LCC Firmware not found on m710HD
Hi,Just noticed that on 2 of our m710HDs, that the version of the LCC does not show up on the Drac System Details page. In fact it comes up as Not Found.So I logged on to one of the boxes (Windows...
View ArticlePowerEdge T110 II USB Drive causes hang
Hi I have a PowerEdge T110 II server running Windows SBS 2011 Standard. It has a set of USB disks which are used with the built-in SBS backup software.I have an ongoing issue that randomly (ranging...
View ArticlePoweredge T410 seems to start but never boots
I've got a T410 that when you hit the power everything seems to power up, you get the fans turning on, the drives all blink for a moment, but the monitor never comes on. After a couple of minutes, the...
View ArticlePowerEdge T610 - ECC Single-Bit Correction Warning Rate Exceeeded
I am wondering if I need to be concerned about this issue.Have a few of these servers exhibiting these errors on the memory:Single bit warning error rate exceededSingle-bit failure error rate...
View ArticlePowerEdge / Sata help needed
I have a Talon DVR (spec sheet attached) installed in my bar and 32 cameras. I would like to increase my recording storage capacity considerably. I am using WD Purple WD60PURX 6TB Sata hard drives....
View ArticleUsing omconfig to expand RAID 6 array on H710p
I've been handed the task of expanding some RAID 6 arrays while our usual admin guy is on leave. I've never done this before so I'm not really sure what I'm doing. I see that I should be using...
View ArticlePCIe v1 cards on v2 slots
It looks like the issue is PCIe v 1.x versus v2 slot compatibility. The Hauppauge HVR-1800 is a v1 card and the T20 has a v2 slot.My BIOS came shipped with A06, which seems to be the latest. Will...
View ArticleT610 with a GPU
I have a T610 tower that I want to add a graphics card to.When I went looking through the manual for the server, I found that it says:"The system supports 25W maximum power for the first two PCIe cards...
View ArticleServer won't boot
I have a Dell T420 server running Windows 2012. It won't boot.It starts to boot but when it get to the line"Dell ATA AHCI BIOS version 1.0.2"then stops and goes no further. Worked with Dell Chat for...
View ArticleAdding an IEEE1394 (FireWire) to an R410?
I'm new to rack hardware, and I've just bought a second-hand Dell R410 to which I'm thinking of adding an IEEE1394 (FireWire) interface.If I've understood correctly, from reading the R410 system...
View ArticleiDRAC card installation
HiI've ordered and installed a new iDRAC card (Enterprise license) in my PowerEdge R320 server. I've connected the port to my DMZ network.However, there is no link on the port, no light flashing.What...
View ArticleDell T20 and RAID BIOS not recognised on Warm Boot
I have a new Dell T20 with the latest BIOS and am installing ESXi 5.5U3I have installed a MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i using Cachcade on 4TB SATA'sOn a power on, the T20 enumerates the MegaRAID BIOS and...
View ArticleiDRAC 6 communication problems
Recently I attempted an upgrade of an old R610's iDRAC6 firmware. Well, it all went wrong. It was actually at the point where it was just uploading the new BIN file before I told it to update. It just...
View ArticlePowerEdge T410 Error Code 2
Hello,I have a Dell Power Edge T410 with the Error Code 2 showing up whenever I try to boot the server.This server is running our SBS and errors out when loading. Screen says:Foreign configurations...
View ArticlePoweredge R710 Memory Failure.
Hello,I currently have an R710 with DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2 occupied with Hynix 4GB 2rx8 Sticks. Which works fine.I purchased two more 4GB sticks and they turned up as Hynix 4GB 2rx4 PC3-10600R-9-10-E1 I...
View ArticleR710 with new PCI card
GreetingsHow do I enable the card in the boot process rather than after?
View Articlehow to choose my server?
I'd like to host my new website and need your help regarding hosting provider.They should have live chat support and skilled techies.I would like to hear other thoughts on this.
View ArticleM610 won't boot with Mezzanine Card
I have an M1000e chassis with M610 (gen2) blades, servers boot fine without the mezzanine card (HX271) Card is in Fabric C. I also have an M600 blade with the same mezzanine card which boots fine.Is...
View ArticleInstalling a Serial PCIe card into a VRTX
Hello,We have a classic PBX software that requires a serial port in order to communicate to our PBX box, the software is currently installed on a VM running on an older IBM xSeries server, it is...
View ArticleLifecycle controller FTP Firmware update failing
When I attempt to update the firmware via Licecycle ctonroller FTP option to simply the default of 'ftp.dell.com' all I get is "Connecting to FTP server to download the catalog" for about 5 minutes and...
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