PCIE Training Error
Hello- i have an R620 that isn't completing POST. It is getting stuck at PCIe Training Error: Embedded iDRAC Device 5. Power cycling the server doesn't help. i just tried to update the BIOS but the...
View ArticleExchange 2016 Best Practices by Dell
We have purchased Dell PowerEdge R730xd for Exchange services and are looking to best practices document for Exchange 2016 implementation by Dell.We are following the dell reference architecture for...
View ArticleServer OOW PowerEdgeT420 - Non-Critical Error
After recently replacing a Physical Disk on a Connector 0 (RAID), the disk is now online and spun up however we are still seeing a Non-Critical error appearing on the following component within Dell...
View ArticleDell R930 Compatible CPUs
Can anyone confirm whether this CPU will be compatible with Dell R930? I understand the spec sheet says otherwise but just like it says V4 Cpus only, V3's are also allowed. So far i have noticed they...
View ArticleM520 in VRTX
We had a strange outage and now two of our M520 blades in the VRTX just show the iDrac Booting on the display on the VRTX. Whether this problem is related to the fact that the CMC is showing redundancy...
View ArticleForeign configuration: import or clear
Hello,I have an old PE2900 with a Perc 6/i that tomorrow morning I found with the message:Foreign configuration(s) found on adapter. Press any key to continue, or ’C’ to load the configuration utility...
View ArticleSupport for VT-d/ACS on new R740 with Xeon Gold 6126
Hi all,We would like to purchase the new Poweredge R740s.The new Xeon Gold 6126 does not state support for VT-d, while the older CPU say they do. While VT-d is supposed to be a chipset feature, I'm not...
View ArticleESXI 6.0 No Network Adapter found
I upgraded my Dell PowerEdge M620 blade server with dell customized esxi 6.0 U3 ISO image using VMware update manager ,and the host is no longer connected to its Vcenter server due to network adapter...
View ArticlePoweredge 2650 Embedded Server Management Error
Hello all. I'm hoping someone can help us. We have 2 Poweredge 2650 and they've been great for 14 years. One is now given us boot trouble and it has vital data on it that apparently wasn't getting...
View Articlebmr of poweredge t420 with perc s110 - windows reports "No disk that can...
trying to perform, what should be a straight-forward, bmr of a windows 2008 r2 server.i'm guessing that the windows restore path doesn't have the raid controller drivers necessary to see the disks, and...
View ArticleHow to disable ss/web on idrac7 with Basic Management (no idrac license)?
I have a Dell R320 Server. I need to disable ssh/web access to this server becase of PCI DSS compliance.It isn't a IDRAC Enterprise and it doesn't allow to use rcadm command to disable the web / ssh...
View ArticleR210 II - Increasing Frequent Rebooting After Long Uptime
Hi,I have an R210 II running pfSense 2.4 which runs perfectly for anytime between a few days and a month before experiencing a random reboot. After this initial crash, the reboots become increasingly...
View ArticleR815 Drac update. ftp.dell.com ping request fails. Unable to do updates.
R815 Drac update. ftp.dell.com ping request fails. Unable to do updates.
View ArticlePowerEdge 2970 will not boot
There was a storm that knocked the power out in our office, and during that time one of our servers went down. It is plugged into an APC, but im assuming the power surge may have something to do with...
View ArticlePoweredge R630, Perc H330 Raid Controller
HiI am hoping someone can help. We were supplied a Poweredge R630 server with no Raid controller. After multiple issues with the SD Cards we want to get a Hardware Raid controller in the server for...
View ArticlePowerEdge T310 memory upgrade questions and issues
Hello,I'm currently running....M391B5773DH0 - YH9 memoryDIMM DDR3 PC10600E(1333) UNBUF 1RX8 @ 4Gigs RAMWith....Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3460 @ 2.80GHz 2.79 GHzI've tried doing a total memory...
View ArticleDisable Patrol Read Alerts
Does anybody know which alert in iDrac/server manager I uncheck so it doesn't email me about a patrol read operation alerts all the time?
View Articleracadm with the <-a TRUE> option fails with syntax error
updating BIOS version 2.4.3 on a poweredge 630 / 730 server .Run the command :/admin1-> racadm update -f BIOS_6YDCM_WN64_2.4.3.EXE -l //<repo IP/dir> -u <username> -p <password> -a...
View ArticleUpdating Disk Firmware on R710
Hi this is my first post on this forum I'm not sure if this problem is an issue with my R710 or if it is a problem with the PERC6i in it. I've tried searching and so far my google foo has come up with...
View ArticlePERC 9 and 'disk cache policy'
PERC 9 has a virtual disk setting for "disk cache policy". The help in OpenManage says it's disabled by default for SAS but with the latest OpenManage I find it's enabled.Previous posts have described...
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