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Dell is a manufacturer of computer and networking equipment, for both SOHO and enterprise usage. In addition, Dell also offers consulting services. This is a generic tag to be used when no more specific tags are available.

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Configuring RAID controller in Centos linux

I have leased a dell poweredge r210 server, it's default configuration is CentOS 5.x as OS and a hardware RAID 1 controller configured. I want to configure my hardware RAID but can't seem to figure ...
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What type of SAS/SATA cables do Dell SAS6/iR and SAS5/iR controller cards use?

I'm considering buying a bunch of these to upgrade our servers at work (with SATA drives, not true SAS). We are out of ports to plug disks into, and these cards are decently supported and cheap. The ...
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Etherchannel between Cisco 3750 and Dell 5424 and Dell 5324

I am putting in a Cisco 3750 as a core switch and have existing Dell 5424 & 5324 switches at the access level. I know some times incompatabilities in implementation of advanced features such as ...
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Limited I/O Performance in Dell T410

We have a small number of Dell T410 and T710 systems. Each has a Dell SAS 6iR controller with 6 SATAII disks, 1x160GB OS and 5x3TB DATA disks. We have been having disk access speed issues all along, ...
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iscsi versus non-iscsi san?

We are considering adding a SAN. I have two choices right now, the Dell MD3000 and the Dell MD3000i, 15 x 146Gb san drives. Naturally the latest model is more expensive (2x as much), but can ...
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Which hardware gives us better redundancy, performance, and cost efficiency for a large Enterprise Cloud Solution? [closed]

We are going to build a Large Enterprise Cloud Solution and would like to know in which configuration we would have a better redundancy/performance and cost efficient. Here are 2 examples which we're ...
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Policy Based Routing does not work on Force10 S50N

As soon as I turn on PBRs on our Force10 I'll get the following message: %ACL_AGENT-2-USRFLOW_CAM_FULL: UserFlow Cam is Full Any idea what that means? Basically non of the PBRs are working so I ...
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ESXi 5.1 on Poweredge 510 freezes after base-esx update

Background / Problem Just experienced an issue where an ESXi host was upgraded from 5.0 --> 5.1 perfectly fine. Then, I did a scan and remediated a patch (ESXi510-201210401-BG) Looking into the host ...
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Dell Powerconnect 7024 and iSCSI on Dell PS6000

I am setting up an iSCSI environment for a Windows Server. I will be using 2 Dell Poweconnect 7024s , 1 Dell PS6000, and a Windows Server (2008 R2). I have more experience in fiber switches and EMC ...
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servers connected to a poweredge 6248 receive traffic for their 'neighbours'

In the network we have a few vlans but at the moment I was investigating vlan2 which carries the most traffic. When tcpdumping on the eth0.2 interface, I see a lot of packets arriving which are not ...
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VMWare Setup with 2 Servers and a DAS (DELL MD3220)

I am planning to use a VMWare based setup consisting of two VMWare servers (2 CPU, 256GB Memory) and a DAS (DELL MD3220 with 24x900GB disks). The virtual machines will be half running MS SQL databases ...
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T4300 raid support ICH9R chipset

I have a few old T4300s which I would like to repurpose as 2008 R2 file servers in smaller locations. These are configured with the Intel ICH9R raid controller for DATA drives. What if any ...
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Windows 2012 RTM Dell G1 1950 and MD3000 with a SAS5 controller?

Seems like a June 6th post by Dell states that the RTM version of Windows Server 2012 should have all the necessary drivers for a Dell G1 1950 -> SAS5 -> md3000 setup. Can anybody who's tried this ...
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Motherboard rejects identical hard drive, one works the other doesn't

I have an interesting situation. I have a Dell XS23-SB server that has four blades in it. The blades use Supermicro X7DWT motherboards, and interface with the sata drives through a backplane. I took ...
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Blue Screen on MS Small Business Server 2003 clean install?

