Hello guys,
We have a PowerEdge 1800 server. We decided to upgrade it from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2. So we started to install Windows 2008 from scratch. The first problem was the RAID controller driver. We have got PERC 4/SC which seems bot supported by Windows 2008 R2. I found an article somewhere here in the forum that the Windows 2003 driver might work. So I've tried it and worked so finally Windows 2008 R2 installed successfully. I upgraded the BIOS and BMC firmware and ran windows updates. After a couple of restart the server cannot boot up. After MPTBIOS-5.06.06 appears on the screen the server frozen I cannot do anything except switch it off. Doesn't matter if I press F2 or F10 doesn't go further. There are two ways when it goes further. First If I take off the RAID controller but it is useless as I cannot use the server. The other way if I unplug the power cables and waiting for an hour plug back in and it goes further but error messages pops up and the server rebooting itself and go back to the first scenario and have to switch it off. (see attached screenshot)
Have someone any idea what causing this issue and any solution? I've burnt a diagnostics CD and I can run it if I remove the RAID controller but its not ideal. I thought might be some firmware issue but I cannot check. Is there any solution to check and update the firmware from a Boot CD?
Many thanks
AMajer