Dell Poweredge R710 Not booting after hot swapping drives
I am having an issue with one of our DVR servers. There where two drives that where giving me issues. One had completely failed and the other was imminent. I replaced the bad drive first, gave it some...
View ArticlePowerEdge R530 and Windows Server 2008 EMB R2 Service Pack 1
Dear All,I have purchased a Dell Poweredge R530 and they sent me the system with an English version Windows Server 2008 EMB R2 SP1. I have not been able to install the EMB version on the server but...
View ArticlePoweredge R320 PSU FAILED Firmware Update Bricked
I'm quite annoyed with the fact that.1. Our warranty for the Poweredge R320 had expired. Tried to extend warranty but no reply from DELL. Wanted to extend the warranty before trying to address the PSU...
View Articleplease fix DELL Diag v5162
DELL 32bit Diag v5162 is a phantom. The internal release number is 2MM6J. I found it in the repo folder of SUU 15.04 and 14.10 I think, too.LC / Dell FTP Catalog doesn't know about it.DELL Repo Manager...
View ArticleCMC web interface access lost, requires RACRESET, inconsistent, but recurring
Under the CMC 4.5, we were able to reliably access CMC via the web interface for ~3 months. In January, we added externally signed certificates to the CMC (required by parent organization). We updated...
View ArticleUpgrading from SATA 1TB drive to SAS 2TB drive in R620 server
Hi,I have a R620 with a Perc H710 Mini Raid. I currently have 3 1TB SATA drives in a RAID 5 config and need more disk space. Unfortunately I have the backplane that only supports up to 4 drives.I...
View ArticleLow negotiated speed after HDD upgrade
I have a Dell Power edge T105 running Windows Server 2008 R2. It has a SAT 6ir controller. The original WE RE 500GB discs were running out of space so these have been replaced with WD 2TB RE drives....
View ArticleMemory Riser Failure in Dell PowerEdge R910
Hi Team,server is giving E1234 Memory Riser power Failure #A this is third time before this we have replaced motherboard and server working fine. but after 1 or 2 days server went down with same error...
View ArticleR820 drawing 65kW!!
So I have started seeing SEL entries for system board Consumption current is greater than the upper critical threshold and in looking at the power monitoring page in DRAC I see Max Peaks are listing...
View ArticlePoweredge T420 - GPU Install
Hello all,I am trying to understand how gpu installation work. Let me say that I have already managed to install a gpu card on my own server but I used a tricky way to give it the required power...
View ArticleR815 no POST after switching UEFI-BIOS boot mode
While attempting to troubleshoot an upgrade of AMD CPU's in an R815 server running Windows 2012 Server, I set the boot mode from UEFI to BIOS mode. (In retrospect, it looks like this is a neophyte...
View ArticleOnly one of two Ethernet network adapter works on my Dell pe2950 II, running...
Only one of two Ethernet network adapter works on my Dell pe2950 II, running VMware esxi 6.0.How could I make the second adapter work?Summary:Server module: Dell PowerEdge 2950 II.OS: VMware esxi...
View ArticleM1000E Blade Chassis Issue
I have an M1000e that I have started having power issues with since recently replacing the UPS units it is connected to. The enclosure is fully populated with a mix of M610 and M710 blades, and 6 x...
View ArticleR820 drawing 65kW!!
So I have started seeing SEL entries for system board Consumption current is greater than the upper critical threshold and in looking at the power monitoring page in DRAC I see Max Peaks are listing...
View ArticleMemory Riser Failure in Dell PowerEdge R910
Hi Team,server is giving E1234 Memory Riser power Failure #A this is third time before this we have replaced motherboard and server working fine. but after 1 or 2 days server went down with same error...
View ArticlePowerEdge C6220 automatic S5/G2: soft-off for a whole rack of nodes
I have a rack of 5 C6220 nodes which for the last couple of weeks have all been turning off for no apparent reason. The BMC logs are not very descriptive as the S5/G2 message is the only message that...
View ArticleMemory Upgrade - Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Ent not start
Hello!Server: DELL PowerEdge 2950 (2хCPU, 16Gb (8х2gb) upgraded to 32Gb (8х4Gb).OS: Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Enterprise Edition.Before upgrade have boot.ini:[boot...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1950 upgrade to iDRAC6?
Hi All,Have a bunch of PowerEdge 1950's that have the end-of-life DRAC5 card. Is it possible to swap out the DRAC5 card for an iDRAC6 or 7 or 8? (and have everything still work as designed, of...
View ArticleIssues with PS-3, PS-4 on Dell PE 1855 Blade System
Hello I connected all power cables to PS-1, PS-2, PS-3 and PS-4.. but only two Power Supplies - become ON. PS-3 and PS-4 showing : Present - OFFI tried shutdown chassis and boot it UP again, and then...
View ArticleUnable to boot from optical Drive
Hi all,Am trying to boot from optical Drive but all trying failed (CD is ok, it's work on anather server):Server Dell powerEdge R730UEFI Boot Sequence :- the first is : Embedded SATA Optical Drive J:...
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