T620 & Ethernet: Only One Port Visible
The built-in Intel Gigabit 2P I350-t LOM only shows one part in Lifecycle Controller. Initially it showed two ports but on the second port DNS stayed at 0.0.0.0 when using DHCP and therefore connecting...
View ArticleR720 iDRAC SD Card
Dear all we ordered Dell R720 with 2 GB SD cards. but there is no SD cards in the server, I can see near to power supply, there is slots for SD cards but those are empty. but there is an SD card 8GB...
View ArticleDell poweredge 2950
Hi guys,I have just got a used dell poweredge 2950, and on it is small screen it is giving me errorr e161c, iam using it at home, there is a red light at the back,please advise, is it something to...
View ArticleAmount of Available memory limited to 256MB
I bought a 1600 SC before Xmas. However I have unpacked and installed the OS after POST before booting into windows the following appears on each reboot.Amount of Available Memory limited to 256MB...
View ArticleR710 - Migrating Perc 6/i to H700i
I'm assuming this is a supported migration path, however I'm trying to find documentation on the exact process and haven't been successful so far. I've seen comments regarding other controllers (i.e....
View ArticlePoweredge 6400 fan alarm
Can someone tell me how to silence the beeping fan alarm on the poweredge 6400? I have a cpu fan going bad and the replacement arrives tomorrow. In the mean time, it's driving us crazy.
View ArticleR720 - V1 to V2 CPU upgrade
Hi, Our client has an R720 with two E5-2630 CPUs and they were talking to us about the possibility of changing out the processors to E5-2660v2 CPUs. I was wondering if this is even possible to keep the...
View ArticleUpdating firmware for multiple new servers from my Desktop
Hi,Is there a way to update multiple servers' firmware at the same time (blades and stand-alones)?The SUU_14.03.00_A00.iso file contains all the information for each model.Can this file be turned in to...
View ArticleDell System Updates: Week of March 31st - April 4th 2014
Dell System Updates: Week of March 31st - April 4th 2014 HOT UPDATES:DELL iDRAC7 1.56.55 (Urgent) 1.56.55 http://dell.to/1hzQEV6VMware ESXi 5.5 Image (Recommended) 3/11/2014 http://dell.to/1jYefCa New...
View ArticlePower Supply Wattage
Hello, we have a few R710s, R720s, and R720xd servers.In regards to the power supplies on these machines, I logged into the iDRAC and I noticed the reading for PS1 is .6 Amps and 206 volts. The...
View ArticleDrivers & Download
How to download Dell Power Edge 2850 Server Drivers for Solaris 10 x86.Regards.
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 ArticleGigabit 2P I350-t Firmware Upgrade Fails
I have updated the firmware of the 2P I350-t through Livecycle but then started to lose port 2 and also got the error: PXE-E05: The LAN adapter's configuration is corrupted or has not been initialized....
View ArticleT-420 server 2012 R2 backup causes disk failure eventIds: 153/140/14
Running Windows Server Backup causes the following disk errors, we have a Raid 1+0 (4 disks) array on a Perc 310 controller:EventID: 153 - System, diskThe IO operation at logical block address ef0 for...
View ArticlePE 2850 gives E07F0 PROC 1 IERR error
I've inherited a "working" Power Edge 2850 with dual Xeon processors that just went off warranty a few months ago. After I racked it and powered up, it gave the error above on the LCD front panel...
View ArticlePowerEdge T410 Memory Configuration
Hello Everyone,Let me start off by stating our current memory configuration (Dell PowerEdge T410):We only have one processor installed, so we have 4 DIMM slots to use A1-A4. Only 3 are currently...
View ArticleWatchdog Timers - M1000e/M710
We have several M1000e chassis and several M710 blades. All of our M710 blades (latest firmware) are constantly alerting with watchdog timer expired alerts. The firmware on the chassis are up-to-date...
View ArticlePERC 5/i Signed Driver - PE 1950 PE 6850 SAS SCSI
I'm looking for a Signed Driver for the PERC 5/i. This is built into my 6850, but may be the same as the 2950. Willing to give either a try. I'm installing a Windows OS that is asking for the signed...
View ArticleDiags for PE2900
I have a used PE2900, from a client that's retired. Perc5/I Raid 5. I've re-initialized the Raid array and installed Windows server 2012 trial, updated bios, other drivers but I would like to run the...
View Articlet310 memory config
Hi All,Looking to upgrade the memory in my t310. The t310 currently has two Kingston modules installed (KTD-PE310Q8/8G), but I'm shooting for a total of 32GB of installed memory. Which is the most...
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