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7.2K Near Line SAS with Large RAID Controller Cache vs 10/15K SAS
I'm working on an application to capture a lot (10 million +) of really small blocks of data (16 bytes) every day. The data is not sequential (i.e lots of seeking about to write) and it's not a ...
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Any high end server you can suggest me to purchase today? [closed]
Can anyone suggest any server based on your experiences? I am looking at Dell PowerEdge R710 right now.
We have this websites and applications going on right now on one box. I am thinking about ...
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DELL 6224 switch strange behaviour
I'm having a hard time with my DELL 6224 switch.
This switch is the center node of my network, trunking between other switches, VLANs and routing packets.
The network traffic that it's been handled ...
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Default username and password on a brand new Dell CMC Blade management chassis
We've just got a brand new Dell M1000e blade chassis ^.^ (Squee!).
We've no idea what the username/login for the Dell CMC manager is.
Anyone know? We've mountains of paper and docs from Dell, and ...
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Cannot connect Dell D430 to Samsung LCD TV via VGA cable [migrated]
For some reason I can't get my Dell D430 to show on a Samsung LCD TV. This works fine on a newer dell laptops (E6400). I've updated bios and display drivers from dell. Yes I know this is an old ...
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Dell MD3000, MD1000 and 2950
I have a Dell 2950 with MD3000, MD1000 ; Suddenly the I have lost all drives on both of the enclosures and all drives on the MD3000/1000 are blinking, but only ONE Light on each disk, not 2 Lights.
I ...
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Are MSATA ssd compatible with Dell Vostro V13 Laptop mini PCI-e [migrated]
Short : Can msata ssd disks be used and bootable in a Dell Vostro V13.
Long : I have a Dell Vostro V13 which hard drive and ribbon cable have died. It may be possible to replace both of these but I ...
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Dell PowerVault MD3200i dm-multipath configuration and performance snags in Debian 6.0 (squeeze)
I'll be using this iSCSI target for a couple of Debian-based KVM virtual machine hosts. Each of the target's redundant controllers has 4 ethernet ports; likewise for the initiators. I use two switches ...
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windows server 2003 “setup cannot copy the file oemsetup.inf”
I'm trying to install the SCSI drivers for a Dell server with a PERC 4e/si card in it. I can specify the driver via the F6 and load the driver with S procedure, but once I select the partition and ...
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What is the oem-dell-he-esxi module?
I'm attempting to use the vSphere Update Manager for the first time to do an ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 upgrade.
The server shipped with Dell's ESXi pre-installed, and when I attempt to do an upgrade to ...
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Optiplex 755 hangs when AHCI mode selected [migrated]
I can’t get AHCI mode to work on a Dell Optiplex 755. I’ve installed the drivers, but when rebooted in „RAID Autodetect/AHCI” mode, the system hangs. No Windows logo, no BSOD, nothing. Only a blinking ...
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Save the Dell PowerEdge blue indicators
I'm staring at several racks of Dell Poweredge servers, which have behaved very well for us, but...
The blue power indicators (LCD backlight on newer machines) fade out over time.
I think I could ...
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Dell equivalent of Cisco Span
We are in the process of upgrading out network to Gigabit to the desktop.
Currently we are using this equipment...
CUCM (Cisco Unified Communication Manger 8.0.3.20000-2)
Cisco 2821 Integrated ...
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What are the risks of running a database on a server without ECC RAM? [closed]
A lot of branded servers come with ECC RAM, but it is expensive.
For a database server or other critical servers, what would be the impact of not using ECC RAM?
Data corruption? (I suppose the ...
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diagnose dell poweredge r210 II not booting with qlogic hba
Dell doesn't "officially" support QLogic HBAs in their cheaper servers like R210 or R310. They support it with R410 upwards.
But "official support" is a dubious concept anyway, at least for real men ...
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Dell Poweredge 1550 boot from USB or CDRom
I am trying to get a dell power edge 1550 to boot off cd or USB so I can install CentOs. I created a CD with a CentOs ISO on it but the system won't recognize it. Even when I set the settings to only ...
