ESX upgrade from 4.1.0 to 5.5 on a poweredge R710 ?
HiI have on site 3 dell pow r710 running esx 4.1.0.they are in a "little cluster" of my vcenter : 3 hosts maximum with essential plus license. if we upgrade our 3 esx to vmware 5.5, what is needed to...
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Hi Everyone.I am new on Dell Servers and i am faced with a task to make the server work on RAID 5 with 6 SAS Drives. Can Anyone take me trough this difficult process please.
View ArticleDell Gigabit Et Quad Port Server Adapter (Intel 82576)
Hello,Where can I find the latest firmware for Dell Gigabit Et Quad Port Server Adapter (Intel 82576)I couldn't find it by searching it.
View ArticleDell VRTX connect to external MD1400 storage
Hi.I am new to the Dell VRTX and cant find a section on it so I will take from the storage side.I have installed a Dell VRTX with a PCIe Raid card to connect to an external MD1400.Within the CMC of...
View ArticleHas anyone tried with R730+2*Titan X before?
Poweredge R730 officially doesn't support Nvidia Titan X, but several Tesla's. But the physical dimension of Titan X is the same as Tesla K40. The only difference is titan consumes a little bit more...
View ArticleDell Poweredge 1750/1950 hot swap of power supplies
Hi,Is it possible to use the redundant power supplies (PS1 / PS2) on a Dell 1750/1950 to switch a server from one source of supply (supply A) to a completely different source of supply (supply B),...
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new firmware for PERC 6/i always shows as available in Life Cycle Controller
I have updated all firmware for my R710 using Dell's ftp site via the life cycle controller. However, due to a version numbering anomaly (bug), it still shows that PERC 6/i firmware is available. I've...
View ArticleMixing M620 with M630 in a Windows Cluster ...
I have 3 M620 blades in one of my chassis. We create 6-node Hyper-V Failover clusters across two chassis to provide HA and capacity etc.Question is, can I buy 3 new M630 blades and mix M620 with...
View ArticlePowerEdge T110 Drivers Needed for Windows 7 64 Bit
hello, I want to put Windows 7 on The PowerEdge T110 for a project and I am having difficulty finding the drivers that will allow disk recognition. Can anyone help?
View Articlepower edge R410
What is graphics card supported in PE R410? I have AMD FirePro V3900/1GB. This is not to your screen.
View ArticleUpgrading Dell PowerEdge 2950 (Gen. 3) to 32GB of RAM
I bought this 32GB FBDIMM kit off eBay, only to have it not work. Server is 2.7.0 BIOS. If I put all 8 in, I get no errors and no video, but it sounds like it started. If I put one 2GB stick that...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2900 III RAID 10?
Hello,I have a PowerEdge 2900 III with SAS 6/iR Integrated (Embedded) and SATAu with two bays of 4 HDD int each bay.I would like to install 8 SATA HDD of 1TB each and to make a RAID 10 configuration...
View Article3tb Drive only Showing 2tb on SAS 6/iR Controller
To all,I have a Dell PE T410 system with a Dell SAS 6/iR controller in it. I recently added a Western Digital 3TB drive to it but the Windows 2012 R2 OS and OpenManager software only shows about 2tb....
View ArticleiDRAC 8 - configure SMTP authentication using racadm
Hi,I'm configuring a range of R730xd servers, and want to automate it as much as possible.I use racadm to enable alerts and to select email alerts for all warning and critical alerts.I can configure...
View ArticlePowerEdge T410
I have a Dell PowerEdge T410 that I purchased back in 2012. Can someone please tell me how to find out if it is possible to use this server as a host for VMWare?Thanks!!!
View ArticleT610 E171F error
T610 server. Noticed today that there is a message on the LCD that says - "E171F PCIe fatal error on Slot 2. Review and clear SEL."We do have two quad nics added to this server. Any idea on what this...
View ArticleSuggestion on type and price for 16GB RAM on Power Edge T320
Hi all,I need to add more 16GB RAM for my Power Edge T320 server. need your help in suggestion on type model and etc of suitable RAM for me and the price.Thanks a lot.
View ArticleSetting up VLAN on T420
Hi,My PE T420 has a single Ethernet controller (BroadCom BCM5720) with 2 ports. I need to setup VLANs to isolate one port from the other one.I have some questions related to this need:- Can I create...
View ArticleDell System Hardware & Software Updates for October 4 - 9, 2015
Popular DownloadsDell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7 for Dell serversDell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.1OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.10Servers &...
View ArticleH700 cables needed in my R710 with 6x3.5 backplane
Hello,I am about to install an H700 into an R710 that previously had a Perc6. Also worth noting this is the 3.5" backplane and not the 2.5". I know that I will need different cables then the perc6...
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