. Currently have R730XDs with Intel X710 NICs. Situation is that PXE performance via...
View ArticleYes or No: Will a Xeon Phi 31S1p work in a Dell Power Edge 710..?
I won a university prize for a neural network (and some OpenMP and MPI coursework) on a HPC system.The prize is a Xeon Phi 31S1p passively cooled 59 processor card.I saw a Dell Power Edge for sale (...
View ArticleUpdate Failure Process Secure Update Failed - OS Driver Pack / Drivers for OS...
I have been updating a set of R520 servers and one it stuck where the OS Driver Pack / Drivers for OS Deployment are stuck at ZERO. When updating on Linux no matter what flags are used the update gives...
View ArticleDell Power Edge R810 Memory Config
My Client is running a R810 with 512 GB memory 32x (Crucial 16GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT16G3ERSLD4160B) with 4 x INTEL XEON E7-4860 PROCESSORS and...
View ArticlePCI Slot on PowerEdge VRTX
Hi,I have a PowerEdge VRTX, and I need to connect a PCI card (old and custom made) but the server has only PCIE Slots.I’ve tried PCIE to PCI adapters, but they need power from the server power supply...
View ArticleDell M610 M610 Memory
Will Dell M610 and M610x support 8GB DDR3 Low Voltage Memory? (PC3L-10600R)
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PE R510 Memory config [MEMTEST Lane Failure]
I have a PE R510 with 32GB of memory running Win2008 Std with a single cpu.I upgraded the OS to EnterpriseI added a second cpuI replaced the 4x 8GB sticks of memory with 8x 16GBOn boot, the OS only can...
View ArticlePoweredge T410 BIOS
I updated the BIOS today on a PE T410, and when it rebooted it stated that it could not find a boot device. Is there any way to boot to a live CD, and copy the data? I have tried the Dell Support...
View ArticlePoweredge T320 RAM mixing questions
I have a T320 and some spare memory modules.The T320 currently has 2 x 8GB (Samsung part no M393B1G70BH0-YK0)This is actually confusing already since that RAM module has speed of 1600 MHz, but the...
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R530 issue: Timeout on multiple physical disks with H330 mini
I have a new R530 with 8 physical disks, all straight from Dell, 2x 120G SSD OS drives, 4x400G SSD VM/DB drives in raid 10, and 2 6TB in raid 1 for file storage and backups. We've just started to put...
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