occasional fatal PCI error with an Intel x520 10gb NIC installed in a R620...
Occasionally I see the Intel x520 cause or be involved with a fatal PCIe error. Almost all the time the fatal error is seen while updating the NIC firmware or rebooting the server. This has happened...
View ArticleR1850 Compatible Network Adapters
I am looking for a list of compatible Network adapters that will work with a R1850. In particular, I would like to know if the Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter or Intel® PRO/1000 PT Quad...
View ArticleTwo PERC H310 for the 8 drive T420 backplane?
Hello,I am considering purchasing a T420 for my home office. I will be running VMware ESXi on this server, and I'd like to give one virtual machine direct access to a hard drive controller. I'd like to...
View ArticleDell Poweredge 2650 Memory Upgrade
I want to upgrade the server to 12GB via 2 GB DDR ECC Registered PowerEdge 2650 Memory RAM as listed herehttp://www.memorystock.com/memory/DellPowerEdge2650.htmlIs PC2100 the max speed?
View ArticleDell 2950II vs 2950III (PCI Express)
I would like to know what version of PCI Express is supported on both the Dell 2950II and the Dell 2950III? I noticed some where that it was stated that a 2950III could support 10GbE NICs but the...
View ArticleSwitching Dell PE from 110v to 208v
Skipping details until they are needed, the basic question is can I switch Dell PE servers that are connected to 110v PDU's to 208v PDU's live? The reason for doing this live is to avoid taking down...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R210 II - USB AUDIO Adaptor Support?
Good day, The Dell PowerEdge R210 II does not come with on-board audio.Can you please advise if the Dell PowerEdge R210 II will support a USB type sound card or audio adaptor?
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 1920W UPS Network Management Card
Hi,We have recently bought a PE 1920W rack mount UPS and have installed the network management card however I cannot seem to access the this via the Dell software or through the COM port.I have both...
View ArticleEnable Vt-d from bios
Hi,I would know if I can enable Vt-d feature in a R720 poweredge server from bios.It seems that all hw supports Vt-d, but I don't see specific option in bios.server: poweredge r720chipset: Intel c600...
View ArticlePoweredge 1800 RAM Upgrade error. Please Help
I have a Dell Poweredge 1800 with two 256mb RAM drives. I needed an upgrade so I added two 2gb drives. These were tested on another identical server and worked fine.When both are installed in my...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R510 CPU2
Hi Guys,Just want to know if it is possible to use socket CPU2 instead of socket CPU1 on dell pe r510?Thanks,Kevin
View ArticleMemory configuration on PowerEdge R410
Hi,I want to upgrade the memory of a PowerEdge R-410 that was bought with a single Xeon E5645 and 3 x 8 GB dual-rank RDIMM 1333MHz. The system has five free memory slots. I want to know if I can add a...
View ArticlePE R200 and USB 3.0
I have searched every where for an answer and can't find it.If I put a PCIe USB 3.0 card in a PE R200 will I get USB 3.0 speed, or will it only support up to USB 2.0 speed? thanks
View ArticleNeed to update iDrac and LFC.
I have a PE T410 iDrac version 1.85 and LFC 1.52.Updating the system I got "The updates you are trying to apply are not Dell-Authorizied updates." I see from comments that my version of iDrac and LFC...
View ArticleDell C6100 BIOS update
Hello, I bought a used C6100, and as I feared its not a C6100, rather one of those custom ones.Is there a way to make sure it is not a C6100? I tried the service tag and it was not found.I would like...
View ArticleSpeed and Duplex settings not showing 1 Gb full auto in Dell PowerEdge R720
Hi,My Dell Server (PowerEdge R720) running OS (Windows Server 2008 R2) is not showing 1 Gb Full Auto option in speed and duplex setting of any Ethernet card. Is it a default behavior or something I...
View ArticleUpgrading idrac 6 Express to Enterprise
I would like to upgrade our PowerEdge R310 server from the current iDRAC 6 Express to iDRAC 6 Enterprise. Is it as easy as buying the chip and popping it in or are there are things to take into...
View ArticlePE servers runing both 110v and 220v power at the same time.
This is partially related to my other post about switching live from 110v input to 220v input that I'm still looking into with Dell tech support through another avenue.But for this post, I'm just...
View ArticleDell PE1950 Perc battery stuck in Learning state
Recently replaced the PERC battery in our Poweredge 1950. I manually started the learning state where it has been sitting for about a week. The properties say:Name Battery0State LearningLearn State...
View ArticleHow many arrays does the Perc 6i on a Dell T610 running ESXi 5.0 support and...
Running 1 ESXi 5.0 U2 host with 3 vms. (2 Server 2008 R2 and 1 Server 2003 R2) with 32 GB RAM.Our business is looking on purchasing a new software that will requiere an additional 3 virtual servers.My...
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