installing Bitlocker on Raid 5 drives
hi thanks in advance for reading this.i am trying to install BitLocker on our servers:PowerEdge R9004x 6core128Gb ram5 x 2Tb on Perc 6/iconfigured as Raid 5 no spare 3 partitions 1x 350Gb system 1 x...
View ArticleRAC0503 and RAC0501 with T620 and H310
I have a T620 with one Perc H310 connected to the backplane. In the iDrac when I go to storage I get the following error:RAC0501: There are no physical disks to be displayed. 1. Check if the host...
View ArticleResetting DELL FX2 chassis CMC and config data
Hi,I got the steps to reset the FX2 CMC password from www.dell.com/.../resetting-forgotten-administrator-passwordQuestion: Will it only reset the password and not effect any configuration?Thank you.
View ArticleDell server configuration web page not working properly
Recently the web page where we configure and customize Dell PowerEdge servers is not working properly, it takes forever to render any change in selections, and often time after spending too much time...
View ArticlePowerEdge 310 HDD swap using Bare Metal Recovery
I have a bare metal backup saved on an internal HDD, External, HDD, and flash drive and am trying to restore to a new dissimilar HDD. 1TB seagate to a 500GB WD. When I boot into windows setup and press...
View ArticleDell poweredge r710 fan speed
Hello! I am pretty new to severs and i just got a poweredge r710. I am running multiple programs but when i do the cpu temps go to around 70-72 which i dont like. If i take the cover off the fans start...
View ArticleT430 vs T330
I'm about to purchase a small server to host Quickbooks and SQL express running Win2012r2 Essentials for a custom POS application in a small business office. All things being equal...
View ArticleCable for Full sized PCI-E raid controller on R720
Hi,I need to add a full sized PCI-E H710P controller to a poweredge R720 that is currently cabled to use a monolithic)mini) controller. I believe all I need to know is the part number for the cable...
View ArticleRandom Reboot R740
Hello,We currently have a Windows server 2016 Datacenter server failover cluster with two PowerEdge R740 nodes.The hardware configuration of each node is as follows:2x Intel (R) Xeon (R) Silver 4116...
View ArticleHealthy (Recovery Partition) and Healthy (OEM Partition) on Dell PowerEdge...
We have purchased Dell PowerEdge R730xd servers. After the installation we can see the Healthy (OEM Partition) with OS drive on One Server and on Other Server the partition with name Healthy (Recovery...
View ArticleFailed Redundancy on RAID 1
Hello, I have a poweredge R210 server with RAID1 implemented and I am seeing the following error in the event logs The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort3, did not respond within the timeout period.In Disk...
View ArticlePOWER EDGE 2900
Good afternoon , could you support us in the following issue?We have PE2900 , it was woking fine some months ago then it was sent to us by airplane , after receiving it we turned it on and we...
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iDrac Redfish JSON for Drive Serial Number
Howdy!FNG here! ;-)Trying to get Drive SerialNumber from a NonRaid Controller slot, as seen in this redfish schema:I've used iDrac /v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1/Storage/Controllers/NonRAID.Slot.2-1 and...
View ArticleT610 reboot hangs on iDRAC error
I have a T610 which has recently started hanging on reboot with the following error:iDrac6 Communication FailureeAlert! iDrac6 Error... RebootingAfter a pause it automatically reboots, and the second...
View ArticleIntel X550-T2 in PowerEdge R710
Hi! Does anyone know if a R710 can handle an Intel X550-T2 running at 10GB? We recently installed one in an R710 and can only get 1GB connection speeds out of it. Is anyone aware of any technincal...
View ArticleVRTX Degraded Disk
This morning I noticed there was a disk in my VRTX that was blinking orange. So, I removed it, and reinserted it.It appeared to start rebuilding. I however can find no log of this event in the VRTX...
View ArticleSNMP - Dell OMSA Not Accepting connections on localhost
Hello ,I am currently unable to monitoring the Dell Hardware through our MSP portal. Initially I installed Dell Open Manage as well as installing and configuring SNMP. However when I run an...
View ArticleR900: Every replacement drive shows E1810 Fault error
I have an older R900 with a Perc 6/i controller with six 500gb SAS (Seagate ST9500430SS) drives configured in a RAID 5 array. Recently Drive 0 failed so I replaced it with an identical drive. The...
View Articledell r610 hdd still blinking green after rebuild
why is my hdd still blinking green after rebuild?how can i fix this?Can do it with megacli?it is a 2 hdd raid 1megacli -LDInfo -Lall -aALLAdapter 0 -- Virtual Drive Information:Virtual Drive: 0 (Target...
View ArticleC2100 won't POST, blinking amber fault led
Hi all, suddenly, my C2100 won't post. I opened it up to take a look and troubleshoot. Upon pressing the power button, I see/hear the fans spin up, the hard drive tray LEDs go green, and then.... it...
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