Poweredge 2850 Perc/Cerc u821 - all drives in ready mode and unselectable
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can help me with probably broken RAID1 setup, after many attempts to fixing it, I decide I want zap whole setup and start from scratch, after clearing configuration...
View ArticlePowerEdge T430 factory restore
I have a PowerEdge T430 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. What is the easiest way to get the server back to factory state?
View ArticlePDR1001 Fault detected on drive 4 in disk drive bay 1.check drive
Hello every oneWe had server (poweradge R720)In the first time i had the subject problem, and when i search for the solve i find inAfter that I shutdown the server (poweradge R720) and change the place...
View ArticleT430 + PERC H730 - missing Adaptive Read Ahead?
Windows 2012 R2 fully patchedPERC H730 1GB + BatteryAll Dell drivers/firmware installed and up to dateOMSA 8.3Go to OMSA, Storage, PERC, Virtual Disks, Change Policy, Read Policy - only options are...
View ArticlePoweredge R900 no video signal
Hi,I got two used Poweredge R900 servers.One works fine, the other one turns on, fans blow, no error message on the smalll display, but I wasn't able to see anything on the screen.If I take out the...
View ArticlePoweredge AS180 firmwware update failed
Hi, For my AS180 KVM i've tried to apply the latest firmware R173924, via RS232 cable from w2k r2 64bit.The update returned the time-out error while upgrading; now my kvm no longer works.I've tried...
View ArticleRaid troubles / potential bad drive or controller
I help out a small business with their servers. I get a call this morning that their Dell 400SC (obtained 2003-ish / Win 2000 server) is screaming bloody murder. It's up and functioning best I can...
View ArticleR730XD H730P - F/W in in Fault State
When booting up, I get the following message from the PERC Controller:F/W is in Fault State - MFI Register State 0xF0010000Adapter at Baseport is not respondingNo AdapterWe use a bunch of SSD's.Any...
View ArticleDell T310 stuck in boot loop
This morning, my Dell T310 suddenly f ailed, Since then it has been stuck in a boot mode. I am unable to access the bios, any of the hardware configs. Would love to know why it f ailed suddenly and...
View ArticleEnterprise FTP
Is the Dell Enterprise FTP site down or having issues? I've got several servers i'm attempting to perform updates on via the lifecycle controller and keep getting FTP Authentication failed- enter...
View ArticleMemory and Processor Error After memory upgrade
HII have one R710 with 2 x4 GB memory . I upgraded that to 6 X4GB .Now total memory is 24GB with two CPU. After that server gives memory and processor errors randomly DIMM_A1 DDR3 - Synchronous...
View ArticlePowerEdge R220 and PERC H710 Compatible?
Hello, I have a client with a PowerEdge R220. It's currently configured with a pair of 500GB SATA drives attached to the embedded controller (S110). I'd like to know if it's possible to install a...
View ArticleIncreasing NIC ports in Dell Poweredge R810
Does anyone knows how to increase number of NIC ports(802.1q capable) to preferably 16 in a Dell Poweredge R810....because our enterprise needs more ports on this server running esxi 6.....Is there any...
View ArticleR710 - The chassis is open while the power is on.
Hello,LCD Status Message indicates, I1910, Intrusion detected. Check chassis cover.How do I remove this message from the LCD?I tried DRAC. Two different people checked the BIOS but there is nothing...
View ArticlePowerEdge T130 front bezel - does not allow for removable 5 1/4? hard drive...
Is my impression wrong that the T130 does not allow to install removable drive bays in the front?The Bezel has not removable 5 1/4" bay blanks?
View ArticlePowerEdge 1950 FBD Link Failed to Train
I recently brought my old PowerEdge 1950 out from storage, booted it up and found the following error: "Error: Memory failure detected. Memory size reduced. Replace the faulty DIMM as soon as...
View ArticleBattery and Disk failures
Hello,we have a PowerEdge R510 server with Perc H700 Raid controller installed, configured to run with Raid-5. So far we have configured 2 virtual disks. The first virtual disk consists of 4 hdd x 2...
View ArticleDell R710 Idrac6 Enterprise OSM
Hi all, first of all let me say I am a compete nube with this stuff.I have 2 Dell R710 servers, I am trying to use (Dell OpenManage Server Administrator) from a windows10 computer using firefox 47,...
View ArticleH730P with more than 8 drives
We have a range of R730xd servers with 2 x H730P RAID controllers, each with 8 x 6gbps SSDs attached. The servers are sold as "12+12" drive servers, and the chassis has bays for 4 more drives per...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge Raid 5 HDD 1 failure
I had a dell poweredge server running at client site having Raid 5 with 4 disks. Yesterday all of a sudden the system stop responding and there was error HDD 1 failure (showing orange light). Someone...
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