T130 Motherboard - Need to identify a spare PCIe Slot
We just finished migrating a lot of hardware from our T110 into our T130 but realized that the slightly smaller case leaves us one slot short for a 5th hard drive. However, I did notice that even after...
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 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 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 ArticleCannot ping other doamin
I've recently added a new domain w/ all new servers (2012). I am unable to ping or connect to my old domain (2003) even with just the IP address. I've added pointer records to both DNS servers &...
View ArticleBMC not responsive after OS Linux boot?
I'm in the process of testing a rebuilding an HPC, and I have a Dell PowerEdge R810 that I rebuilt, and upon boot of the OS, lose connectivity to BMC with ipmitool or web GUI.The LOM in BMC is...
View ArticleOpenManage VIB for monitoring ESXi hardware (controller and disks) through...
We have several PowerEdge models R510, R610, R710, R520 that are ESXi 5.5 hosts.Is the OpenManage VIB install a requirement for monitoring these servers' hardware through OME? Also, what we want to...
View ArticleRAID Failure - PowerEdge T320
I have a PowerEdge T320 that had an issue which corrupted both drives in the RAID. We need to reload the OS, but the previous person in this position did not keep records. We cannot find the license...
View ArticleDell T100 Server Diagnostics Utilities not available
When I boot my T100 server and attempt to access the Diagnostic Utilities, F10, I am notified that they are not available. I bought the server new a few (5) years ago and must have removed the...
View ArticleT320 Fans Running Full Speed
Hi EveryoneI have a T320 from about 2 or 3 years ago. Recently, after a reboot (replacing old UPS), the fans are running full speed and does not slow down. I have tried powering it down all the way and...
View ArticleDell T605 and Server 2012?
When installing Server 2012 I am asked for a media driver. It wants the driver for the video card on the mother board. I have downloaded it from the drivers portion of your website under my service...
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Poweredge 2900 has a blinking orange light on the back
I have a light on the back that is blinking...Not sure what it is. I am unable to install any admin tools on it as it has been reinstalled with ESX.any help is greatly appreciated
View ArticleDell M820 blade memory upgrade
Hi,I am trying to upgrade the memory in a M820 from 256 GB (16x16) to 768 GB (16x48) with memory purchased from dell for the M820. In iDRAC the added memory is listed but all the informational fields...
View ArticleFiber card not showing in firmware Inventory
I have two M620 blades in a 1000e chassis that has QLogic fiber cards that show up in the hardware inventory, but not the firmware inventory. I have eight other blades in that chassis that they show...
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Lifecycle controller FTP Firmware update failing
When I attempt to update the firmware via Licecycle ctonroller FTP option to simply the default of 'ftp.dell.com' all I get is "Connecting to FTP server to download the catalog" for about 5 minutes and...
View ArticleDell T100 Server Diagnostics Utilities not available
When I boot my T100 server and attempt to access the Diagnostic Utilities, F10, I am notified that they are not available. I bought the server new a few (5) years ago and must have removed the...
View ArticlePowerEdge r710 Foreign State Issue
I have a Power Edge r710 that's showing a 'foreign' state on all 6 of its drives. When I try to import the foreign configuration, it fails with an error code of 0x54 (if I remember right). I've seen on...
View ArticleHow to get 'Product Name' for a Poweredge R730 running Linux? Or at...
It seems that some PowerEdge boxes don't have Product Name available via the DMI interface. On mine, the command : dmidecode -s system-product-nameyields an empty line. (It should be something like...
View ArticleNeed my Windows Product Key
Hello... I have purchased a Dell Poweredge T110II in late 2012. I am now receiving a message that my Windows version is not genuine. I contacted Microsoft who contacted Dell and directed me to your...
View ArticleT410 Dell Open Manage - No storage controllers detected.
Issue in Dell Open Manage under storage - No storage controllers detected.
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