R520 - interchangeable system boards?
I have a faulty R520 with system board p/n 51XDX, can this be replaced with a R520 system board p/n 3P5P3?
View ArticleT410 with H700 - Degraded Array with Predictive Failure Disk
Hi:I have a PowerEdge T410 server with an PERC H700 controller. The cfg. is:2x2TB disks - RAID 14x300GB disks - RAID 5No Hot SpareOne of the 2TB disks failed and thus RAID 1 array is degraded. I just...
View ArticleDell 13th Gen Hardware and Perc 730 - Alerts During LearnCycle
We are now running ~30 PowerEdge R[347]30s and 8 FX2s chassis with 16 FC630 sleds.We've currently got all of the warning and critical alerts enabled and during a RAID controller cache battery learn...
View ArticlePowerEdge c2660 BMC ip address wont change on changing the controller card
PowerEdge c2660 BMC ip address wont change on changing the controller card:One of our servers was crashing. We replaced it with another same configuration but with a different IP address,.We should be...
View ArticleServer recommendation
I have a small business, with 5 workstations. We run a PowerEdge SC440 (intel xeon 2.13 ghz, 3.00 Gig Ram. We run a few programs on it, nothing major. Its pretty basic. I need to upgrade server...
View ArticlePowerEdge T130 SSD Requirement
Hi All,Can we use SSD on a Dell T130? in the data sheet, it doesn't indicates SSD, though I saw some forums that says that it will. Can someone verify this? maybe dell doesn't sell SSD specific for...
View ArticlePowerEdge iDrac/Lifecycle Tutorials
Hi, I'm new to Dell, and we will be deploying a R430 with the client.What are the things i need to take not to make our deployment errorless.we will be installing a windows 2016 on 1 server and a...
View ArticleDell R210 II
Hi guys,i have a 2 Dell R210 II running an E3-1230 V2 CPU and 8gb ram. the server boots (well sounds like it does) the blue light comes up on the back but i get no VGA output. this is happening on two...
View ArticlePoweredge T20 Secure Boot with Windows Server 2016
I'm having issues with Secure boot on a Power Edge T20 but only when running Windows Server 2016.I'm trying to figure out if this is a BIOS issue or a hardware issue or if anyone else is experiencing...
View ArticlePowerEdge 860 and IPMI?
I've got some PowerEdge 860s in a lab environment and I'm trying to get IPMI working for an oVirt cluster. I can configure and enable the BMC in the BIOS, and I can see it with ipmitool, do sel...
View ArticleR630 and qle2462
Hello in my poweredge r630 I am not able to make this card to work I've a dell 2 fiber channel card Qle2462 and this is the cause of kernel panic. Without it I am able to install linux but I need this...
View ArticleAre there Ver2 T710 / T610/ T410 motherboards . If so what are the part...
Are there Ver2 T710 / T610/ T410 m/boards . If so what are the part numbers (and briefly the difference9s) between the Ver1 & Ver 2's m/boards )thanks
View ArticlePowerEdge R730 - Unusual PSU Failure?
Hello everyone,One of our customers has experienced a very weird power failure recently and I have no clue what caused it and how to protect ourselves from such failures in the future. Hopefully...
View ArticleR510 - UUID unreadable no instance(s) available when using WMIC csproduct
I have a Dell r510 server which when I enter wmic csproduct uuid I get 'no instance(s) available'.I have updated bios, I have re-installed operating systems (windows 2012 r2) but this information is...
View ArticleT130 memory vs T30 memory differences
I have a T30 that works very well with non-ECC UDIMM DDR4 memory. We recently picked up a few T130 servers on a good deal. Considering the T30 and T130 use the same CPU series and use the exact same...
View ArticlePE T610 CTRL_PNL connector pin out
The control panel on my PE T610 sort of works. The blue LED is very faint which makes it difficult to see the LCD text in normal situations. The the orange LED is bright when turned on due to fault...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T710 CPU Upgrade
I am looking to upgrade the CPU in my PowerEdge T710. I have a socket-b mobo with a 2.4GHz Intel Xeon E5530 in there now. I am hoping to get something over 3.4 GHz to replace it with. I was told a...
View ArticleCant access idrac6 enterprise
Hello! I am pretty new to servers and i have had mine for about a month now, but i still cant use the idrac. I have 2 ethernet cables, one for internet and one for the idrac. I have tried resetting...
View ArticlePE2800 shuts down immediately
Hi!I got a PE2800. When I turn it on, it shuts down after ~10 sec-s, after it shows the DELL logo on the monitor.(of course it wouldn't be in a mission critical application)
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