T300 AHCI Hot-Swap Possible?
I have a T300 with a PERC6/i Raid Controller. There are 3 SATA drives attached in a RAID-5 array.None of the other SATA ports is currently in use.I'd like to install a hot-swap HD Cage so I can do...
View ArticleCan Dell PowerEdge R720 auto power up??
After power failure, the Dell PE R720 can't boot up automatically. Have to press power button manually to power on the server.Can Dell PE R720 auto power up automatically???Thank you.
View ArticlePowerEdge R410
Had trouble upgrading our BIOS on R410 server. Currently running on E5502 CPU. Want to load the R410 with 16GB 1066 DDR3 Modules. Will the R410 with one E5502 support 16GB 1066 DDR3 Modules? If I...
View ArticleT620's device manager recognizes GTX780Ti, but programs do not "see" the card?!
Hi,I just got a PowerEdge T620 and installed a GTX780Ti. I downloaded the latest driver for the card, and I am have BIOS 1.4.6 on the T620. I am in the middle of trying to update the BIOS, but I cannot...
View ArticlePinout for 1500SC front panel connector on the motherboard?
I need to know what the pinout is for the front panel connector. It doesn't seem to be in the documentation, nor can I find it on the web. And I can't be confident that I'm tracing the traces...
View ArticleHow to set up zoning in Dell C8000XD, also can't find anything about C8000MA
I have received a C8000 + C8000XD storage sled, which is working fine, i.e., all disks are visible through all controller ports.The documentation seems to indicate that one can set up zoning, however,...
View Articledell r410 update BMC to eliminate noisy fans?
Hello everyone, I have a new dell R410 here in a home lab I use to study VMWare. So I have ESXI 5.5 installed, and this server is pretty loud. After some googling, I have read that if I update the BMC...
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...
View ArticleDell R810 Memory (disable sparing) how????
we bought two r810's recently but at separate times. My (old manager) bought one that had sparing enabled per the packing slip.This server had 256GB 4 ranked DIMMs at 32 x 8GB and we have upgraded to...
View ArticlePowerEdge R410 Fan redundancy lost
Good Morning All, i have R410 with this error message on the LCD screen. FAN redundancy is lost. the server have just 5 FANS. 2 CPUs. should i have another fan for that. Regards Mahmoud Azem<ADMIN...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1950 Windows 2008R2 OpenManage 7.3 reports Perc 6/i reports Latest...
I'm currently running: 6.3.1-0003 and I downloaded this SAS-RAID_Firmware_3P52K_WN32_6.3.3-0002_X00.EXE found here: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/driverdetails?driverid=3P52K#However it...
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 ArticlePoweredge 2900 working with graphics card
Hello all, I just wanted to state that I got my server to work with a certain card, it's only 50$ so its an affordable option. It's an HP ATI Radeon HD6570 DDR3 1GB pci-e card. It is a 16x card, but I...
View ArticleVirtual Console Java problem
Hi,I have several DELL servers with iDRAC 5, 6 and 7I have installed the latest Java Version 7 Build 51.When trying to lunch Virtual Console I am receiving a message "Note to the Publisher: Security...
View ArticleRecover data fra RAID1 SAS harddrive
Hi, I have a T300 with 2 pcs SAS 1000GB drives in RAID1. One harddisk was degraded. Replaced the drive and rebuild. Choosed to also replace the second drive and do a rebuild. BUT..somehow, the Exchange...
View ArticleMemory Upgrade Help Needed Urgently
Hi Everyone,I have been going around in circles with Dell Sales Team and would hope to find the correct information here.I have 3 Dell r610 servers currently populated with (12) G484D Dual In-line...
View ArticleDell Rack UPS 5600R Error Messages
Last week, we lost power to the building and the generator kicked in as expected. However, one of the server racks with the Dell UPS 5600R lost complete power. The error messages on the UPS were 1)...
View ArticleOld Dell Firmware
I am looking for a repository of Dell firmware, primarily old network firmware. I have an M600 and several other models of M1000e blade servers that have very old firmware on them. I would like to...
View ArticleAdding PCI-e USB 3.0 card question...
Hi Guys,Whats going on?! Quick question... I would like to add a USB 3.0 PCI-e card, but I am not sure which one to pick, especially what power connector it should have?! Maybe something like...
View ArticleE171F PCIe fatal error on R710
I have two PowerEdge R710 servers, bought in 2010. The first one came up with an error message about a year ago, and today, the other one went down with the exact same error.E171F PCIe fatal error on...
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