iDrac Confusion
Hi all,I need to update the iDrac on my servers, R610.When I look on here for the latest firmware it says 1.98?, I take it I want the monolithic update, what ever that...
View Articlepoweredge r720xd raid limitations
Hello,I have poweredge r720xd with a perc h710 min embedded raid controller,1. I remember that I read some where that the max number of drives I could have in a single virtual disk in this server was...
View ArticleUpgrade disk subsystem on FX2 and FC630
Hello!We have two FX2 systems with 8 FC630 modules. Each FC630 modules has 2 SAS 7200 rpm Seagate HDD in RAID 1. We need to upgrade it. I see two solution for this:1) Easy solution: Replace 2 current...
View ArticleiDRAC version question
I'm kind of a new using iDRAC/Lifecycle to update my customers' servers, so please bear with me.I recently worked on a couple of PowerEdge T620 servers and updated the various components' firmware...
View ArticlePoweredge T320 ==> T420?
Quick question for the group at large...If I came across a T420 main board at (very) reasonable cost, would I be able to swap out the 'board in my T320, to take advantage of dual sockets/extra RAM...
View ArticlePE T620 Problem Solving Upgrade Path
Tag # [removed for TOS]General questions about IT support, Upgrade Path Etc.Have a 3 year old T620 that we have local IT support contract that is in a failed state.Was operating fine for three years,...
View ArticleDIMM issue in Poweredge R820
Hello, I have a DIMM issue in Poweredge R820 server. The error from mcelog is shown below: :Feb 21 11:36:08 r80-nd mcelog: Hardware event. This is not a software error. :Feb 21 11:36:08 r80-nd mcelog:...
View ArticleHow to downgrade OS Collector?
Hi allAs part of a troubleshooting process on a PowerEdge R430 (WS2012 R2), I want to rollback (or uninstall) the OS Collector 2.1.I want to go back to v1.1 instead of the present v2.1.These are the...
View ArticleReboot after Memory Upgrade on PowerEdge T110
Hi,after a memory upgrade (from 2+2 GB to 2+4+2+4 GB, but also only 4+4 GB) the system recognize them correctly (12 GB) but when the Windows SBS Server start, it always reboot after 1 second.The Bios...
View ArticleT410 Redundant PSU
Hi.I have just acquired a T410 with a non redundant PSU. I have been on ebay and seen people selling the power distribution boards.So my question is how difficult is it to convert non redundant to...
View ArticleProcessor version not detected on PowerEdge M630
Hi All,We have two PowerEdge M630 Hosts, each one contains 2 x E5-2683 V4, 16c, 2.1 GhzWe have installed VMware ESXi 6.0.0 on each server.The issue is that we have the Processor type always...
View ArticleR930 server is making too much noise.
We bought a new Dell R930 server and it was setup today buy the dealer. It is making noise as if a jet plane is taking of. That doesn't sound right to me when there is no load on the system. Probably...
View ArticlePrecision T7600 PERC H710P battery problems
I have a Precision T7600 with a PERC H710P controller, firmware package version 21.0.2-0002, and am having battery issues -- I've seen similar problems elsewhere on this forum, but not with the same...
View ArticleDell poweredge 2950 memory problem
Hi,First time post here. I've got a old but solid dell poweredge server with 4x 1gb ram in it. model of the ram is : Hynix 1gb 2rx8 pc2-5300f-555-11. Tried today replacing it with 8x 4gb model hynix...
View ArticleMicron MT36HTF1G72FZ-667C1D4 BMC firmware needed
I have a 64GB kit of Micron MT36HTF1G72FZ-667C1D4 RAM installed on Dell PowerEdge 1950 Gen II and I have an issue where the BMC is spinning the cooling fans at over 8k rpm for no reason as the chassis,...
View ArticlePoweredge T110 how to enter raid configuration
HiI have a raid 1 configuration on the win 2008 R2 server. When I bootup, it says a disk is degraded. I tried to enter into the raid configuration using ctrl M, but nothing happens. There is only an...
View ArticleR710 add memory but can't work
Dear all:My PowerEdge R710 original have A2 A3 Samsung M391B5673EH1-CF8*2A5 A6 Kingston KVR1333D3N9/8G*2It can work well well.But I buy Kingston KVR16R11D4/16*2 and add on my PowerEdge R710 A8 A9, but...
View ArticleThoughts on upgrading server firmware
Hi, I was hoping to get the communities & hopefully Dell's thoughts on the regular updating of firmware. I have generally only updated firmware on servers if there was a specific issue which I...
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M630 VRTX SAS disks not recogzined by Esxi
###Server Model firmware###Poweredge M630 PowerEdge VRTX CMC firmware version 2.21###Config###Seven SAS HDDs configured as one virtual drive. Screenshot: PHY,VIRTUAL###Issue###SAS HDDs not recognized...
View ArticleQLogic QLE266x 16Gb FC for Dell PowerEdge R720
Hi Guys,I'm looking to upgrade my FC HBA card from 8Gbps to 16Gbps. Brand is QLogic. I have looking around the web for the compatibility matrix but to no avail. Can you confirm is the the 16Gbps HBA...
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