Different sized hard drives in Dell 2950
Hi Folks, just a very basic question - is it possible to have (2 x 100GB HD - in RAID 1) and (1 x 1TB HD - Standalone) in 2950?When I installed Vmware ESXi 5.1 on RAID 1 partition; the 1TB disk was...
View ArticleDELL DPAT
Is there any detail setup guideline for enabling the DPAT on R620 servers?I have followed the Guideline below to setup the DPAT, but it seems the freq (cpuinfo) in the OS still no...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T410 Power supply
Can I use the power supply from the SC430 on the T410 in an emergency?
View ArticlePCI E-Sata Card for PowerEdge R620
Hello, could anyone suggest or recommend a PCI E-Sata card which is confirmed to work with a Dell PowerEdge R620 rack server. I have tried 2 cards, a card model with worked with a PE210 and also a...
View ArticleR720xd noise level
Hello, I have several R715's and R515's all AMD servers. They run great and the noise level is minimum.We recently purchased our first Intel servers, two R720xd's. We went with this model only...
View ArticleR420 HWC2005: System board Riser cable or interconnect failure. Check connection
Hi all: I has been upgrade my dell r420 from 1 processer to 2 processer ( e5-2420)and i move the memory dimm from a1,a2,a3,a5 bank to a1,a3 and b1,b3 bankand after hardware upgrade, then boot...
View ArticleDell r910 boot sequence stalls
Good Morning...I have a Dell R910 that starts booting then stalls. the LCD display says "System Booting" but doesn't proceed beyond this point. If I press the power button shutting it off, then repress...
View ArticleFreeNAS-9.2.1-RELEASE-x64 on Dell PowerEdge r720XD installation issue???
HI all,I am trying to install FreeNAS-9.2.1-RELEASE-x64 on Dell PowerEdge r720XD. There is no CD ROM in Server that's why i am booting from USB but it stuck atF1 FreeBSDF2 FreeBSDF5 Drive 1F6 PXEBoot:...
View ArticleUpdate Network I/F Controller for Dell VRTX PowerEdge?
How can I update the server components: Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet BCM5720 Intel(R) Gigabit 2P 1350-t AdapterI have successfully updated everything else, but I am really struggeling with the Network...
View ArticleWay to automatically shut down my 2950?
I have a Dell 2950 running Windows XP Pro SP3.I have three 75Gb drives running as a Raid 0 and a fourth drive as my C drive. At the end of my work day I need to move the video files from the raid to an...
View ArticleR210 II > changing from S300 to H200 requirements
HIWe have a few new Dell R210 II's with 2 x 500GB 2.5" hard disks in they have the rubbish PCI S300 raid cards that are not detected by linux.does anyone have the part numbers for the cable kit for me...
View ArticleR300 Will not power on
Hello everyone,I have a PE R300 server that just will not power on. There are absolutely no power lights lit anywhere. Not even on the dual power supplies. Things I have done are:1. Plugged both...
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
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2900 Gen III Hardware
I am looking to upgrade the CPU in this machine. I am going to get two of the the same code. What is the best CPU I can put in this server? All hardware firmware, bios and updates are current. I want...
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iDRAC Web Management Broken
I have a Dell R710 running Server 2012 R2. The iDRAC web portal is currently displaying the following:The firmware is currently at1.96. I've attempted an racreset, but received the following...
View Articleuncorrectable ecc memory error
HiWe have a T605 server (2009 vintage) running Windows Server 2003 that started crashing today. The server has 2 quad-core opterons with 1GB ECC DIMMs in slots A1, A2, B1 and B2 (giving 4GB total,...
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Issue with manufacturer and model information
I just purchased a C6105 with 3 nodes. I have one node that is giving me the below issue. I have looked in the Bios and could not find anything. I am planning on updating the BIOS to the most current...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1950 II and III max CPU upgrade
trying to find out what CPU's actually work in these? dell's tech specs say Processor Intel® Xeon® processors Up to two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5300 series processors at up to 3.0GHz Up to two Quad-Core...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 6850 4U Rack Server
Hi,I have Dell PowerEdge 6850 4U Rack Server with 4x 3.0 Ghz Xeon Processors and 16 GB RAM. It was working fine but next day i found it hanged and dislpay a messege that "667 and 800Mhz Components are...
View ArticleMemory Issue again
My existing memories are 2 units of 2 GB (2Rx8 PC3-10600R-9-10-BO) and located on slot A2 and A3. I want to add 2 more memories they are 8 Gb (KTD-PE313E/8GB) so I hope my total Memories are 20 Gb...
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