I am trying to do a clean install of Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 on a brand new Dell Precision Workstation T3400.  I am installing from boot cd.  Setup loads initial setup files (...
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Disk Activity Alert Windows SBS 2003 on Dell PowerEdge 830 with Raid

Background: I have a Dell PowerEdge 830 Server running Windows SB Server 2003. It has 4gbs of RAM and a ATA CERC SATA 6CH controller with 3 160gb drives in a Raid 5 configuration. The Problem I am ...
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Dell Equallogic SAN - 4000 series to 6000 series connectivity issues

I have a 4000 series in production with two physical NICs and a group IP. I have a 6000 series in a DR site with four physical NICs and a group IP. 4000 series NIC1: 10.0.12.2 4000 series NIC2: 10.0....
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Can I rebuild degraded RAID1 on a SAS 5 i controller with a larger mirror drive size?

A drive failed on a Dell SAS 5i controller - see controller bios screengrab: http://imagebin.ca/view/SkZbszA.html The primary is a 160GB 10k sata drive. I added a 250GB 7k rpm drive in the hope that ...
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Dell powerconnect 6224 vlan routing

I have a small network and I need help with routing .. . My VLANs VLAN 1010 SALES VLAN 1020 HR I have assigned the above vlans to a tagged port and I have added a default route to send the ...
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Dell PowerEdge 2900: raid/Linux conversion logistics

I've got a Dell PowerEdge 2900 (currently running windows) that I want to convert into a Linux server. But, it's got a hardware RAID controller and I want to be sure I don't destroy the configuration ...
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What is the % Energy Savings of a Dell energy efficient Power Supplies worth the extra cost? (I.e., what's the payback period)? [closed]

Dell offers an extra efficient power supply (PSU) with some products, such as their Optiplex 9010,which I'm considering buying. They say it's 90% efficient but don't explain exactly what that means ...
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Routing between two VLANs on Single Dell 6200 Switch

I want to be able to route between two vlans that I have created and I am not sure how to go about it. So I have created, VLAN 5 with IP Address 192.168.5.1/24 and VLAN 10 with IP Address 192.168.0....
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Manage Dell workstations with OpenManage Essentials (OME)

How can I manage Dell workstations with OpenManage Essentials ? First, is it possible? Because iv read that only Dell servers can be managed with OME. I would like to inventory each Dell ...
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Dell PowerEdge R310 and T310 not allowing 6x 4GB RDIMM configuration

I have 6 identical Kingston KTD-PE313E/4G modules and trying to install to Dell PE R310 and T310 servers but with no luck. 4x DIMMs works but not 6x DIMMs. None of the modules are faulty. (I have ...
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is it fine to mix different sizes of memory devices on servers [closed]

I have Dell 00NH4P Server. dmidecode -t16 Error Correction Type: Multi-bit ECC Maximum Capacity: 288 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 18 and dmidecode -t17 | grep -i ...
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Dell Open Manage message in Windows Event Log, should I be worried?

I have a Dell T110 server with a SAS 6i/R controller and two hard disks in RAID 1. Ocasionally a warning appears in the Windows Event Log with the following message: SAS port report: SAS wide port 2 ...
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Backup using Dell powervault 124T

I connected my Dell PowerVault 124T to my Windows Server using SCSI cable, I set IP and Address mask for remote connection on my Dell device. I red on Dell page that Symantec Backup Exec is compatible ...
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What are the ramifications of R720 Power Capping?

According to Dell's documentation (PDF) administrators can cap the new R720's at a certain Wattage. What are the ramifications of doing this? Will the server power off once it hits the cap? Is there a ...
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How many Force10 "port channels" are needed for a VMware port group?

I have 3 ESXi hosts, each with 4 uplinks dedicated to a port group. I want to utilize each of these uplinks for incoming/outgoing traffic (load balancing). From what I understand I need to setup link ...
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Does Dell Openmanage software require a reboot to install?

I need to install Openmanage to get the system temperatures and would ideally like to do it now instead of waiting until the weekend. Can someone tell me if I can do this without interrupting the ...
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Force10 layer 3 switches [closed]

We've been running Cisco and dell layer 3 switches. The former are expensive and reliable, the latter a lot cheaper and fraught with issues. Anyone has positive experience with the core Force10 ...
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Wake On Lan only works on first boot, not sequent ones [closed]

I have converted my old Dell Latitude D410 laptop to a server for tinkering. It is running an updated Debian Squeeze (6) with a Xen enabled kernel (I want to toy with virtual machines later on). I am ...
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Force Dell iDracs and BMC's to use lanplus instead of lan interface

