Questions tagged [dell-poweredge]
PowerEdge is the name that Dell has given to its server product line.
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dell poweredge 2850 backplane swap
I just ordered a dell poweredge 2850. I am wondering if it is possible to replace its backplane with the sata backplane of a dell poweredge 2950.
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R710 - DRAC Configuration IPv4
* Resolved by rolling back to DRAC6_FRMW_WIN_R279926.EXE *
Having an issue with a new R710 where I cannot enable IPv4 on the iDRAC card.
I have tried enabling IPv4 and setting static IP, Gateway ect ...
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VMware installation error on Dell PE R715
We have just purchased 2 x Dell Power Edge R715 with the PERC H700 raid contoller, each machine has 6 x 300GB SAS drives.
I have set 2 drives up in raid 0 and 4 drives in raid 10 on each machine, but ...
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Why is my server's SAS drive 147 GB when most are 146 GB or does that matter?
I need to replace a failed drive in my Dell server's RAID 1 configuration.
I pulled the drive and it's a Hitachi Ultrastar 15000rpm / SAS 147 GB.
The supplier I usually order from only has SAS 15k ...
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Dell Poweredge R710 memory mode
Dell Poweredge R710 offers 16GB memory (4x4GB) in Advanced ECC mode for two processes.
Can I reconfigure it as Optimized mode in BIOS, even though apparently each socket only has two channels ...
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Can a Dell Poweredge R200 server be connected to HP D2600 Storageworks Disk Enclosure?
Can I setup a Dell Poweredge R200 server to use a HP D2600 Storageworks Disk enclosure by using a controller such as PERC 6e or the HP p412 / p410 (??) or other compatible controller in the Dell R200?
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How do I replace hard drives in a Dell PowerEdge 1950
My Dell PowerEdge 1950 has 2x 3.5inch 146Gb SAS attached to a PERC 5/I Raid controller card in a raid1 configuration.
I want to replace these with 2x 2TB SATA drives which the Dell documentation ...
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Removing RAID on a DELL power-edge server
We have a Dell Power-edge T110 server, with either a PERC S100 or S300 raid controller (I suspect S100), and 2 x 500GB SATA hard discs.
These discs are running in RAID-1 configuration, (either 1 or 2 ...
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Dell PowerEdge 1600SC Server - Ethernet port semi-functional
Dell PowerEdge 1600SC Server: First it had Fedora 12 with Amahi Home Server on it, then I installed Windows Server 2003 Standard on top of it. The ethernet port worked for Fedora and Server 2003, but ...
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Decent GPU in Dell PowerEdge R910/R710
Does anyone know of getting a way of getting a powerful GPU (Graphics Process Unit) in Dell R910 or R710 Server?
The R710 and R910 both has the capacity for a x16 Slot (R710 with an expansion module) ...
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Identify disks on an LSI SAS1068E controller
I'm trying to identify clearly which disk needs replacing in a RAID1 array. The controller shows it's PhysDisk 0 id=1. When opening up the machine how do I know for sure which disk this is?
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Dell Poweredge SAS issue
I've got an open case with Dell, but I wanted to throw this out here. Brand new PE T610, PERC H200 controller, 32GB of memory
I've got 8 drives in it currently. 2x 146GB and 6x 500GB. The first 4 ...
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PowerEdge Server with a *single* x64 Opteron... bad idea?
I'm currently taking stock of our server before we add a new one. I wasn't involved in its purchase (before my time) but the more I learn about its specifications the more concerned I am. Note: ...
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What socket(s) does the aux power for a GPU come from in a PowerEdge T550?
Server: Dell PowerEdge T550 Tower Server
PSU: Single, Hot Plug, Non-Redundant Power Supply (1+0), 1100W, Mixed Mode Titanium
GPU: NVIDIA A40
Photos: https://www.reddit.com/user/bigboyserver/comments/...
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DELL PowerEdge R740xd - NUMA - memory performance
I have two physical database servers (both Windows Server 2016):
test server (5 years old):
DELL PowerEdge R730xd, 1x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2637 v4 @ 3.50GHz (4C/8T), 192 GB RAM (12x 16GB PC4-...
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Dell MD1220 Split Bus not working
I'm not at all familiar with Dell server products. We recently purchased 2 r710s to use in split mode with a MD1220.
