ubuntu on dell R610?
has anyone tried this before? I got a friend who is trying it and apprently once it installs it won't boot. 32GB RAM2X 300GB HDShould be enough right?I don't have much information beyond that, the...
View ArticleNew Server Setup
Hello,I am new to servers. We just bought a Dell C6100 XS23-SB. This is a 4node server. We want to setup a raid 1+0 configuration. What OS do we use? We were going to use 7 Ultimate, but i have been...
View ArticleIntel PRO 1000 PT PCI-E Quad EXPI9404PTBLK T110
Hi,We have recently got a Dell Poweredge T110ii server. When trying to install an Intel PRO 1000 PT PCI-E Quad EXPI9404PTBLK network card, it doesn't show in Windows 2008 R2 or ESXi?I have put the card...
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Repository Manager - Updates are old
Hi,It seems that the Repository Manager updates are very old (June, 2013) for an M820 and some other boxes.Am I seeing this correctly from the screen shot below?I thought updates were supposed to...
View ArticleUpgrade BIOS version interrupted due to Power trip
Dear all,I am using Dell servers R620. Yesterday, I upgraded 2 servers to latest version: 2.0.19. When 2 servers were running upgrade process, the power tripped and upgrade process interrupted. Then, I...
View ArticleE122A and E122D
Hi there Have a Power Edge T605.Error message in LCD panel - E122D CPU 1 VDDID and then E122A CPU 1 VTT.I am able to run the server BUT only if I put the RAM in the 4 'B' slots.Any clues?Steve
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 610 RAM Upgrade - Unable to use old RAM
Dell PowerEdge 610 upgrading RAM to handle multiple virtual machines for a college classroom environment. Referred to the Installing and Upgrading DDR3 Memory: Reference Guide for New Dell PowerEdge...
View ArticleR710 2nd CPU Install - E1410
Configuration Before: 1 x Xeon 5540 CPU with 24GB RAMConfiguration Now: 2 x Xeon 5540 CPU with 48GB RAM- After installing a CPU in Socket #2 and RAM to match CPU 1 and the RAM, upon boot I get the...
View ArticleERROR "ISB110 SBE LOg Disable" IN PE 2850
PE 2850 TAG: FYJF561 THE AMBAR LIGHT IS FLASHING AND IN THE DISPLAY:"ISB110 SBE LOg Disable"I SEARCH THIS MESSAGE IN THE PE2850 MANUAL , NOT FOUND , IN THE WEB , NOT FOUND TOO.THANKS
View ArticleDell Power Edge R710 PERC 6/E Controler Battery Degraded
Hi I can see this Battery Degraded warning message in Dell Open Manage against PERC 6/E Controller. Do we need to change this battery immediately or there is no harm to keep like this? Appreciate any...
View ArticleM910 Watchdog timer expired error after server reboot
We have an M910, that has a Watchdog timer expired error which causes the health of the machine to be in critical condition. The logs show that a graceful shutdown occurred 10 minutes before the...
View ArticlePE 1850 Will Not POST or Enter Setup
We have an old PE 1850 being used as a backup server running Backup Exec. We needed to reboot the server earlier this week to complete some O/S updates but when it rebooted, it started an orange...
View ArticleSystem Updates - Week of November 20th 2013
System Updates - Week of November 20th 2013Dell PowerEdge C8000/C6220/C6220 II EEPROM Firmware 0.9 (Recommended) 11/6/2013 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 2.0 (Recommended) 11/6/2013 Dell...
View ArticlePowerEdge T110 II Network Issues
We have a brand new PowerEdge T110 II server running Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 as well as BackupExec 2010 R3. We have an issue were this machine will randomly disconnect from the network (no...
View ArticlePowerEdge 710 Shutting Down
Greetings,I have a PowerEdge T710 with the following:Perc6 RAID5 146Gb SAS Drives, RAID 5, one virtual driveOne 2.4Ghz Xeon (currently, I had same issue with 2)6 1Gb DIMMS (currently, I had same issue...
View ArticleUPS Shutdown after 5 min
hello,we tested our UPS last week and it shutdown after accurately 5min.I've searched around but find no setting.i can see that "Shutdown duration" = 120 sec and "Shutdown if remaining tim under" =...
View ArticleUpgrade firmware error "not compatible"
HelloWe have a PowerEdge 2950 with Perc6/i with 6 HD 750GB and operating systenm Win server 2008 R2 Standard we need toredeploy this server, so are prepare to install New 6 HD 2TB We have already...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R320 hang.
Dear All,I have one server, Dell PowerEdge R320, running windows server 2008 R2. It is running well but after i used BACS 4 to create network teaming, the server often hangs. This server always hangs...
View ArticleDell T310 Graphics Card Problem
I have recently bought a ATI FirePro V4800 Graphics card for obtaining a resolution of 1920X1080 with Dell T310 Server Machine.I'm using Windows Server 2008 Standard (32bit) on this machine.The Dell...
View ArticleVMware no disks on PE 2950
I have a similar issue. My BIOS is 2.4.3. I can't install VMWare ESXi4 because it is giving me an error stating that it can't find a destination to install to. I have gone into the bios and the...
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