I bought a used Dell PowerEdge 2950 T1910 Intrusion. I did not realize that it did not come with an OS. Normally it appears that Dell sells them with a OS windows 2003 or 2008 but I guess the
last owner removed it for some reason as I am unable to get the computer to reboot. Following is the information I get on the screen fron startup to boot up. Any assistance in tracking down the
problem and remedy would be much appreciated. Sorry that I'm new to most of this stuff so hope my question doesn't come accrosss as too stupid. Thanks in advance!
Opens on:
Dell
PowerEdge 2950
Bios Revision 2.7.0
(Right and top corner has this info:)
F2 = Setup
F10 = Utility Setup
F11 = Boot Menu
F12 = PXE Boot
(Next Screen)
Two 3.00 GHz Quad-core Porcessors, Bus Speed: 1333 MHz, L2 Cache: 2x6 MB
System Memory Size: 63.75 GB, System Memory Speed 667 MHz
Remote Access Controller detected
Broadcom NetXtreme II Ethernet Boot Agent v4.4.4
Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Broadcom Corporation
All right reserved.
Press Ctrl-S to Configure Device (MAC Address - 0022191779DB)
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller BIOS
Copyright (c) 2008 LSI Coporation
Press <Ctrl><R> to Run Configuation Utility
HA - 0 (Bus 1 Dev 0 ) PERC 6/i integrated
PW package: 6.1.1-0047
0 Virtual Drives(s) found on the host adapter.
0 Virtual Drives(s) handled by BIOS
Remote Acess Configuration Utility 1.28
Copyright 2006 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved
Baseboard Management Controller Revision 2.10
Remote Access Controller Revision (Build 10.07.01) 1.51
Primary Backplan Firmware Revision 1.05
IP Adress: blah blah
NetMask: blah blah
Gateway: blah blah
Press <Ctrl-E> for Remote Access Setup within 5 sec...
Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v1.1.8
Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Broadcom Corporation
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
All right reserved.
Client Mac Address 00 22 19 17 79 DB GUID: 44454C4C 5100 1043 8032 B8C04F524831
DHCP...
PXE - E53: No boot Filename received
PXE - MOF: Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM.
(End)
(Under "Run Configuration Utility" I see this:)
VD Management:
Controller 0
No Configuration Present!
Controller Prop. :
DV Count :0
VD Count :0
PD count :0
Raid Level : Raid - 0
PD per Span :N/A
[ ]--:--:00 139392 MB _ _
[ ]--:--:01 139392 MB _ _
[ ]--:--:02 285568 MB _ _
[ ]--:--:03 285568 MB _ _
[ ]--:--:04 285568 MB _ _
[ ]--:--:05 285568 MB _ _
Basic Settings
VD Size: (blank) MB
VD Name: (blank)
Advance Settings
Stripe Element Size: 64KB
Read Policy: No Read Ah
Write Policy: Write Back
[ ] Force WB with no battery
[ ] Initialize
[ ] Configure Hotspare
PD Mangement:
Driver ID Vendor Size/MB Type State
--:--:00 SEAGATE 139392 SAS Ready
--:--:01 SEAGATE 139392 SAS Ready
--:--:02 SEAGATE 285568 SAS Ready
--:--:03 SEAGATE 285568 SAS Ready
--:--:04 SEAGATE 285568 SAS Ready
--:--:05 SEAGATE 285568 SAS Ready
Product ID: ST3146855SS
Revision: S528
Write Cache: N/A
S.M.A.R.T Status: No Error
Operation: None
Controller Management:
Versions
Product Name : PERC 6/i
Package : 6.1.1-0047
FW Version : 1.21.02-0528
BIOS Version : 2.01.00
CtrlR Version : 1.02.014B
Boot Block : 1.00.00.01-0011
Settings
[X] Enable Contoller BIOS
[ ] Enable Alarm
[X] Enable BIOS Stop on Error
Select Bootable BD: (black)
Controller ID : 0
PCI Bus : 0x01
PCI Device : 0x00
PCI Function : 0x00
PCI Slot ID : 0xff
(I have attempted to install windows 2008 R2 onto the Poweredge 2950 however my attempts to use either the USB or the DVD drive to download the OS has been very unsuccessful. I have setup my
boot setting as follows)
(Using USB Port)
Bood Sequence:
1.Front USB: Cruzer
2.IDE CD-Rom device
3.Hard drive C:
4 Embeded NIC 1 MBA v4.4.4 Slot 0300
Boot Device Menu:
* Normal
* Front USB: Cruzer
* IDE CD-Rom device
* Hard drive C:
* Embedded NIC 1 MBA v4.4.4 Slot 0300
* System Setup
* Boot to Utility partition
(I click on "Front USB: Cruzer" and I the curser starts blinking at the bottom of the screen... Nothing else happens... no attempt is made to run the Rufus 1.4.4 usb drive key I have put there along with the OS)
(Using DVD Drive)
Bood Sequence:
1.IDE CD-Rom device
2. Embeded NIC 1 MBA v4.4.4 Slot 0300
Boot Device Menu:
* Normal
* IDE CD-Rom device
* Embedded NIC 1 MBA v4.4.4 Slot 0300
* System Setup
* Boot to Utility partition
(I click on "IDE CD-Rom device) I get the same error as if I would try to get "PXE - E53: No boot fielname ceceived". The server does not even attempt to read the DVD. Any thoughts about the best approach to resolve this issue? Thanks again inadvance!)