PowerEdge R710 BIOS UPDATE
Hi everyone, I just updated a R710 BIOS from Revision 2.0.13 to Revision 6.3.0 (the last one available).One of the fixes included, is to recognize DDR3 1333MHz memory modules (16GB).But after booting...
View ArticlePowerEdge R720xd Chassis Extremely Hot
I have two new PowerEdge R720xd servers. The chassis are extremely hot. (Turbo is disabled, system profile is set to Performance Per Watt). Compared to my 11G servers, these R720s feel like a coffee...
View ArticleM1000e question
Hi,I want to replace the Dell Pass-throuh switches with M6220 on mezzanine C to get blade servers connected to Equallogic SAN through M6220. Is blade switch hotswappable? what is the best practice...
View ArticleEvent Log Messages - PE R710
Good morning everyone!I've been told by some local technician, to clear the event log on a PowerEdge R710, to eliminate some memory issues I'm having with it.Although I have serious doubts that a...
View ArticlePE1900 Not support E5345 Quad core CPU?
HiI have PE1900 with NF911 motherboard. I updated BIOS and BCM to newest version but when I put new E5345 CPU in."unsupport cpu combination" appear and I can't do anything with it.- Is NF911 support...
View Articlepower consumption during normal operation
Dear All,please help my problems as the following :1. in the catalog and manual for DELL PRECISION R5500 power consumption is about 1023 W at 100 - 120 VAC, my question is how big the power consumption...
View ArticleT710 Power Supply Communication Loss incidents
Hardware log in Open Manage for one of our T710 Servers reports periodic loss of communication with both power supplies. The duration of each incident ranges from 6 to 12 seconds. The frequency of...
View ArticleSD card for R815
We have 2 R815's connected to MD 3220i running esxi 4.1 free. Currently esxi is installed on the HDD. I am planning to add 2 SD card's in the R815 and install esxi on them. 1. Can I use any SD cards?...
View ArticleR720xd: Questions about GPU and 2x2.5 flex bay
Now I know in the documentation it states that it does not support GPU's, however What if I am using a GPU that does not require a pci-e connector.Or I am using an external power source for this...
View ArticleBooting problem PE1950
I have searched all over the internet but could not find any solution. I have a Dell PowerEdge 1950 server that was working fine (tested ESXi 5.1, Ubuntu 12.04, Windows Server 2008 R2) until I decided...
View ArticleProblem with Dell 1955 Chasis DRAC Setup
Hi,We have recently isntalled two used Dell 1955 Chasis with 1955 Blades.I have been unable to connect with either of the two DRACs over the local area network.I have used the jumpers on the DRACs to...
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2 Foreign disks in Raid array
hiwe had a disk fail in our Raid 5 setup on our old PowerEdge 2950 now we have re-seated the failed disk and it rebuilt ok but in the raid controller screen I can see 2 foreign disks but no hot...
View ArticleService Tag Change for Dell Poweredge T310
Hello,I am looking for the Service Tag Utility to update the service tag on the motherboard on my T310 after replacing the motherboardThanks
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Can't start PowerEdge R910
Hello everyone,I have PowerEdge R910. During my usual shutdown, I can't start up my operating system again yesterday. At the BIOS screen, it displays a message like "The memory configuration is not...
View ArticleR710 memory error after BIOS upgrade
R710 with 18 4GB sticksSo 72GB totalWas running fine for yearsUpdated SAS, drac, and BIOS firmwaresBIOS went from 2.x.x to lates 6.3.0Now on boot I get configuring memory andMEMTEST lane failure...
View ArticleDell T110 II - Add NIC Dual Port
Hi all,i have a server DELL T110 II with BIOS 2.2.3.I should add a NIC on my system, i checked that available nic for that model are:- Intel® PRO/1000PT GbE Single Port Server Adapter, Cu, PCIe-1 -...
View ArticleInstalling old pc image of Win 2003 to Poweredge 2600 using Acronis 2012
I have made a Acronis backup of a Windows 2003 server installation on a regular IDE disk on an old server.Now I want to install the image on a Dell Poweredge 2600 server that has 4 disks, 2 arrays that...
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HP PCIe 1 Port 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
Hello ,Last week setup 4 power edge r720 server and i installed esxi 5.1 server each one of them. looks like every thing is fine but i couldnt understand this screen what is it? ,This screen never...
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Chassis Asset Tag
Hi,On the first page of a Chassis view, under Windows, the following is displayedHow can the contents of the Asset Tag field be changed?ThxJohn Bradshaw
View ArticleULNM & Hyper-V
Hi,We have a Dell PowerEdge 1920W UPS with NMC installed.Our 2 servers are running Hyper-V - could anyone tell me how to set the UPS/ULNM up so that when the power gets cut, the VM's in Hyper-V are...
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