Questions tagged [lenovo]
Lenovo (earlier IBM) is a server and network equipment manufacturer. This is a generic tag to be used for general discussion of Lenovo hardware or software when there is not a more specific tag available.
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Is it possible to post-install disks in raid?
I have just received my new Ubuntu 22.04 workstation from Lenovo (Thinkstation P620)
It has 2 1TB disks, that I want to use in RAID 1 for /, and 4 2TB disks that I want to use in RAID 5 for /home.
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Broadcom BCM5720 Debian Bookworm
I have a problem on a Lenovo SR650 server. I installed Debian 12, with kernel 6.1.0-15 and all firmware packages for the Broadcom BCM5720 network interface. The interfaces are recognized but there is ...
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How to set up LAN on the Lenovo server? [closed]
I have a bizarre problem with my office Lenovo server.
Everything works when connected to my home router from the internet provider.
When I put the Mikrotik router between, the green light turns off, ...
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Disk is at 100%, Hyper-V vm will not start
Due to wrong communication, people uploaded a ton of file in our file server ( a hyper-v VM) and now the VM does not have enough space to power on.
I did not built it but I have to figure a way to &...
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HS22 10 GB network
I want to switch from 1 GB ethernet connection to 10 GB on HS22 blades which are installed in a H chassis.
On the storage side, I have installed 8GB FC cards which are connected via the MSIM to a 8 GB ...
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Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 Remote KVM not working
I've got two ThinkServer RD440 servers and equipped them with the extension to use KVM via BMC Web interface. But it's not completely working: When starting the server I can send the F1 key to enter ...
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Lenovo ServeRAID M5210 controller in non Lenovo/IBM Servers
I hope you can help me. I purchased this controller "ServeRAID M5210"
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/tips1069-serveraid-m5210-sas-sata-controller
I am trying to use it in a custom build home ...
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Where Does This Little Plastic Piece go on a ThinkPad Series 3 Docking Station?
I am setting up a Thinkpad Laptop and Dock for a coworker and there was this little plastic piece that fell off the dock when we took it out of the box. Where does this go? Is it part of the laptop or ...
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Server has continuous beep alarm when I reload the kernel
Here is the situation:
I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 with Linux CentOS 7.
I tried to do a kernel load (kexec -l + kexec -e), and it works fine, with one problem.
As soon as I enter the kexec -e ...
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My physical server boot freezes at UEFI: MEM INIT after installing OS
Model: LENOVO ThinkSystem SR250
Was able to boot into Provisioning Manager, set up RAID.
After installing Windows Server 2019, it reboots, then stuck at Power On Self Test - UEFI: MEM INIT\
Planned to ...
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Slow 4K read/write speed
I've a problem of random writing speed on a Lenovo X3650 M5 with ServeRAID M5210.
The server has seven 600GB SAS disks divided into two logical groups: a RAID1 (2 disks) and a RAID10 (4 disks)
The ...
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Detect faulty voltage regulator on x3650 M4
I have an IBM x3650 M4 which unfortunately falls within the condition of Lenovo errata HT118532, that means at any reboot the voltage regulator might fall for overvoltage. While we figure out how to ...
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Ubuntu Lenovo Server takes 3 hours to reboot
Since the beginning of the month, automatic reboot after kernel change takes ... 3 hours.
It is a Lenovo Thinksystem server in a datacenter.
journalctl -b -1 ends with:
juil. 23 03:02:25 host systemd-...
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"Error occurred starting IDE-R" using Intel Manageability Commander
I'm attempting to mount an .ISO file to a remote server using Intel Manageability Commander on a Lenovo TS440 ThinkServer. I've got the system configured to use Intel AMT, and I've enabled everything ...
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Support on 3rd party SSDs for Lenovo ThinkSystems
I was wondering if there are any problems on using third-party NVMe-SSDs (e.g. Samsung 970) in a Lenovo ThinkSystem?
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USB Flash Drive unbootable on IBM/Lenovo x3850 X5
Specs/Firmware:
Server: IBM/Lenovo x3850 X5 (model: 7143B2G)
IMM: YUOOH5A-1.55 (01/15/2018)
UEFI: G0E188BUS-1.88 (05/29/2018)
DSA: ...
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Lenovo T495/Intel Wireless-AC 9260
We just switched to the T495 from the A485 as our laptop of choice. We are imaging them to Win10x64 1903 using SCCM, with the drivers provided by Lenovo. The wifi (Intel Wireless-AC 9260) is not ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS crashes on Lenovo ThinkPad T590
I have a new Lenovo ThinkPad T590 and installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It works quite good, but I also experience system crashes. Maybe the hardware is too new.
Here's the syslog of one crash
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x3650 M5 / Single Copy Session Limit under Windows 2012
Scenario:
- System x3650 M5 / MT: 88718 [With all latest hardware updates]
- Core CPU x 1 / 16 GB Ram 300 GB x 2
- Raid-1 for OS [C: Drive]
- 1.8TB x 8 Disks RAID-10 for Data [ 2 partitions / E: &...
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Local webserver with long response time
We have set up a new infrastructure and all our Laptops/PCs have a the same error:
When trying to open a website from a local webserver, it takes between 10 and 30 seconds. During this time it does ...
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Bitlocker not accepting pin but goes through after tapping enter a few times
This is one of the strangest errors I've run into.
We've recently gotten a batch of Lenovo Legions Y7000 1060's and they work great apart from one of them which doesn't accept its bitlocker pin, ...
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boot clonzilla pxe doesn't try to up eth0
My server clonzilla work with lenovo M725s, but with the M720s it doesn't work.
When I boot in pxe the screen freeze and there's some error:
And it doesn't try to up eth0.
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How do you reset the BIOS password on a Lenovo ThinkCentre m910q workstation?
Lenovo's stock documentation applies to all of their ThinkCentre computers, so it's pretty vague. It indicates that a jumper needs to be moved but doesn't indicate which one. The hardware and ...
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Lenovo RD640 RAID-5 Expansion
I have a Lenovo RD640 server configured for 2.5" drives. I have a RAID-5 array with 3 x Seagate 600GB 10K SAS 2.5” (ST600MM0006). I urgently need to expand the RAID as a temporary measure, but ...
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How do I identify the name of disk in first slot of my server?
I have 16 disks inserted into Lenovo SR650. The disk names /dev/sda , /dev/sdb ... are not in order with its position in the slots. I want to identify what is the name of the disk in first slot in ...
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List Active events via HP ilo?
If you ssh to a Lenovo IMM card, you have the "syshealth activeevents" command to list the currently active events (HW issues, etc.).
Q: But what is the same command for this function on the HP-ilos?...
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Lenovo ThinkStation P310 headless AMT/KVM
Model:30AT0054PB (ThinkStation P310)
SN: S4AM6910
BIOS rev: FWKT80A
ME Firmware rev: 11.0.27.3000
Has anybody have any success with running VNC via KVM/AMT connection to P310 in headless mode (...
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