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Basic QoS policy for Dell 6248 switches
My cisco edge router tags all incoming packets as IP precedence 0, 3, and 5 depending on their priority. How can I add a matching QoS configuration on the switch so that packets are prioritized ...
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Dell PERC 4/DC (PowerEdge 2850) and ZFS
I understand that ZFS prefers to have as much data about the drives as possible, and that the best thing to do is turn off RAID.
The hardware environment is a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with PERC 4/DC and ...
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Installing a Dell UPS Network Management Card
I have a network management card I need to install into our Dell UPS. Do I need to power-off the UPS first before installing the card, or can I just plug it in? The manual says it's as simple as ...
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Option to use Ctrl-Alt-Del for login is disabled in Windows 7
I have just setup a new Dell Latitude notebook running Windows 7 Professional (x64). I joined it to our domain successfully and I want to use ctrl-alt-del for all logins. When I go to the advanced ...
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installing linux on dell poweredge T 110 (perc s300)
We have a PERC S300 machine on which we want to install Ubuntu server (or in the worst case any linux distribution). Many web sites say that it is not possible to install linux on perc s300. However, ...
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What SFPs can be used with Dell MD36x0f storage?
I've not found any information about used SFPs and supported cable length (which is what I actually want to know). Online configuration wizard does not allow to choose SFP type, only quantity. One ...
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Should a Dell 5424 switch have an arp entry for every machine connected to it?
I've got a Dell 5424 with about 20 machines directly attached to it. I did a ping sweep of my network (and got answers from all 20), then went to the CLI of the switch and did show arp. To my ...
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mem > /sys/power/state works but pm-suspend fails (blank screen/no network) on resume
CentOS-5 x86_64 kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5
Latitude E6420
bios A06
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 [Quadro
NVS 4200M] (rev a1)
kmod-nvidia-290.10-1.el5.elrepo for the ...
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Enabled Flow Control on PowerConnect Switch port - No more connection
I have enabled Flow Control on one port of my switch (Dell PowerConnect 5324). Then I saw that I had no more connection with the host connected to that port, I cant even ping it.
Then I disabled Flow ...
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Q-BRIDGE-MIB representation of ports on Dell PowerConnect 6248
I have a Dell PowerEdge 6248 with a 2x10Gb uplink module. I'm trying to make sense of the representation of the ports from the following snmp output:
Q-BRIDGE-MIB::dot1qVlanStaticUntaggedPorts.4081 = ...
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Dell MD3200i config query
Just a short query: I have a Dell Md3200i setup to serve LUNs to my 2 physical hosts and I'm running vSphere/ESXi v5 with a number of VM's. Is it normal behavior for ALL VM's and LUN's to run off the ...
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Managing managed switches
I have a number of Dell PowerConnect switches. I've successfully setup various 'trunks' and vLANs and all working sweet. But one thing annoys me. I can't seem to 'manage' my switches from my laptop as ...
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Problems with RAID1 array being recognised
I have put a new RAID card (UCS-51) into my Dell Precision T5400.
I have connected this to 2 x 1TB SATA disks.
I have configured a mirror array in the RAID bios.
The array shows when I boot ...
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Regular beep on Dell poweredge server
An old Dell PowerEdge Server from a friend started to emit a loud an annoying beep every few seconds.
There is no special rythm to the beep, no variety in pitch, length or rythm.
The funny thing is: ...
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DELL Switch Configs
I"m not a networking expert so I was looking for advice on finding the best tool out there for automatically downloading copies of our switch config periodically and saving to a shared storage.
Any ...
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Resize NTFS System Partition on Perc 6/i RAID
I've inherited a Dell server that is running out of space on C:. I'd like to quickly and painlessly resize the C drive with partitioning software. However, the RAID card is causing me some troubles. ...
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Dell PERC6/i - Converting from RAID 5 to RAID 6 - Possible?
I have a PowerEdge 2900 III with a PERC 6/i Controller. The PERC has 2 arrays, each one with 3 hard drives and each hard drive is the same size/speed (146GB 15K rpm SAS).
