Thunderbolt compatibility with PowerEdge R520?
I have a one year old R520 and need to find a way to copy many TB of data from it to several portable external drives. I wondered whether this server was compatible with Thunderbolt technology. If I...
View Article2162 DS problem
I have two 2162ds kvm switches. I am able to connect to each switch, and see the servers. When I click on a server, it does whatever it does with java, and I answer all the questions. After...
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Can the roof on the PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 4210 be removed?
The roof has 4 grommet holes on each corner to feed cables. I cant seem to find a guide that shows how to remove the whole roof safely. I am curious if anyone has managed to remove it. If so what did...
View ArticlePowerEdge R610 crashes after MS Server 2012 R2 Update Install
On three separate occasions, my PowerEdge R610 winds up crashing and hangs on reboot. This occurs after MS Server 2012 R2 OS installs regular Windows updates. After running DSET 3.7.0 and the System...
View ArticleUpdating H730 firmware on ESXi
We have two R530's running ESXi 5.5. They are running slightly out of date firmware on the H730 mini RAID controllers that I'd like to update.The problem is, the only firmware update files I can find...
View ArticlePowerEdge T320 Power Supply Upgrade
HelloI have a T320 Server with a 350W non-redundant power supply but now I get a boot up error that the supply is not enough anymore. So is there a non-redundant power supply greater than 350W for the...
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PE2950 Does not register the total amount of memory installed.
I have a Gen III PE 2950 on BIOS 2.7.0I have 8x 8GB DDR2 667mhz ECC FB-DIMM modules installed for a total of 64GB of memory.When booting, the splash screen says 63.75GB installed. When ESXi loads up...
View ArticleDell KVM 2162DS Remote Console Switch
How is it possible to use Keyboard, monitor & mouse over cat5 cable in addition to local UI?We have a situation in our network where we have 6 servers connected to the 2162DS. In addition to local...
View ArticleERRORI POWEEDGE 2950
BUONGIORNOIO RILEVO I SEGUENTI ERRORI , MA COSA VOGLIONO DIRE E COME LI RISOLVO?- MODELLO POWEREDGE 2950ERRORI:- E1614 PS 2 STATUS E161C PS 2 INPUT LOST POWEREDGE 2950 E 1624 PS REDUNDANCY- E1812 HDD 5...
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iDrac issues on High resolution/DPI Screens - ie Surface Pro 4
HelloI have purchased a MS Surface Pro 4, the Resolution is very high on it. I've been able to fix some apps by configuring compatibility mode to disable automatic resizing on high DPI resolutions.I...
View ArticleUpgrade firmware on esxi servers
Hi All, I am planning to upgrade firmware on my two Dell servers. Now my manager want like an official paper or website which says that the upgraded firmware will be supported by the ESXi software.That...
View ArticleVPS Control Panel
What is your choice for VPS Control Panel? I've had Parallels in the past which I loved because I do not need simple. However, my VPS was moved to a newer and faster server recently but now has OpenVZ...
View ArticleOpen manage application issue
Hi,when I click on the server administrator then i got this error on my IE browser below. HTTP status 403 -type - status reportmessagedescription - access to the specified resource has been...
View ArticleT430 operating system install without cd
Server does not have a cd drive, and trying to install operating system. Have operating system on usb drive and it will boot, but always boots to c drive and does not appear to see the raid. iDRAC...
View ArticlePower Edge 2950 hardware update
hi,what is the best practice procedure for hardware updates such as bios, firmware, and etc. and is there anything that i need to do before doing the updates.thanks,Jessie
View ArticleR710 iDRAC6 enterprise webgui problem
I've got an R710 where the webgui works (kindof), but it seems that it can't pull any information about the server into the web interface. The pages load and the links work, but every page leaves every...
View ArticlePowerEdge™ R300 Systems
Hi everybody, i have problem with my r300 server, am getting the error message in lcd E1311 FAN MOD 4b , i am confused which fan mod has problem, power supply fan or cpu fan ,i referred in HW manual...
View ArticlePowerEge C2100 memory reduced with Intel X540
Came across a couple of PE C2100 (not CS2100) wityh 128 (16x8Gb) RAMThey have H700 controller & one spare PCI-e slot.If I fit Intel X540-T2, then memory gets reduced to 80Gb & I briefly (too...
View Article10 GBe mezzanine card for Dell C2100
I have a Dell PowerEdge C2100 FS12-TY and I am trying to locate the Dell part number for the optional 10 GBe mezzanine card. I have searched for days but can't clearly find out what parts to purchase.
View ArticleR610 can't see CPU temperature probe
Hello, i have a lot of different R610 servers and in each server via openmanage or console commands i can't see CPU temperature. Only motherboard. Everything is OK with voltage and etc.. So i don't see...
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