Is there a way to force my Dell BMCs and iDrac cards to only use the lanplus interface and not use the insecure "lan" interface. I understand that there are some "firewall" features in the IPMI spec. ...
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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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PERC 5/i Enable alarm on disks failures

I'm trying to enable one the alarm of my server's raid controller PERC 5/i. Using this documentation, under the chapter Audible Alarm Warnings, it's explained that enabling an audible alarm is ...
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Virtual Disk Degraded

There is a physical DC with a Raid 1 Mirror, 2 Physical Disks, 500GB each. Dell Server Administrator is installed on the DC, and is reporting both physical disks are fine, online, in a good state etc. ...
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Is it possible to install a virtual machine under Linux that looks like a Windows machine to IT? [closed]

I'm on a corporate network with a homogeneous Windows setup for all Dell workstations. They use KBOX to manage the workstations. I want to set up my machine to run several VMs under Linux instead, but ...
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Server Won't Autonegotiate to 1Gb Interface

I'm having an issue where some of my servers are not autonegotiating to the 1GB/s speed from their 1Gb NIC interfaces. These servers are Dell R610s running RHEL 5 wired to a Cisco switch. I have ...
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Does Dell Permit 3rd Party Hard Drives on Perc 6/i?

I have various Dell servers (all 2950's) I would like to put some SSDs in. I have spoken to Dell on the phone and asked for a quote for 128GB SSDs for 2950's, they told me they don't sell them for ...
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Upgrading Dell Optiplex 380 with 8GB DDR3 RAM [closed]

I've Dell optiplex 380 machine and I've 32bit Windows 7 ultimate OS on it with DDR3 2*2GB RAM on it. I want to upgrade my machine to use 8GB RAM with 64bit windows 7 ultimate OS and want to install ...
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Dell 2950 - Can I mix SSD with spindle HDDs?

I have a Dell 2950 with a Perc 5/i controller inside it. I don't want to spark a debate about drive types and which is "better" etc etc. Just simply; I would like to put in 2x Cheetah 15.5k SAS ...
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Dell PowerEdge 1950 how use "raw" disk instead hardware raid Perc 5/i

I have Dell PowerEdge 1950 with hardware raid Perc 5/i. I want use software raid md/lvm. Is any way to totally disable this raid and see "raw" sata disks? I play alot with BIOS , enable SATA, ...
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Issues installing Server 2008 R2 on Dell Poweredge R510

I've got two newly delivered R510's and am trying to install Server 2008 R2 obtained from Microsoft BizSpark. I've burnt the ISO to a 16GB USB stick but although the install goes ahead when it comes ...
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CPU issue on an Optiplex 745

There is one client machine that has processing issues. I can't find driver updates that look like they fix this. And we have other machines with similar software setups that are working fine. (...
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control startup order of several servers

I'm looking for recommendations on how to control the startup order of a rack of machine should they all need to be booted back up. In more detail: Group1: DHCP/DNS/LDAP Server Group2: NFS ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Dell T410 Raid

I have a Dell T410 server with a RAID (Perc) card on it and 3 disks of 500GB. When I boot the server, I can see the configuration as Raid 5. But when I try to install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I always see ...
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How to activate Dell OEM in Hyper-V?

I've been using hyper-v to create my base images for deployment to workstations. I create them on a Dell PowerEdge 2900 server running Windows Server enterprise 2008. The Dell OEM key does not ...
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Installing ubuntu server as linux distro on dell server - what drivers will be missed

Dell (via USC) unpacks specific drivers for both RedHat and Suse to use after installation on its servers. As Ubuntu server isn't officially supported, this clearly isn't happening for Ubuntu. Is ...
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Dell PowerEdge T105 server is dead, is power failure the likely cause?

Bought this 4 years ago, Dual Core AMD® Opteron™ 1210; 1.8GHz,2X1MB Cache Was running my own Apache server and some apps on Ubuntu. Now the server is dead. When I press the power button, there is no ...
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How to interconnect 2 switches (Cisco/Dell) with trunks

In order to migrate to a new rack inside the datacenter I have to replicate the VLAN setup between a Cisco Switch and a Dell PowerConnect Swithch. On the Dell Switch I have 2 VLANs : vlan 10 : WAN ...

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