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Raid 5 rebuild failed because disk medium error
We have a Poweredge T110 Percs100.Raid 5 with 3 drives.A single drive failed so we replaced it.When attempting a rebuild it gets to 52% and fails.Any suggestions?Should we add an extra drive in the 4th...
View Articleidrac Initializing, vrtx/m620
Hi,After updating the vmware host files, I rebooted the M620 blade on my VRTX. It never came back online, and idrac nor the cmc did get any response from the M620. I then after reading some post did a...
View Articlepoweredge 6800 e0412 fan ps blank
i am trying tu run 6800 using 1 power cable. after E0876 i managed to remove 2nd supply unit. then has another error e0412 fan ps blank. fan redundancy error. am i able tu run my machine this way?
View ArticleCable for T320 8x3.5 to Perc H710
I have a T320 with the 8x3.5 hot-swappable backplane for SAS drives. I ordered a Perc H710 (p/n 342-4203) to replace the H310. The existing SAS cable has the wrong connectors for the H710.I chatted...
View Articlepoweredge 6800 e0412 fan ps blank
i am trying tu run 6800 using 1 power cable. after E0876 i managed to remove 2nd supply unit. then has another error e0412 fan ps blank. fan redundancy error. am i able tu run my machine this way?
View ArticlePurple screen
Hello all,Hope that you can help meI had recently experienced a purple screen on my ESX server. It is a dell r710.In the IDRAC it says the following error message : A bus fatal error was detected on a...
View ArticleCreating RAID 1 with existing OS
If I've already created the Operating system on a Dell PowerEdge R620 server, which has 2 disks and I know that the OS is on one of the disks and I know the disks are RAID0. Is it possible to create a...
View ArticlePowerEdge T310 With PERC S300 OMSA shows RAID5 as Degraded
I have a PowerEdge T310 With PERC S300 that OMSA shows RAID5 as Degraded. OMSA also shows all 3 drives a online and in good condition. NO SMART errors. How do I clear the degraded status?...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R710 giving Message "Warning: Power required exceeds PSU...
Hi, I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 giving Message "Warning: Power required exceeds PSU wattage. Check PSU...." however, I already updated the iDrac6 firmware to the latest which is Release 2.80 But I...
View ArticlePerc H700 can't go into configuration mode - Ctl+R
Greetings!I'm in a weird situation that I'm having difficulty understanding what is going on. I've just installed a Perc H700 raid controller in a Dell Poweredge T310 server (replacing a S300). I'm at...
View Articleidrac Initializing, vrtx/m620
Hi,After updating the vmware host files, I rebooted the M620 blade on my VRTX. It never came back online, and idrac nor the cmc did get any response from the M620. I then after reading some post did a...
View Articlepoweredge 6800 e0412 fan ps blank
i am trying tu run 6800 using 1 power cable. after E0876 i managed to remove 2nd supply unit. then has another error e0412 fan ps blank. fan redundancy error. am i able tu run my machine this way?
View ArticlePurple screen
Hello all,Hope that you can help meI had recently experienced a purple screen on my ESX server. It is a dell r710.In the IDRAC it says the following error message : A bus fatal error was detected on a...
View ArticleCreating RAID 1 with existing OS
If I've already created the Operating system on a Dell PowerEdge R620 server, which has 2 disks and I know that the OS is on one of the disks and I know the disks are RAID0. Is it possible to create a...
View ArticlePowerEdge T310 With PERC S300 OMSA shows RAID5 as Degraded
I have a PowerEdge T310 With PERC S300 that OMSA shows RAID5 as Degraded. OMSA also shows all 3 drives a online and in good condition. NO SMART errors. How do I clear the degraded status?...
View ArticleCannot upgrade esxi on Powered R630
Having problem to upgrade (or fresh install) an VMWare Esxi installed on an Powered R630.The server was delivired with VMWare 5.5 already installed on SD card media.When trying to upgrade i get...
View ArticleH700 Non-Volatile Cache
I'm trying to find a H700 Card with 512MB NV Cache on ebay. Is there a part number for this item? Also the pricing seems to be all over the place on these cards with no apparent reason... is this...
View ArticlePowerEdge 13th Gen and NUMA-capable
Are Dell 13th Gen servers NUMA-capable?If so would changing a BIOS profile to Performance change that?
View ArticleCannot switch idrac6 nic into shared mode
Hi,I'm trying to switch the idrac6 interface of my r815 into shared mode but racadm then says there is no link detected even though that is the nic I'm accessing the install OS with.racadm config -g...
View ArticleCable for T320 8x3.5 to Perc H710
I have a T320 with the 8x3.5 hot-swappable backplane for SAS drives. I ordered a Perc H710 (p/n 342-4203) to replace the H310. The existing SAS cable has the wrong connectors for the H710.I chatted...
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