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When I sign into the VRTX CMC GUI for a particular system, there are two Critical Alerts on the Chassis Overview > Properties > Health page (which is the default homepage). The lights on the...
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My server boots into the os but at restart of my Optiplex t610 running server 2008 the following error message appears:The following VDs are missing: 00If you proceed (or load the configuration...
View ArticlePoweredge 2100: Unable to access BMC web interface
Hello,We have a Poweredge C2100 w/ a BMC that doesn't provide a web interface. After configuring the BMC under the Server tab in the BIOs we can ping the dedicated nic but there doesn't seem to be a...
View ArticlePowerEdge HDD/SCSI/RAID Forum R310
Will a H310 Controller (internal) work on a R310 PowerEdge Server ?if not what raid card will work ..
View ArticlePower Requirements for Dell Products
How do I conclude the power requirements for Dell servers?For example for Dell R730 servers, in the the technical specifications following are the ratings specified. I have three options to choose...
View ArticleBCM5720 Firmware upgrade 7.8.16 to 7.10.64 fails
PowerEdge 720BCM5720 Firmware upgrade 7.8.16 to 7.10.64 fails The upgrade worked for two of four interfaces. I have attempted several things but I just can’t get off 7.8.16 on the other two. Every...
View ArticleClearing Critical VRTX Chassis Alerts
When I sign into the VRTX CMC GUI for a particular system, there are two Critical Alerts on the Chassis Overview > Properties > Health page (which is the default homepage). The lights on the...
View ArticlePower Requirements for Dell Products
How do I conclude the power requirements for Dell servers?For example for Dell R730 servers, in the the technical specifications following are the ratings specified. I have three options to choose...
View Article"weak ephemeral diffie-hellman key" error in FF39 prevents OMSA...
In Firefox version 39, some OMSA web site would give this error message:An error occurred during a connection to <server>:1311. SSL received a weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key in Server Key...
View ArticlePoweredge R210 II - iDRAC 6 Firmware update Timed out, now server won't...
I have an R210 II server with an iDRAC 6 card installed. We were having some problems with it so we attempted to update the firmware using the linux package available from the Dell downloads page....
View ArticlePredictive failure, new drives, perc4/di, poweredge 2600, help!
We have an old Dell poweredge 2600 with a PERC 4/di controller with 3 drive array running raid 5. Recently drive 0 was throwing a predictive failure warning about once per day. A consistency check...
View ArticleR710 PSU requirements
Hello,I recently tried to upgrade an R710 server from a single E5520 CPU and 2x2GB of RAM to Dual X5650's and 6x8GB of RAM. The server also has a Perc 6i and 3x146GB drives. However when I did the...
View ArticleRAID - 5 , OS Booting Problem
We have Dell PowerEdge 2850 Server and RAID 5 is configured on the said server. Server was showing “Volt Batt CMOS” and was not able to boot to OS. After replacing CMOS Battery Server is not showing...
View ArticlePE2950 remove or disable drac
my uncle gave me a pe2950 want to setup for in home use as file and game server. when i connect to monitor keyboard and mouse nothing comes up when powering on. when plugging into network for drac i...
View Articler220 idrac7 Enterprise license ?
Hello !There is a server poweredge r220 acic-11t standard set Idrac7 Express . Not available Virtual Console.. Can I use the virtual console via LAN1 license Enterprise or only idrac7 Enterprise card ?...
View ArticlePowerEdge C6145 BMC critical condition event in Power On mode S0/S1
I have a PowerEdge C6145 that went off warranttee last Nov. We had a power outage about a week ago and our UPS failed. The PowerEdge C6145 seemed okay when the power cam back, but now it is blinking...
View ArticleHOW RMM works in DELL server?
Hi all, Good day! I'm still new in server world and I want to find out what is the use of RMM port in a DELL server. In my understanding RMM is use to remotely easy access the server. Question?...
View ArticleT110 - Perc S100 - non raid issue - Help Please
Hi Guys,I have an old T110 and need some help please.Somehow i have managed to loose the S100 Config.I had the first2 disks (OS) in raid 1The other disks were non raid.I've recreated the raid 1 Virtual...
View ArticleRAID 10 - Drive Failure Predicted
I have a six disk RAID 10 array with drive failure predicted on one of the drives. I would like to place the disk in OFFLINE mode and replace it but I receive the following warning:"Making a physical...
View ArticlePERC H730 Upgrade in R730 Question
Hi All,We ordered an R730 server with 5 disks with the view to running VMware on it. I forgot to spec in the PERC H730 RAID Controller, so it came with OS only RAID. As we are running VMware, I could...
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