Installing a PCIe x16 video card into PowerEdge 2900
I'd like to add a real video card to my PowerEdge 2900, but all available choices (both ATi and nVidia) are PCIe x16. People are saying, the x16 cards can be installed into PCIe x8 — they will work at...
View Articler815 bios 3.2.1 release-note and AMD 6370p
dear fellow adminsDell do not state anywhere (I could not find any info) what is the status of new AMD Warsaw Opterons. There are only two models but I wonder if there is a confirmation that latests...
View ArticleDell R620 PDR1016 Alarm
Hello we have this alarm which keeps coming back after re seating the disc drive. What should we do next?The disk has been check and seems to be fine.
View ArticleEnabling Memory Mapped IO > 4GB has issues on R720
Hello,We have a PCI card which needs to expose 2GB of memory to the host. When we enable the "Memory Mapped IO > 4B" option in the BIOS, the system goes into continuous reboot cycles. When we...
View ArticleOrange light on PE1850
On both the front and back of the server, next to the lower-case, cursive "i", there's a blinking orange light. What does this mean?
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View ArticlePowerEdge 180AS display goes off and freez
PowerEdge 180AS display goes off and freezneed to power off and on the displaydo i have to replace the kvm display
View ArticlePowerEdge T610 memory upgrade
My client has a single processor PowerEdge T610. It has 4 x 2GB DDR3-1066 dual ranked RDIMM modules installed in channels A2 A5 A3 and A6. We wish to add 2 x 4GB modules. I bought 2 x 4GB DDr3-1066...
View ArticleSuppress reboots when using Bootable ISO updates via iDRAC
Hi all, Following up to my original thread, I want to find out if there is a way (maybe using a script) to prevent the PER710 to ask for reboot for almost every single update.Basically I am using Dell...
View Articledell r620 drac no response
i am able to open up the console windows on my r620 drac but none of the power or reset commands workwhile I have keyboard access to the console, no commands at the top works. I cannot even reboot the...
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Dell r310 Memory upgrade
Currently has Samsung 4 x2GB Registered in slots 1,2,3,4 and working fine. I can get the information further. This RAM was stock from Dell running at 1.35V.Trying to upgrade to Kingston KVR13LR9D4k4/32...
View ArticleInternal RAID lost config, but want to find out why, need older dset for RHEL...
I have an old PE1750 when restarted this morning said there was a mismatch between disk and nvram, and the internal mirrored with hot spare config was lost. luckily when the config was put back on in...
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gigabit ethernet question
I Have a Dell Power Edge r200 server.. It says its a gigabit ethernet adapter, then why am i only getting 100 mbps per nic? I Have the nics teamed in windows server 2012 so im getting 200 mbps.. why...
View ArticleHow to install a H700 on a R410 with hot swap? Pics included
We're pretty new to RAID in general - and we have a R410 with a SAS 6/iR card in its storage slot - and a H700 hooked up in the PCI expansion slot. The problem is, we can only get 2 of the HDDS to...
View ArticleDell T-300 Server Hard drive questions
I am a newbie when it comes to serer based hardware. I just purchased a used Dell T-300 with 24 GB Ram and @ x 160gb Sata Raprtor HDs. I have several questions/problems: I cannot get the server to...
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R720XD , SD card slot fails
Hi, I'm trying to utilize the SD card slot and install XENSERVER on a SD card.I've tried to insert a generic sandisk 32gb class 10 card but the installation process always fails and after restart the...
View ArticleReplacing Backplane on PowerEdge 2950 question
I just bought a used 2950 and have been playing around with it when I realized some of the hard drive indicator lights were not working. It turns out that the fiber optic in the drive tray had mashed...
View ArticlePE 320 Performance on Server 2012
Quick Summary:Have multiple Dell PE320 servers (both tower and rack) deployed with Server 2012 or Server 2012 R2.Servers experience a severe performance issue at random intervals (between a few weeks...
View Articleupdrading firmware on dell m620 and vrtx idrac
i upgraded the cmc and board on the vrtx but I need to know how to upgrade the blades and the idracsI am runnning esxi 5.1thanks
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