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USC Freezes
I have a r710, I want to update the system, but the USC Freezes. The following picture was taken after the system stayed like this for and hour.If I reboot the server, the system tries to enter Systems...
View ArticleUpdating m610 bios from m1000e Chassis
Hi,I have used this method to update various servers before, but it is failing on this box.From an m1000e chassis/Server Overview/Update/Biosthe file BIOS_RR08W_WN64_6.4.0 is selected and update is...
View ArticlePowerEdge R710 RAM Upgrades 16x2GB
Hi everyone,I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 server with current RAM installed 8x2GB.Now, I'm going to add-in another 8x2GB to the server.Since there are 18 DIMM slots available, how should I arrange the...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2950 hyper virtualisation
I have 2 nos dell power edge 2950 server with 8 procesor in each server ,would like to setup multiple server on both blade ,how do i club both server into hyper -v using xen server.
View ArticleiDRAC7 hard reset without local console or OS
We have a brand new R320 server with iDRAC7 that is well and truly locked up due to extraordinary circumstances. The server deployment and OS installation were interrupted due to a system crash...
View ArticleiDRAC remote console issues on Linux Work Stations
I am accessing an M620's iDRAC on an Ubuntu 13.04 Work station. My problem is that when I load the console the window is very small and scales down the terminal screen. I can only drag the window frame...
View ArticlePoweredge SC1435 - HDD size limits?
Hi,I have a PowerEdge SC1435 and have just tried to replace 2 * 500Gb WD drives with 2 * 1Tb WD drives and I am getting 'Unknown Device' for both SATA Port A & SATA Port B.SATA III drives &...
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KVM SIP Not Responding (Offline) after Server Reboot
Have a weird issue. After a reboot or two of our new servers, we're loosing KVM access to them and the KVM reports the SIPS offline. We’ve verified that there’s no cabling issues by replacing the...
View ArticleE5-2660 procesor into poweredge R720 server
HelloWe have poweredge R720 server. We decided change processor and set E5-2660 processor but system gets error: "unsupported stepping CPU". Then we've updated bios but it gets same error.Any help will...
View ArticleR300 Fan Layout
I am getting E1311 Fan Mod A3 however I cannot find anything online which tells me which fan this is. Nothing has stopped spinning at the moment but I would refer to identify which is faulty and...
View ArticlePoweredge 2950 BIOS update
Hello,We have a poweredge 2950 in our office that we originally purchased in 2007. Recently I was tasked with performing a few upgrades to it. We added more RAM and updated the processor from a Dual...
View ArticleHardware Configuration Backup
Hi Is there a feature /utility that will enable me to take a backup of my system of my system settings , RAID , Bios Etc ???I have a Poweredge R420 RegardsJohn
View ArticlePowerEdge 2950 III - Need help with Drac 5 card
Hi everyone,Just got myself PE 2950 to play with, but its a steep learning curve for me.Its running Windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise.Ive installed the Drac card, but after,I dont know what to do next,...
View ArticleUpgrades Controller, HDD and Networks
Hello Dell Team,I Want to buy for my Dell R420, One New Controller PERC H700 1GB Cache and BBU, four HDD of 3 TB NL-SAS hot plug, the Intel PCI Dual Port GigaEth Card, and the iDRAC Enterprise Upgrade,...
View ArticlePowerEdge 830 Upgrade Sound+Graphic
Hi, I have just bought PowerEdge 830 Server for personal use. I found out that there is no sound card comes with the machine. I am thinking to find a third party products to plug into PCI slot or PCI-X...
View ArticlePoweredge 1750 status light not working.
Hi,I recently bought 2 poweredge 1750's . One of them works all fine(status lights are fine too) but the other one has issues. It has a different bios and the status lights are not working. this...
View ArticlePE 1600SC, does not turns on
Problems with PE 1600SC, does not turns on, ad if so, shuts down, before even loading post. Help!!!
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R900 D1570P-SO
Hello,I would like to know the pinout of the PowerSupply D1570P-SOto be able to reuse the one we have for bench top High Current Power Supply,Thanks,Va2LoJJonathan Levesque
View ArticleHelp Error Raid Memory Error
Dear AllI Have Poweredge 2950 the problem with Error. With Card Adapter RAID no MemoryError messageRAIDMemory Error !!!And i was remove Pin RAM,but still.In This case what i problem? RAID or...
View ArticleOdd planar temp warnings - OMSA
One of our Dell servers (PowerEdge R210 II, running OpenSUSE) has recently started to report abnormal alerts for the system board planar temperature.OMSA logs show series of warning/critical messages...
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