Virtual Media Port (and other ports on iDrac 6, 7, & 8)
Hi folks,Would someone happen to know what the ports in use on iDRACs are. Particularly the Virtual Media Port.Web searches yielded the following but that isn't from any official documentation.22...
View ArticleDell T310 bios update fails - FLASH device not supported
Bios upgrade attempted via dvd, however when it runs the message below comes up.Dvd issue? Or other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
View ArticleDRAC 5 Console Redirect will not work.
Hello all,I have a Dell Poweredge 2950 II server. Everything is going well with it. However, the DRAC 5 card is having some issues. Everything seems to work fine, expect the console redirect. I've...
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PowerEdge 1950 - Fan Issues
I currently have a PowerEdge 1950 - I had it running on a shelve for about 6-8 months and finally moved it to a 1u wallmount on the wall in my office. I was very careful in moving it and after...
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iDRAC firmware Update Fails
Hello:I have a Dell PE T410 server that I has iDRAC firmware version 1.80.00 (Build 17). The system tag is <removed>. I am trying the procedure that was supplied by Eddie on the following...
View ArticleNo connection to iDRAC6 Enterprise w/dedicated or shared NIC
Firmware Rev 2.80.03I have an r910 with an iDRAC6 enterprises adapter connected, to which I am unable to connect in either dedicated or shared modes. USBs and NIC1 works as expected for host....
View ArticleDell M820 - Won't POST
I purchased a used Dell M820 blade with 4x E5-4610, 48x 8GB DDR3 RDIMMs (1.5V), a 10GB mezz card, and a H710P controller. I loaded everything up into the blade, put it in the chassis, and it refuses to...
View ArticleNo Post, No Video, No Codes
I have a T110 ii that rebooted from Windows updates on Friday night as scheduled. On reboot the server did not come back up.I have complete the following steps:- Power cycled- Hardware reset by...
View ArticleDell Poweredge 2600 - Error During Startup
I have a Dell Poweredge 2600 with 2 Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz processors and 3 GB of RAM. During startup it displays the following error message:Invalid SCSI configuration; SCSI cable detected on connector...
View ArticleiDRAC6 Console connection error tried everything
So i have been browsing around google and the Dell forums to find a solution to this but i am close to returning the server.I have a Dell r710 with 24GB of RAM, 2 Quad 2.27GHz processors, the BIOS and...
View ArticleCRITICAL - R710 PERC 6/i VD offline due to firmware bug
I had a VD offline due to a firmware bug.I'm using the latest firmware version.This is what I can see in our logs:07/02/16 3:31:57: EVT#30207-07/02/16 3:31:57: 113=Unexpected sense: PD 05(e0x20/s5)...
View ArticlePowerEdge R620 - Unexpected shutdown
R620 server is shutdown with below lifecycle log.2016-04-19T09:59:13-0400 SYS1001 System is turning off. 2016-04-19T09:59:13-0400 SYS1003 System CPU Resetting.Firmware versions,BIOS: 2.5.2 , iDRAC:...
View ArticleDeep Learning Project with PowerEdge T630 and Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X
Hi all,I'm going to run a deep learning project with Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X GPU.One of my options is utilizing a PowerEdge T630 server.So, I have two questions:1- Does T630 support Ubuntu OS?2-...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2950 Perc 6i Raid Bios issue
.Hi allI have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 and when you power it on and press CRTL R to load the integrated raid bios it comes up with the below message (screenshot) and the raid bios config utility does not...
View ArticleOMSA on a T300 running ESXi 6.0?
Hi all,I'd like to start by saying that I'm somewhat new to building out my own server environment as my PowerEdge T300 is the first piece of actual server purpose-built hardware that I've owned so I...
View ArticleT110 Gigabit Ethernet Upgrade Recommendation?
Got a T110 running Win2K3 SP2 Standard x86, but not totally content with the on-board Broadcom gigabit Ethernet adapter. Tempted to upgrade to something Intel based, found one, but realized there...
View ArticleFC430 SSD model
Hello. Tell me please compatible models of SSD drives to 400 GB for the server FC430. If it is possible eMLC. Notified uSATA 1,8in drives, and I'm confused.
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 ArticleFX2 IOA constantly requesting DHCP, exhausting vlan1 scope with BAD_ADDRESS
I have a Win 2008 R2 (and then upgraded to 2012 R2) DHCP server which was getting loads of BAD_ADDRESS filling up the scope in vlan1. All other scopes for other vlans were unaffected. Wireshark...
View ArticlePowerEdge R230 cannot update the firmware
Just purchased a new R230 and trying to setup. One of the steps is Update the Firmware. We do not use Windows, so I downloaded the firmware file Firmware_635G9_WN64_2.23_A00-00.EXE from the product...
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