I would like to delete the ...
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Is it Possible to Configure a Dell DRAC from Windows (without Rebooting)?
One of our Dell R610 servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn't have it's Enterprise DRAC configured. Is there a utility (or perhaps a way from OpenManage) to configure the DRAC without rebooting ...
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Dell R710 datacenter rack cooling - spacing?
We're mounting 30+ new Dell R710 servers in 42U racks at our colo facility.
We believe they can be mounted directly on top of each other (in their own rails of course), without needing any spacing ...
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Error configuring second iSCSI port on MD3000i
Using Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager, iSCSI tab, Configure iSCSI Host Ports.
Application version: 03.35.G6.45
Storage array management version: 03.35.G6.45
Storage array name: [removed]
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What is the longest PCIe card that can fit in a Dell R310
I have a full height 4" full length 13" PCIe Card that I need to fit into a R310 or other low end rack-mountable server. Will this card fit? clearing the processor fan, memory, etc.
I've poured over ...
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dell 2T 7.2k nearline SAS 6Gbps- ingress/egress throughput
I would like to know, how to calculate sustained read and write speeds supported. I don't have access to machine/drive, but need to define specs to purchase one.
What all things would it be ...
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dell PERC 6i monitoring utility from within VM guest?
I got a Dell PowerEdge 9500 which is running VMware ESXi 4.1. The server has a PERC 6i controller in it, and there are two RAID-5 volumes running. All the RAID config was done via the PERC 6i BIOS. ...
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DELL iDrac 6 sensors data monitoring
Hi i was trying to get sensors data directly form iDrac card but no success.
SNMP: iDrac6 is offering only SNMP traps.
Racadm: in some versions of iDrac it was possible to get sensors data but when ...
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Cl 6 vs Cl 9 In a Poweredge r710
I have a Dell Poweredge R710. Right now it has 12 2GB, Cl=6 (per SIW), dual ranked, PC3-8500 RDIMMs running in Advanced ECC mode. I'd like to add 24 additional GBs.
I found this:
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PowerEdge 2950 hard disk
I am currently trying to determine whether there are any bigger hard drives available for the PowerEdge 2950 (greater than 1TB). Using our tag and Dell's side and google I could only establish a ...
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can a DELL R610 DRAC been configured while Linux OS running?
I've a Dell R610 server up and running with RHEL5, with not much possibility of getting a reboot in the near future. The DRAC card was not setup in BIOS on the initial install.
My question is there ...
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Dell R910 with Integrated PERC H700 Adapter
I am in the process of designing an architecture based around a single Dell R910 server running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.
I would like the server to have 8 RAID1 pairs of spinning disks, so I ...
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PDU With Configurable AMP Limit
I have a 20 AMP/120V circuit. The only device plugged into this circuit is a 1000 Watt Dell UPS. Right now several devices plug directly into the 1000 Watt UPS.
I wanted to order a PDU to help ...
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Working with Dell PowerVault MD3600 SAN
I've been tasked with looking at a couple of different IT projects. One of which is adding a DELL PowerVault MD3600i with 12 2TB HDDs in a RAID 5 or 6 combination. That's fine, no problems.
My ...
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Alternatives to Dell's mirrored SD card module for booting a small OS from flash?
Dell offers an add-on hardware card for some of their servers that provides a poor man's RAID1 between two SD cards (one card gets all the reads until it dies, writes are mirrored) for booting a ...
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What does 5 x 10 mean in Dell Support Context?
3Yr Basic Hardware Warranty Repair: 5x10 HW-Only, 5x10 NBD Onsite
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Which flavor of Linux would be best to install on an old Dell P3/P4 box? [closed]
I have a couple of old PCs sitting around and I thought I could turn them into web servers over my cable modem!
I know there is always some issue with getting the right drivers for installing Linux, ...
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Do Red Hat drivers work on CentOS?
I'm thinking on buying a Dell PowerEdge T310. It's marked as certified hardware in Red Hat HCL, but I'd like to use CentOS. I know CentOS it's built from the RHEL sources, but do RHEL drivers work on ...
