XC730xd as file server?
Howdy,We currently have three XC730xd devices that are running Nutanix as a Hyper-V Cluster. We are migrating away from Nutanix and want to know if we can rebuild these machines as regular old Windows...
View ArticleRansomware Attack- Need Rescue Discs
My PowerEdge T110 II server was hit by a ransomware virus (Cezar). Although there is antivirus installed, it was infected through a workstation. The server, and none of the workstations, is encrypted...
View ArticleR610 Lifecycle Controller/IDRAC Unable to Update
I've got a hard one for you guys here. I've been fighting with this thing for the past two weeks to get the IDRAC/LCC firmware updated to no avail. I'd really rather not have to replace the thing if at...
View ArticleVRTX Virtual Disks expansion
Is it possible to add drives to a VRTX and then expand an existing Virtual Disk?Online or offline?
View ArticleH700 Controller in R710 no more visible in OMSA After FW Update
I have a R710 with a h700 Controller Running a esxi 6.5 with LSI CIM Provider and OMSA 8.5.Everything was working so i could See the H700 in OMSA and also Discs. The Controller was Running an older...
View ArticleGetting "memory configuration is not optimal press f1 to continue"...
I replaced the entire fleet of 2gb memory sticks in a Dell Poweredge R715 with: Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 ECC RDIMM (Part#CT5321400).I have two processors, so following the manual, I...
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Dell PowerEdge R715 - Receiving: Installed Memory Configuration is Not...
All of the RAM is being identified by the server, but this message continues to pop up, forcing someone to physically be at the server during the time of a power cycle in order to get the system up....
View ArticleDell PE R510 BIOS upgraded wiped SATA config
I just installed a BIOS upgrade on a Dell R510 server and after reboot there is no boot devise. the SATA setting were cleared. If I set the SATA controller to ATA mode i get a warning that Data loss...
View ArticleInstalling Server 2016 on PowerEdge R210
I'm trying to install Server 2016 on and R210 and is not detecting the hard drive, I've tried downloading the drive package from dell.com but nothing, i can't get it installed
View ArticleIntegrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 - Enterprise update
Hello.I'm trying to do "mission impossible 7" and upgrade my iDrac6 Enterprise firmware.So far I found many broken links, documentation to older version of the support site and download file that ends...
View ArticleThe device " " disappeared from the system
After the weekly reboot, I am seeing the following two errors in the event logs and not sure what they mean. The device 'iDRAC SECUPD USB Device'...
View ArticleiDRAC 6 / R710 - "Temp: Unavailable in standby"
Hi Experts,I have searched long and hard to find a solution to the error message I am getting on my PowerEdge R710 server. The LCD readsTemp: Unavailable in standbyAdditionally, the Temperature page of...
View Articlebooting up Server
When the server boots up it get stuck at scanning devices. I ran a hardware diagnostics and it errors out at 89% with the message Error Code 2000-0251 and Validation 72164
View ArticleHow does FX2 IO Aggrigator advertise multiple nics to guest?
I have an FX2 chassis with 4 FC430 blades. Three running VMWare 6.0, one running Windows Server 2012 R2. In each of the OS's they only see two NICs. One goes out the top IOA which I have two 10 gig...
View ArticlePowerEdge T410 Memory Upgrade Questions.
I have a T410 currently with a single Xeon CPU E5640. The second processor slot is empty.I'm running VMWare ESXi 6.x with several Windows Server 2012 VM'sI have 3 Samsung 4gb 2r8 PC3l 1060R in memory...
View ArticleUnable to enable VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Hello,I have a Dell PE R610 with Bios version 6.4.0 and Dual Processor X5650's, running server 2016 with Hyper-V.The X5650 processor says it supports Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT). I have...
View ArticleHow does FX2 IO Aggrigator advertise multiple nics to guest?
I have an FX2 chassis with 4 FC430 blades. Three running VMWare 6.0, one running Windows Server 2012 R2. In each of the OS's they only see two NICs. One goes out the top IOA which I have two 10 gig...
View ArticlePowerEdge VRTX convert from Tower mode to Rack mode instructions
Enclosure Owners Manual only shows conversion for left front and right front ears. Does not show conversion for left rear and right rear? How does the rear of the VRTX attach to the rack?
View ArticleDell R310 with RAID1 and 1 drive failed
I have an R310 out of warranty with a failed drive on a RAID 1. I believe it has a Perc H700. Can I hot-swap the failed drive or do I need to shut down the server, replace the failed drive and then...
View ArticleT110 Server Memory Upgrade (8GBx2 1333 MHz)
Hello,I have an older PowerEdge T110 server which needs memory upgraded. I have purchased both ECC and Non-ECC type memory without success on this server. The diagnostics light tells me that theres "an...
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