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R710 Battery Alarm
Hello,Your assistance please:I have noticed esxi alarm shown repeatedly, indicating a battery problem:"Assert + Battery failed""Deassert + Battery failed"What is the cause for this alarm?How can It be...
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 ArticleTools to manage poweredge servers from Linux and update firmware.
Hello all,I have taken delivery of 49 R720 servers. More will follow later (my boss is talking 500 by end of this year).The servers are racked, and the iDRACs are connected in a separate network, where...
View ArticlePCIe devices not detected on T20
I have (at least) one PCIe device, a Hauppague HVR-1800, which is not detected at all using lspci under Linux. Tried moving it to different PCI slots. Tried updating BIOS to A03. I'm not talking...
View ArticleMixing DIMMs on R720
Hi,Could anyone tell me if it is possible to mix 5 x 32G RDIMM (Quad rank) and 12 x 8G RDIMM (Dual rank) in the R720 ? Regards.Chi
View Article1950 unable to see dvd drive
Hello I have a dell 1950 that was once a TippingPoint sms server. I am attempting to repurpose the box as a VMware server. I am unable to see the DVD drive. I have looked in setup and it does not show...
View Article2.5 inch drive bay R310
Hello guys,I've ordered drive bay part nr BSE030018 for my dell R310 in order to fit 2.5 inch drives in it. Unfortunaly, I have no idea how to fit this. These bays are way too small to fit.Can someone...
View ArticleFlying time on PE R320
Hello,I have a problem on our one PE R320 server, I set a date / time in BIOS and after 1-2 days we have a diffrence than real time. Server working all time. Someone have a simillar...
View ArticleKVM 2162DS update
I am trying to find firmware updates to fix several issues my a KVM 2162DS is having like the Java 7 Update 51 blocking KVM session. (BTW I found the work around for that but still want a firmware...
View ArticlePE 6800 OS install Issues
Brief History I had the server up and going but was still configuring the raid Had a power shutdown and now the system will lock up on OS install when installing system files> Was there any harm...
View Articlebest tool for upgrading all F/W to latest
looking for an offline tool (ISO) that i can boot from and update all server F/W to latest version.Server is PE R610.Thank you.
View ArticleR210 II, high CPU temp.?
I have a R210 II with Xeon 1230V2 processor.I use Linux (Ubuntu LTS) and when loading the CPU i read core temps. above 90*C.I use lmsensors with sensors command and it might be problem with the command...
View ArticleT410 will not power on after installing new processors
Hello all,I recently purchased two new Xeon x5660 processors for my Dell Poweredge T410 tower server. When I installed the two new processors and connected the power cable to my machine, it looks like...
View Articlewhat is needed for DRAC
Hi!We have one PowerEdge 2950 server that we need to upgrade to a new one. We need to use its DRAC to work remotely. It is taking the ip address from DHCP and showing it under Remote Access in Server...
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 ArticleService Tag Change for Dell R510
I am looking for a Dell Service Tag utility for a dell R510 server. Need to enter new tag after motherboard change
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 T605 memory decrease warning
We recently removed some memory from our PowerEdge T605 server because it had developed a fault. This is not a problem as it is only running a 32 bit server OS and still has 4GB RAM. However, on reboot...
View ArticleISO to boot from to do blade updates
Hi,I thought I may be able to boot a server from SUU_14.03.00_A00.iso, and do server updates, but it appears not.Can someone pls give me the details of which iso to download that is ready to boot from...
View Articlerecommendation for USB 3 PCIe card for PowerEdge T320 Server?
Can anyone recommend a USB 3 PCIe card I can use in a T320 Server for backups to external USB 3.0 HD? I'm surprised that Dell servers still aren't built with this technology and I'm guessing there are...
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