Each host runs its own H810.
Cabling:
Server 1: From port 0 on the H810 to the ...
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Issue in installing CentOS7 in Dell PowerEdge R640
We recently purchased a Dell R640 with Perc H740P Mini (Embedded) RAID controller. There are two 500GB SAS disks in RAID 1.
When we tried to install CentOS7.2 (via cdrom) from our custom image, we ...
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RACADM reboot to Lifecycle Controller
I am using RACADM to manage my Dell servers. I am familiar with the OneTimeBootSeq, but I do not see a way to force the server into the F10 Lifecycle Controller via this method. Is it possible to push ...
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Dell Poweredge 6850 fans but no power
I know the 6850 is a very old model, but here goes.
I have a poweredge 6850 that a friend of mine has had for quite a while, but hasn't used for about 9 months. He's recently made more space in his ...
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Issue with dell omsa packages on Centos 7
I have a Dell 2950 with Centos 7 and Dell OMSA packages installed. When I try to update the server with "yum update" I have the following dependences issue:
Error: Package: dell_ie_rac_5-8.1.0-4.1....
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ProxMox with PERC 5/i RAID 5
I recently set up a dell 2950 III with ProxMox. I attached an external hard disk that is used to boot ProxMox and I would like to use the RAID 5 array to store data such as images and disks. How would ...
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Force PCIe SSD to be /dev/sdb on linux install
Is there any options to force the PCIe SSD during install to be not /dev/sda? I was hoping to reserve the SSD to be limited to be only /var but the grub loader fails each time when I try to set the ...
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iDRACView on PowerEdge M915 fails to start
I have an M1000e enclosure with eight M915 blades. Hardware was recently unboxed and all settings are default. All nodes have iDRAC6 v3.65(Build 6) and seven of them are accessible through iDRACView ...
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Limited Connection - Network Issue
I'm having issues with a Windows Server 2012 - Dell PowerEdge R300.
Every time the server restarts the network adapter gets limited connection and does not work. I have to locally disable the network ...
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Cabling for SAS drives in a Dell T420 with Perc H710
After having purchased a Dell T420 with SATA drives and without RAID, and discovering this was a mistake for performance reasons, I'm obtaining a Perc H710 PCI card and SAS drives. Now I'm stuck with ...
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How important is the CPU when building a CUDA system?
I'm just a clueless sysadmin and we need to put together a couple of machines specifically for users to use CUDA. We're looking at the Dell PowerEdge T620 and jamming four CUDA cards into the sucker. ...
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Dell SAS 5/E vs Dell PERC 5/E
Purchased a MD1000 from craiglist, came with two SAS 5/E cards and cables. I dug out an old 2950, put server 2003 (32bit) on it, put in one of the cards, installed / updated firmware, etc. When I ...
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PowerEdge T110 ii and PERC H200 battery? [closed]
I'm confused.
I have a PowerEdge T110 ii server with a PERC S100 card, sad to say, the S100 does not have drivers for Windows 2012 R2, Dell recommends you upgrade your PERC card or forget about the ...
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Capacity Expansion on PERCH700 RAID-10
I have Dell Poweredge R710 server with PERC H700 Integrated RAID controller. Currently there are 4 SAS 300GB disks in RAID-10 array exposing single volume of 600GB. Server is running VMware ESXi 5.1.
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Dell OpenManage On Ubuntu Server 12.04 Cannot Log In
I have a Dell Poweredge 2950 with 2X130GB and 2X2TB drives. I need to set them up in a RAID 1 array so that the 130GB Drives are mirrored and host the OS, while the 2TB drives are mirrored and are the ...
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PowerEdge 1800 1-3-2 beep fault
I had this fault arise, after checking the memory and as far as i can tell appears to be OK, I followed the Dell recommendation and replaced the main board, but the fault still appears? any help ...
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IPMI sdr entity 8 (memory module) only showing 3 records?
I've got two Dell PE R710's -
A has a single socket and 3 DIMMs in one bank
B has both sockets and 6 (2 banks @ 3 DIMMs) filled
The output from "ipmitool sdr entity 8" confuses me - according to the
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Dell PERC 6/i configuration SAS/SATA
What limitations are there to the configuration of SAS/SATA drives on a PERC 6/i raid controller. Can I have 2 virtual disks - RAID 1 SAS and RAID 5 SATA, or the other way around? Does it matter that ...
