Dell 410 PERC S300 Error
When I log into Server Manger shows that there is Drive Degraded but when I go into controller shows no issues. Also, No erros on event log on windows either. No idea why would show drive degraded when...
View ArticleRepository Manager Confusion for BIOS and Firmware?
Just downloaded the Dell Data Center Repository Manager, and have a few questions from using it the first time. I have two types of PowerEdge rack servers that I want to update BIOS and Firmware prior...
View ArticleH700 replacement
We have a server with a faulty H700 controller, which has shutdown due to multiple ECC errors.It's bad, but we can order a replacement. But what then? How will this new replacement controller know what...
View ArticleIntel Network Adapter compatible with the Poweredge R210 II
Hello,i am looking for an Intel network card compatible with with my R210 II. Aisde from the Intel PRO/1000 PT. is the Intel I350-T2 I350T2V2BLK or the Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port E1G42ETBLK...
View ArticlePowerEdge R815 multiple drive failed and missing drive. OS is not loding up.
Hi all,I have few issue and not sure where to start.I have PowerEdge R815, Windows 2012R2 with Raid 5 config. with 6 drive. And Perch H700 controller.The issues are first, multiple drives has failed...
View Articlelogin failed with an access denied error idrac 8
I am attempting to get into iDRAC 8 virtual console but I am receiving the following error, "login failed with an access denied error."This seems to have happened shortly after applying a firmware...
View ArticlePowerEdge R610 Mix Hard drive SATA and SSD
HI There,Currently I have Dell Poweredge R610 which has 2 x 73GB SAS and 4 x 300GB SAS drive works fine with windows 2012 R2.I want to mix SATA and SAS disk on the RAID controller (PERC 6/i...
View ArticleDiffrence between IDRAC network settings and LifeCycle Controller network...
Hi,What is diffrence between IDRAC network settings and LifeCycle Controller network settings.When, where and how can we use LifeCycle Controller network settings (for access to LifeCycle Controller...
View ArticleDell Server R520 Won't boot
Hello, When Our server boots up, we get a message"Raid Adapter Firmware Failed Validation!!!Adapter needs to be reflashedPress any key to continue"I then press a key it loads and on the final page,...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R220 Loses RAID Config after Power Failure
Hello, Everyone,We're currently facing an annoying problem with our Dell PowerEdge R220 Server installed in one of our clients. Whenever there is a power failure, when the server is turned back on, the...
View ArticleDell 1081AD KVM Remote Java Session only works after full reset
Hi all,I've got a strange error on our 1081AD KVM, I can only launch a KVM session after a full reset, and during a few hours timeframe ( could not pinpoint exactly yet) , after that, I cannot launch...
View Articleadvise on rebuilding raid array
we have an old poweredge 2900 generation 1, that was using a Perc H310 raid card that had 2 raid 5 volumes on it that consisted of 4 x 3TB drives each. when the server boots it now reports this error...
View ArticleDell M610 always Boots into BIOS.
The other day I used the CMC in my M1000e to boot all of the blades (M610) into system services. This didn't work as expected, it actually booted them into the BIOS, however, if I hit the escape key it...
View ArticleR710 with H700
Hello,The idea is to upgrade from originally provided 4x SAS to 6x SAS.I would like to know, is it possible to use DELL PowerEdge R710 6x 3.5“ SAS/SATA Backplane 0W814D / W814D instead of original 4x...
View ArticleT20 memory upgrade
Just purchased a new T20 and on a budgetvto upgrade ram to 8gb. Can i use this?http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/patriot-memory-patriot-memory-4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-desktop-memory-psd34g160081/10396897.aspx
View ArticleDrives for PowerEdge T420 - PERC H710P card
We have a Dell PowerEdge T420 with a PERC H710P card. It contains Seagate ST9300605SS drives. One started showing a 'predictive failure' so we purchased another one from Amazon that was exact same...
View ArticleR510 w/ PERC H700
We have an R510 that we are trying to upgrade. It came with a PERC 6/I RAID controller, but we are wanting to use 3TB drives in it, so we installed the PERC H700 RAID controller. I had a remote tech do...
View ArticleLifecycle controller on iDRAC 7 stuck in update loop
Experts,Have a T320 server that suffered a power failure. Since then its stuck in a boot loop trying to run a lifecycle update.How can this be reset or fixed. All I can do is go into the iDRAC, have...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R520 PCI1320 error
Get this error on my server today "PCI1320 Bus fatal error on bus 0 device 1 function 0. Power cycle system." Please advice.
View ArticleSUU 32-bit and 64-bit
If I want to update a server with an SUU, say 32-bit 16.10...but the 32-bit SUU is missing firmware for an NVMe drive which I have to get from the 64-bit SUU.What is the recommended path to update...
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