PowerEdge M620 AHCI
Hi, I would like to use AHCI for a specific m620 blade, however although I select ahci from bios and disable the integrated controller (h310) drives are not detected by the server.Is there another part...
View ArticleiDRAC 7 Enterprise license on a used server
Hello,We've purchased a 12th generation server, and it turned out to have an enterprise license applied to its iDRAC, however, I just can't seem to get it working. Pinging the iDRAC by its new IP, or...
View ArticleR710 no vga output/bios reset?
Hello, i disabled onboard graphics in bios, and now i dont get any signal via vga cable. If i plug it to nvidia card (gt710) i can see windows booting, but i cant see any of the server loading screens....
View ArticleR710 SAS 6/IR problems
HiI recently bought a used PowerEdge R710. Very nice machine.It has a PERC 6/i in it. Now, I plan to use this server as a Freenas box, so that card isn't ideal. I did some research and found that the...
View Article2012 R2 Drivers for CS24-NV7
Hi,I know the CS24-NV7 is a DCS and is not technically supported but I have one that I am intending to run as my home lab. I have everything installed but I am unable to get a good driver for 2012 R2...
View ArticleUpgrade PERC H810 firmware?
Hello,I have been all over Dell's support site and I am unable to figure out how to get a newer version of firmware for my PERC H810 card. I have version 21.3.2-0005 in it now. That's dated Sep. 2015,...
View ArticleNVMe on Dell R730xd
Hello, We have just received a new R730xd.We intend to install several NVMe disks on a specialized controller. The technical sales fellow that we dealt with said that NVMe is only available on 2 of...
View ArticlePowerEdge M610 and BCM57111 firmware update troubles
Hi,I am currently doing a maintenance on our m1000e chassis, flashing the firmwares to the latest versions.Our setup is:- m1000e chassisA1 - Dell PowerConnect M6220 A2 - Dell PowerConnect M6220 B1 -...
View ArticleiDRAC 6/7/8 AD Authentication Setup Problem
I am trying to get AD authentication configured on my 11/12/13 gen systems and I am having issues uploading the certificate to the iDRAc's. I generated the cert from our domain controller and exported...
View ArticlePowerEdge T110
Hello,I work at a law office where we use PowerEdge T110 for our office server. We are planning on moving to a different location in late December (from Long Beach, CA to Los Angeles, CA). I'd like to...
View ArticlePowerEdge R710 4TB drives
I lost a NAS and wanted to re-purpose an R710. Purchased 4TB sata drives from Dell sales... problem is the Perc6i only sees 2TB. Is there a way to make this work, or do I need to get a another raid...
View ArticlePoweredge T310 Service Tag <removed>
I have a poweredge T310 Dell Server. I pulled it out of storage the other day and cleaned out the system. My issue is I cannot seem the get the correct drivers re-installed onto the server. I have a...
View ArticleDell R610 goes to blinking cursor on black screen after "Initializing...
SR# <removed> Dell R610 goes through normal post - then displays "Initiating Remote Access Controller.......". Then goes to a blank black screen with a blinking cursor at the bottom. Sometimes...
View ArticleStuck in Boot up on R720XD
Hello,Currently my server keeps getting stuck in boot right after the disks are check then gets stuck when checking the firmware version.stops after:CPLD version: 103Management Engine Mode :...
View ArticleT130 iDRAC8 Enterprise
I want to get iDRAC Enterprise with Server Config Mgmnt on a T130...Do I need to get a physical, dedicated NIC iDRAC - if so, what model x99hc?thanks!
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Dell PowerEdge R610 - Power Required Exceeds PSU
Hello!I recently got a Dell PowerEdge R610 and it was working great even with 1 power supply on (I was missing a power cable) but it only had 12GB of ram. I decided to upgrade it to 48GB of ram and I...
View ArticlePoweredge T310 / PERC S300: Rebuild Failed - options?
Hi,I hope that you can help me. We had an IT company looking after one of our branch offices, and I neglected their logs. They failed to spot a failed HDD (Disk0), which has since been replaced....
View ArticleEsxi Space on Dell Poweredge R320
Hello community.I have a newbie question. We have a dell poweredge R320 with esxi running on SD card and two 500GB SSDs on RAID 1. We run out of space and i was thinking of adding two more disks in the...
View ArticleRam upgrade on T410
We currently have a PowerEdge T410 with windows Server 2008R2 x64, we tried to upgrade the memory to 128GB when installing the rams it recognized the 128 but it only shows 32GB as usable, before...
View ArticlePowerEdge t110 II BIOS Reset
I have a PowerEdge T110 II that the BIOS reset. I had two sata drives set in RAID 1 mode and the BIOS is set to AHCI vs RAID now. The server will not boot. If I change the mode to RAID the BIOS warns...
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