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"Unsupported PCI device" errors during IBM System x3550 POST
This is the BIOS reporting that it does not have a mechanism to interact properly with the controller you installed. The BIOS cannot do any "initialization" for the device... however, not all devices ...
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IBM - Kernel problems
On IBM website I only see RedHat/SUSE driver for your server model
Ubuntu is not listed, use it at your own risk.
I would try CentOS, as its the same core as RedHat, but that depend on your need.
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Server disk failure predicted in raid1 array
Failure prediction is generally based on utilization statistics, diagnostics and/or comparing bit data viability to its surrounding bits; in most cases, almost all hard drives have S.M.A.R.T. ...
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Replacing a Self encrypting Hard Drive in an IBM xseries server raid
Call your IBM reseller. They can get it. (as Newegg/amazon still have it in stock)
A tip for IBM, HMM. Google 7945 HMM, and open first link.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systemx/...
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ESXi 6.5 - RAID - Lenovo System x3650 - CIM Provider
You'll probably want the LSI/Avago VIBs from here:
https://vmware.lenovo.com/content/latest_index/esxi-650-vibs/
Ideally, this would be part of your Update Manager setup, but you can install the ...
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Why is ESXi 5.5 slower than 4.1?
I'm not familiar with VMX Explorer, but VMWare deliberately and artificially cripples the bandwidth available to tools like scp over any management interfaces, so I suspect it is probably using ...
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IBM System x3850 M2 Ubuntu Server Install
Debian 8 runs fine on this, if you provide kernel parameters:
intel_iommu=on iommu=soft
By minimal netinstall gives parameters with grub edit boot and after install its automatically added.
Same on ...
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IBM x3550 Unrecognised progress code
Forgot about the CMOS battery. After pulling for several minutes and put back, the system is booting. All okay.
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Tool to maintain IBM x3650 - get info from faulty HW
A hypervisor, Xen in this case, is there to "protect" your hosts hardware from the guest OS'es under all circumstances.
So, no, you will not be able to get detailed hardware information out ...
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Adding sata disk w/o controller to IBM X3400 M3
You should use second RAID controller for SATA. And this mean also second backplane because you can't split backplane to serve SAS and SATA disk. And you can't mix SATA and SAS in the same bus
EDIT: ...
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IBM System x3850 M2 Ubuntu Server Install
The IBM website has several articles about installing Linux in the "IBM System x3850 M2" model, specifically about installing RHEL 5 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), RHEL 6, SLES 10 SP2 (Suse ...
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"Unsupported PCI device" errors during IBM System x3550 POST
Your lspci -vs 07:00.0 result:
Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (rev 02)
Subsystem: Emulex Corporation Device e629
I searched System x3550 and Emulex 10GbE NIC ...
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Move raid hard drive to a different server
Generally, this is possible, but I have no experience with that particular RAID controller. Normally, the meta data is stored on the drive, so inserting it in another server should work. You can ...
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Move raid hard drive to a different server
If your temporary server is the same hardware, with the same RAID card, then check with your support if you can simply replace the disks in the new machine.
If not, I would definitely wait for IBM to ...
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Hardware/BIOS - IBM x3200 m2
Recovering from a BIOS update failure:
If power to the server is interrupted while BIOS code is being updated, the server might not restart correctly or might not display video.
If this happens, ...
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IBM X3850 does not boot from internal USB by default unless startup boot menu is visited
I'm not sure if it's still relevant for you, but I was in the same situation as you and believe that the internal SAS controller intercepts the boot process. Do the lights on the hard disk trays blink ...
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Resert IBM system x3650 fault led
Need update - Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Version 1.44 build ID GFBT60AUS
System machine types 7978 and 1913.
Please read - https://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/XSA/010ds/0/...
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Can't get an IBM xSeries 345 server to load Windows Server 2003 using ServerGuide utility
I just had problems setting up an IBM x346 server 2 days ago so perhaps my experience will be helpful.
I found the 2 key elements to do were:
1) Upgrade the server bios (there are downloadable files ...
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