PE T320 Hyper-V Guest latency fixed by BIOS update to Host
Twice now I have had the Exchange 2010 guest on my W2K8 Standard Server with Hyper-V suddenly suffer a massive amount of latency and become practically locked up out of the blue. After hours of...
View ArticleAdding a new video card to PE T610
I've bought a new nVidia Quadro NVS-290 (PCI-E x1) video card.It can successfully fit in any of the x8 slots.I've tried it in the n°5 as well as in n°1 slots.The card is well-seen by Windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleBoot up problem
Hi!Whenever i start my Dell PowerEdge T100 Server it stops onBroadcom netxtreme Ethernet boot agent v10.7.5 Copyright ©2000-2007 broadcom corporation All right reserved. Press ctrl-s to configure...
View ArticleServer is assigned IP by GUID rather than MAC address in DHCP
I recently installed 8 new Dell PowerEdge c6220 II servers with dual 10G ports with CentOS 6. Each server has a DHCP reservation configured from a Microsoft 2003 DHCP server.I am using a Bootutil...
View ArticleCan't R720 Event Log
Do anyone have this problem?I can't find any methods to clear the R720 event log outside OS.We can clear the event log via Ctrl+E in 2950..R710..But in this generation, I can'tPlease help!!
View ArticleR720 SR-IOV failure on I350 (success on X540)
I have a R720 with the following Network Daughter Card:430-4448 Intel Ethernet X540 DP 10Gb BT + I350 1Gb BT DP Network Daughter CardAccording to my iDRAC card, my NICs have firmware version...
View Articleare there statistic about Dell servers -> Average Server uptime
hi there!i want to know if there are statistics about dell servers, about average server uptimefor example 99.9%, 97%also for dell switches?does such official information exists?let me know
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 ArticleR710 cannot start (hange)
I Just restart my server (R710 with Windows Server 64 Bit edition) ..but it tellsPress ctrl e for remote access setup within 5 sec..and it's stop ..(hange)..I trying to unplug and re plug the memories...
View Articledead poweredge
Hi, I have a Dell Poweredge 1900 Workstation and it will not boot. The display is blue with no errors, fans sound normal but nothing shows on the monitor at all, I was told y a friend to press the...
View ArticlePoweredge T20 (2014 version) - Memory errors
My windows installation blue-screened several days ago ( i have only had the system about 2 months). The dell diags accessed via F12 on boot say there are no problems. However if i use the memtest...
View ArticleBest PCI Express Network card for a Power Edge T110 server running Windows...
Hi all my PowerEdge is indicating by its amber light on front panel and the number 2 that shows on boot up and then disappears that my PCI express network card is going to fail, I can also see this by...
View ArticleDell newest BIOS damaged my R710.
So I purchased R710, it turned out that had very old bios, firmwares etc.I decided to install:BIOSiDRACUSCAfter reboot, USC stopped working, bios not showing number, LCD not working, basically it...
View Articlef1 to continue or f2 to enter setup ubuntu poweredge 2900
after the changeof one of thetwohard drive,biosshowsmeautomatiqementafter eachboot:f1tocontinueorf2toentersetupubuntupoweredge2900.I have to pressf11todemarageandselectthe correct diskeach...
View ArticlePowerEdge VRTX PCIe RS232 or USB adapter
Hi all,I need some help, I have a poweredge VRTX enclosure with n.2 poweredge M520 Blade. VMware ESXI 5.1 is installed on both M520. I have to virtualize two servers with a RS232 modem attached for gsm...
View ArticleHow to Enable 4-port PCIe NIC on Dell R710?
I just installed a 4-port GigE PCIe card in a Dell R710. Running CentOS 6.5. Aftyer install, the card doesn't seem to be recognized. Is there something I need to update in the BIOS? Is this just a...
View ArticleR510 - Viable memory upgrade plan?
So, I have a R510, currently with 64GB (8GB pieces populating all eight slots). From my understanding, slot 4 in each lane is a separate bank. So would it be possible to replace the 8GB piece in each...
View Articlesetting up server for small business
I am part of a very small business (3-4 employees) and we are wanting to set-up a server in our office so we can control our own email (currently we use godaddy and they are awful...lots of downtime...
View ArticleR710 memory upgrade
I upgraded my R710 from 1 CPU to 2 X5660 CPUs and 8 16GB memory Dimmswhen i boot the CPUs look ok but the memory will only see 6 Dimms . The manual is a little confusing. can someone tell me which...
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