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dell PE 2950 inexplicable performance issues
I recently acquired 2 PE 2950s. They are identically configured, matching cards and firmware. The drive are also configured the same, seagate 15k 300gig in raid 10. writeback and adaptive readahead, ...
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Setting up a used Dell PowerEdge 1655mc
I recently acquired a used Dell PowerEdge 1655mc blade server with 6 functioning blade units. I need to wipe each of the blade units, reinstall them with fresh copies of Linux, and otherwise get this ...
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Replace healthy drive in RAID 10 on PERC H730
I have a PowerEdge T630 of a few years with a hardware RAID 10 consisting of 4 1TB disks.
Now I need to extend the storage, so I have ordered 4 additional 1 TB disks which i planned to add in a new ...
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Dell SNMP enterprise MIB returns no data - PowerEdge R720xd
I have a Ubuntu Dell server that returns no SNMP Data for MIB SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.
Has anyone have any idea on how to troubleshoot this? I've spent quite a time and yet haven't fixed. I've ...
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How to find Dell firmware versions through powershell
Looks like my newer servers are immune to this:
#Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\CIMV2\Dell -Class Dell_CMApplication -Filter "componentType = 'FRMW'" -ComputerName "localhost" | Select name,version
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Manually executing option roms (PCIe SATA storage card)
I have an older Dell server, a Poweredge 2900 II, and I would like to use it with large HDDs (> 8 TB). For this, an expansion card is needed, since the motherboard nor the PERC RAID controller can ...
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dell c6220 ACPI power soft-off
On a Dell C6220 server with 4 nodes it occurs from time to time that all 4 nodes are powered off.
It seems to happen when there is a slight power fluctuation (despite there being an UPS on both power ...
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Unable to connect to iDrac8 over SSH
We are running Dell PowerEdge M630 servers. I have a few updates I need to make on the iDracs but I am unable to make a connection to ssh server. The server is running Integrated Dell Remote Access ...
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DRAC 4/I Console Redirection Applet Perpetually Stuck Connecting [closed]
The Problem
Attempting to connect via the Java virtual console results in perpetual attempt at connecting, even though the applet otherwise loads properly and attempts to connect to the proper ...
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Poweredge 1950 iii SO LOUD with 8gb fb-dimm stick [duplicate]
I understand that the 1950 family is pretty notorious for the fan speed sound like a jet engine taking off.
I just flashed the bios to the latest version, and now it can support my 8x8gb FB-DIMMS! ...
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New Dell Perc 5/i battery shows as failed after installation
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I am running into an issue where I Replaced the PERC 5/i RAID Controller battery of my Dell 2950 Rack server twice and in both instances the Server Administrator reports the battery as failed....
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Upgrade SATA drive on Dell Poweredge 1950, RAID 1, Ubuntu server
My current set up is a Dell PowerEdge 1950, two 250GB SATA drives, RAID 1, OS is Ubuntu server. Using it for running OTRS (open source help desk).
I'd like to upgrade the drives to the maximum ...
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IDRAC6 network configuration need help (poweredge M1000e)
In my new laboratory, I have inherited the administration of a very-badly-previously-configured Dell Poweredge M1000e chassis, with 9 M610 blades installed. The chassis is intended to be used for HPC ...
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Drives not shown on a Dell r410 server
I have just bought a Dell R410 server, without doing research first.
It seems that with the current RAID controller (perc s300) I can't install a GNU/Linux system. It supports only Windows.
After ...
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Disable PCIe device on Dell R610
I have a Dell PowerEdge R610 system sitting in a co-location facility. It has four onboard NICs and a 2-port PCIe NIC in one of the slots. I'm usually working with HP servers, so I have the ability to ...
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Slow open() system call on linux
We've been having problems with our Samba fileserver running on Debian Etch with Linux kernel 2.6.16. It's an old Dell PowerEdge 2650 server, but it's never had a problem like this before, and the ...
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Dell Power Edge Diags and Firmware Updates from a WinPE environment
I am looking for a way to upgrade all firmware on Dell PE servers from within a WinPe environment. We are a reseller and I already have an environment set up to transfer ownership of the servers to ...
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