New PowerEdge T710 extremely loud
Hello!Having used HP servers before when I needed a new server for a project I decided to try a Dell PowerEdge instead. So I went ahead and ordered a brand new PE T710 tower server in lightweight...
View ArticleNo POST or power up after Moving Poweredge 2950
Hi Folks,Working on a Poweredge 2950. Moved it out of a rack to another server room and now it does not wanna do anything.If I press the little button on the front LED Diagnostic display for 5 seconds...
View ArticleDell/PowerEdge-R510: How do I know if I have a DRAC/iDRAC?
Hey guys,Mostly because this is a hand off to me and I wasn't around when these things were purchased and racked, I'm trying to figure out what flavor or hardware I have.From what I can tell, I have...
View ArticleUnable to deploy OMSA using OME
getting below error when i try to push the OMSA using OME, Please help me how fix this issue, I had installed in test setup it working fine but it is not working in production environment.Package(s)...
View Articlere: School short of money so I'm looking for help with server memory.
Hi everyone,I hope you are all doing well? This is my first post on the Dell forum and I apologise for the nature of the post and if it breaches any rules then I am sorry.I work for the IT department...
View ArticlePoweredge T105 , Win 7 and Xpmode
I have a particularly complicated set up in order that I can continue to use an old but high quality HP printer from XP. This involves running Win 7 and XP as VM's within Ubuntu12 on a Dell poweredge...
View ArticleSystem Updates - Week of December 4th 2013
System Updates - Week of December 4th 2013CMC for Dell PowerEdge VRTX 1.20 (Recommended) Intel Chipset Device Software for T20 9.4.0.1017 (Recommended) VRTX Chassis Infrastructure FW bundle 1.2...
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Repository Manager Bundles
Hi,Can someone pls help?I am trying to understand when updates are supposed to happen for server bundles as viewed in Repository Manager (eg for an m820 blade).Seems like the last updates were in early...
View ArticleM620 Blade Memory issues
Hi,We are seeing the following on a blade, but the Dell logs have no errors. Any suggestions on what to check??ThxJohn Bradshaw(It's running Readhat release 6.2 (Santiago) Kernel...
View Articlesnmp alerts to IT assistant
Is there a doc on how to setup snmp alerts to IT assistant?
View ArticleCan a PowerEdge R710/R610 be configured with a PCI-X riser?
Considering ordering R710 and R610 servers, but I need to have PCI-X slot. When configuring the servers on the dell website, I can only add PCIe riser. Is it possible somehow to have a PCI-X slot on a...
View ArticlePoweredge 2950 CPU Buss Perr
I have a Poweredge 2950 with a single quad-core Xeon x5450 and 8GB of RAM running Windows 2003 Server R2 (32 bit). It has been flawless since birth however yesterday morning it froze, and when I got to...
View ArticleT620 iDRAC VLAN interferes with ESXi?
Hi all,I have a T620 that runs vmware ESXi 5.1 and is equipped with the basic iDRAC management module (no dedicated ethernet port, it uses one of the 2 embedded ports). The ESXi setup is running fine...
View ArticleHyper-V hardware / system performance issues
Hi:Are there any specific BIOS settings for Hyper- V that we should take into account when reinstalling a PowerEdge R620 with Windows Server 2012 Std to virtualize 8 virtual machines with Windows...
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I have an with dual CPUs, and have ordered 6x 16GB 2Rx4 RDIMM 1333MHz LV.Current config:A1, A2, A3: 4GB, 1333, 2RX8, 8, 240, Regulatory, Low VoltageB1, B2, B3: 4GB, 1333, 2RX8, 8, 240, Regulatory, Low...
View ArticleHow to update drivers on DELL PowerEdge R610 with RHEL
Hello everyone!Current situation:1. Server DELL PowerEdge R610.2. OS: RHEL 6.3.Task: I need to find out drivers version on server and identify those of them which very old. After this I need to...
View ArticlePE 1950 Networking Question
So I know from my own research before buying this thing recently that they can be a little quirky but I only needed them for a test lab anyway...So I picked the this thing with a full load out of 1950...
View ArticleAdded disk to RAID 5 array, now rebuilding overnight. What happens if the...
Hi and first, sorry if this is not the best place for this question, I've only just joined.I've just put a new hard disk into a Dell 2950, to increase the size of a virtual, 'E' drive, in a Windows...
View ArticleR510 on hyper-v just reboots
I have a w2k8r2 server that runs hyper-v and hosts about 12 guests. Lately the server justs reboots and doesn't place the guests back into the sate that they were. There is nothing in the event log...
View ArticleAutomating download of release notes for PowerEdge updates?
I have a large number of PowerEdge servers for which I need to establish and maintain a baseline standard for firmware. It's mainly R620s, R610s, M620s and m1000e chassis I'm concerned about here. In...
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