Dell PowerEdge 1955 and 8GB Dimms of RAM...
Has anyone test an 8GB dimm of DDR2 ram in a Dell PowerEdge 1955? I get that it isn't officially supported. However much of the documentation appears to have been generated at the 1955's initial...
View ArticleInstalling a new blade M620 in an existing M1000e
Hello,I want to install and configure a new M620 in a M1000e that already contains 8 M600 .... and I am not quite sure where to start. We have iDRAC and iKVM. I dont know how to configure the network...
View Articlepoweredge R210 II and iDRAC6 Express
Recently bought of ebay iDRAC6 Enterprise Express card and after installing this card to my server (server R210 II) it won't start up, even not starts the BIOS or showing anythingI have regular iDRAC6...
View ArticlePE2650 Won't Boot From CD (No bootable device)
Hello everybody. After a few days of scouring the Internet (and these forums in particular), I still cannot get my PowerEdge 2650 to boot from a CD. Hoping theflash1932 will drop by, s/he seems very...
View ArticleNew T320 BIOS 2.1.3 downgrade from 2.2.0?
most recent T320 bios is 2.1.3. Previous released version is 2.2.0 [was downloaded and installed on our systems] (but can't seem to find it available for download now). Is this a downgrade or what? and...
View ArticleA bus fatal error was detected on a component at bus 0 device 1 function 0.
A bus fatal error was detected on a component at bus 0 device 1 function 0. on r610
View ArticleDiagnostics DVD
Is there a server diagnostics DVD? We'd like to be able to run a diagnostics of a server before we deploy one and configure the OS. The servers we have range from 1950's to R720's ...I've looked under...
View ArticleR620 rails
the R620 Ready Rails (using 4-post mounting kit) do not fit in our old bay correctly to allow the server to install in the bay. The tolerance on these rails is very tight. The ReadyRails are 5/8”...
View ArticlePE2650 will not boot at all
i have a pe2650 i am rebuilding as an exercise in learning ... and i can not get the bios loaded into the machine from the floppy i prepared (i have the correct bios for it and put it on a floppy disk...
View ArticleStack of 1950's to 1955 blades
Currently I'm running a stack of 5x 1950's with 32gb ram each as vm cluster, with a 2950 2.5" edition running 2x73gb sas drives in raid1 for os, 6x240gb intel 520 ssd's in raid5 for storage. I was...
View ArticleE122A and E122D
Hi there Have a Power Edge T605.Error message in LCD panel - E122D CPU 1 VDDID and then E122A CPU 1 VTT.I am able to run the server BUT only if I put the RAM in the 4 'B' slots.Any clues?Steve
View ArticleT300 losing date and time setting, Press F1 to continue
I have T300 running Win2008 Server that has recently started losing the Date and Time. It also has "Press F1 to continue, F2 to enter setup" error. I changed the system battery two time (to be sure),...
View ArticleRemoving an iDRAC6 express card from a T610 server
I have a T610 whose iDRAC6 express card failed and I wanted to replace it. Unfortunately I was unable to find any information in the owners manual or on the internet on how to do this. I found...
View ArticleHelp a Noob out please
hello alli recently bought a poweredge 1950 1u from ebay spec :2x xeon 5140 @ 2.33 ghz4gb of rama drac cardand a perc 5i sas raid card the server came with no hdds or cables so i bought the cables and...
View ArticleDoes PowerEdge M620's NPAR feature work with Citrix XenServer
Hi everyone,Our system uses Dell PowerEdge blade M620 with "Broadcom 57810-k Dual port 10Gb KR Blade Network Daughter Card". Chassis uses "PowerConnect(TM) M8024-k Switch Module, 24x10GbE Ports". Does...
View Articlememory
Hi all, I have 4 servers Poweredge R710, 2 servers with 2 processor and the others single processor. All the servers are contain 2x2Gb Memories. I And Now I just bought 6x8 Gb memories. I have plan to...
View ArticlePoweredge T20 extended power cable (internal) for adding the maximum HDD's
Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum. Hopefully this will be easy and someone will know where to find one of these. I bought a poweredge T20 and I want to put in the maximum of HDD's but...
View ArticleOdd behaviour installing an OS on new R820 servers
We received our first 4 cpu R820s, v2 processors. We have a lot of R810, running rhel and oel. We put 2 of the new R820 in one datacenter, and 2 in the other. They will be production oracle database...
View ArticleR420 chassis heating due raid controller card
hiwe purchased 6 servers from dell india. we are facing a severe heating issue on top of the chassis above the raid card with all these 6 servers.server configurationR420 - single hexcore processor 2.2...
View ArticleM1000e Questions
Hi allI'm looking into acquiring an M1000e for my small business and am specifically after insight of anybody who has experience with one. If if have an M1000e with one CMC, am I able to change it...
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