Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server Memory configuration problem.
Hello Everyone; I have Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server (4 nodes) and I'm having trouble configuring the Memory on them.Server Specs:...
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Dear my friends,I hope you are fine :) .I have 3 servers PowerEdge R210 i .and i have switch that connect all of the 3 servers together to the power. i installed windows server 2008 standard r2 to 3...
View ArticleDisk 0:0 Failed
I have a Dell 2650 & this morning the Dell open manager reported failure on one of the disks.Critical;Physical Disk 0:0;Failed;No;Available Tasks;;SCSI;0.00GB;0.00GB;0.00GB;No;SEAGATE ;ST336753LC...
View Articleunplug usb dongle hardware-key with brutal mode : is dissuaded ?
[ windows server 2008 R2 Standard, server Dell PowerEdge ]HiI have 2 hub usb 3.0 pluged to server with 6 dongle hardware-key connectedthat increase my boot time from 2m 40s to 8m.When i want to unplug...
View ArticleDell 2950 Message display
Hi,Does anyone can advise me.Whats wrong with my server.I have display message:E161C PS input lostE1624 PS redudancyE1614 PS 2 statusAnd when i do diagnostic test it shown error messages.
View ArticleIssue with PERC H310 Integrated RAID Controller Card
Hi All,Can anybody help me to create RAID 5 on T420 Server. i have 3 drives of 1TB and when i insert system build DVD, it gives me an option to create RAID where i see two options, RAID 0, RAID 5. i...
View ArticlePerformance of a Poweredge 840
What I am asking for is how to squeeze blood out of a turnip...I have this 840, is does TOO much. It is a DC, File Server, has Quickbooks running on it.Whenever I do the Performance Analysis is always...
View Articledell r720 192GB memory for 1 cpu 1333mhz
Hello,I want to populate all 4 channels (12RDIMS) on dell powerdge r720 server with 16GB dims to have total of 192GBthe server has only 1 cpu , is that possible to support 1333MHZ ? (all dims are 1600...
View Articlepoweredge 1850 psu fan noise
i got an 1850 off of ebay to do some practical networking to go along with my IT program, and was wondering if theres any way to get the psu fans to throttle down, Ive gotten the main fans to get quiet...
View ArticleDRAC unresponsive when OS freezes on R610
I recently ran into an issue where the DRAC on an R610 froze up when the OS became unresponsive.The system is running VMware ESXi 4.1.0 (Dell version) and froze up, and I'm not sure why. When I tried...
View ArticleEmergency parts / warranty issue?!?
Hey folks, I'm wondering if someone can steer me in the right direction. I volunteer as a sysadmin at a small school, and they have a PowerEdge 840 (no longer under warranty) that died yesterday. I...
View ArticlePowerEdge2950 Problem
Hi ThereFIrst I'm new to PowerEdge Servers Specially 2950 , we have one server 2 Processors with 4 SAS disks , and perc 6 i conroller ,.the issue that whenever trying to install an OS (Windows , Linux...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 6950 have connection problem!
Hi All,I have one dell server which is Dell PowerEdge 6950. The problem is this server cannot access to the internet connection. For your information, this server installed with Windows Server 2003...
View ArticleR620 needs USB3 or eSATA PCI card. Suggestions?
We need to attach some fast, external storage to this R620, but I have not had much luck in finding a PCI-e eSATA or USB 3.0 card that works.I use the exact same cards that I've used in other...
View ArticleUpdating PowerEdge T620 BIOS/firmware with no OS installed on hardware yet
So I'm setting up a new VMWare ESXi host for a client and before installing VMWare I was wanting to update the BIOS. Server currently has 1.3.6 installed but 1.4.6 is available on drivers page, so I...
View ArticleSNMP Access on KVM 2161AD
Hello there,We've got a new KVM 2161AD and get troubles when trying to poll the device with snmp (version 2c)For sure everything where done in the snmp configure page : syslocation, syscontact,...
View ArticlePoweredge 2950 backplane only "seeing" 4 slots on an 8 slot
I recently pulled a 2950 out of service to turn it into a nas. I installed the nas software on the first drive and now I can only see 4 out of the eight drive bays on the backplane. When I hit CRTL-C...
View ArticlePoweredge 860 High Efficiency PSU
Hi All,I'm new to the forum and have questions.I want to change my PE860 original PSU to a 80+ unit, is it possible?For example: R210 PSU should work with the 860? I'm running Proxmox with two 1 TB low...
View ArticleBroken Link for iDRAC 7 Quick Start Guide
Got an email from Dell today about iDRAC7 and all it can do.Broken link though when trying to access iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Quick Start Guideon...
View ArticleOddity upgrading R610 from 2.2.10 bios to 6.x.x
Hey all,So I've seen this happen on two separate R610s now in the last 2 days. We recently received 2 R610s back that was on loan to a vendor for the last 2 or so years. Before bringing it back into...
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