PERC H700 RAID 5, 3 Drives, Reporting 1 failed and 1 predictive failure
Hi:I have a PowerEdge T410 with a PERC H700, RAID 5 w/3 drives. The controller reported a failed drive so I replaced it last week with a new/refurbished drive. Now just 1 week later it's reporting a...
View ArticleServer R730: Is there any way by which I could disable the RAM/CPU(s) from bios?
We recently ordered PowerEdge R730 server for internal testing with configuration of 96 GB RAM and 32 processors. The product we are testing need to be tested with 32 GB RAM and 8 Processors.1) We can...
View ArticleTurbo Boost Setup on R630
Greetings!Have bought 4 R630 servers 210-ACXS-56 2,6 Ghz, 32 Gb DDR4, DVDMotherboard 329-BCIY CNCJWNeed to enable Turbo Boost for Processor to see Processor frequency hihger than nominalI did not find...
View ArticleR730 8-bay SFF expansion to 16-bay SFF?
Hi everyone,I'm trying to find a way to expand an 8-bay SFF R730 to a 16-bay SFF setup by getting a second 8-bay backplane and drive cage. Two questions: 1. Is this possible/supported?2. What...
View ArticleDell C6100 Flashing green/amber lights
Hi there,I do apologize that this is almost certainly in the wrong place. I am very new to this forum and not too sure where I should be posting/looking.I recently got a second hand C6100 server...
View ArticleNo Boot device available R610
Hello,I have an R610 and have just setup a single disk and installed Server 2012 onto it successfully.I then installed open manage so I can add some more disks for extra storage.I have setup a 3TB raid...
View ArticlePowerEdge R710
Can anyone tell me which cable is used to connectServer NIC port to switch (cable specification & type crossover or straight)?Server iDRAC port to switch (Cable specification & type crossover...
View Articlemost efficient way to get M630 servers up to latest drivers and firmware
what is the most efficient way to get M630 servers up to latest drivers and firmware?I found individual DUPs at http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-m630/drivers,...
View ArticleDoes upgrading the CPU yourself void the warranty of the server
Hi,I have seen a number of posts here from people and Dell representatives about replacing/ upgrading the CPU.Just wanted to know if I replace the CPU, does it void the server warranty in any way?I...
View ArticlePowerEdge T20 CPU options
Hi all,I have the above machine with the Pentium G3220. I am interested in upgrading the CPU, but as far as I'm aware, the only supported options are the CPU I have and the Xeon E3-1225 V3. I've looked...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 6950 Won't Boot to POST
Good morning all!I was recently provided a Dell PowerEdge 6950 from my employer to use for MCSE training and as a general testing server, as they no longer had use for it. I tried to upgrade the...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T320 does not boot
Hello,Client brought me Dell T320 server that does not boot anymore. He said that he tired to upgrade iDrac firmware, but after restart server failed to boot. Server initializes memory and starts...
View ArticlePERC H710P Mini
Hello !I have a problem , after a power failure , the BIOS has become to produce an errorF / W Fault state - MFI register state 0xF0FF2102Adapter in baseport is no respondingNo adapter.Disable...
View ArticleWhat is the most efficient way to put all firmware and drivers on Dell servers?
What is the most efficient way to put all firmware and drivers on Dell servers?I found individual DUPs at www.dell.com/.../drivers, , but this requires me to manually check the versions,and do separate...
View ArticleDell Enterprise Hardware & Software Updates, Sept. 12 - 16
Popular DownloadsDell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.3OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.2Servers & StorageHGST SAS firmware...
View ArticlePowerEdge 710
Installing 6-4TB drives and setting up a raid 10 on this machine. I was told it was capable to do this. I was also told I would need a bios update for it to recognize the drives. Can you tell me what...
View ArticlePowerEdge R710 bios update
Need to find out how to update the bios on R710 servers with VMware ESXi6 installed. Thanks
View ArticleAdding PERC 800 Card to Poweredge R310
I am needing to add this to my server. Everytime I install the card and boot the server I tells me that I have lost my drives and won't boot. I remove the card and server boots just fine. I am not...
View ArticleiDrac Updated v 2.31.31.30 PE320 fails
iDrac software was updated on a PE320 which failed and no the OS will no longer boot up. It will say iDrac initializing then fails to load OS . We do not use iDrac as we use Dell Open Manager. There no...
View Articleboot from dvd
how do I set the set the server to read the dvd before booting to hard drive. I inserted Dvd with Openmanage exe file but server always boots to hard drive
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