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Monitoring of server alert based on led indicator.

January 19, 2015, 6:46 am
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Hi All,

There is a requirment to monitor server states through LED indicator. So that if any of the LED indicator goes to fault state. It will throw an alert to the system admin. So we found that there is a tool Dell OpenManage Server Administrator" to monitor thr Dell server alerts.

So we need to know the following things:

1.Is the tool is intigrated with server or it's a licensed version.

2.How we will set up the monitoring.

3.How we will set up the alerting.

4.Is it possibile to intigrate with any other Tool.

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PowerEdge T110 II network and SAS

February 6, 2015, 3:43 am
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Hi 

I have a 2 years old T110 II server and I want to install an additional dual port GB card like Dell Broadcom 5720 for a Hyper-V installation and a Perc H310 card which can be easy found in my country.  But neither one is listed for compatibility with this server.  It is possibile to do that or not ???

Further, when I searched Dell site for H310 it listed only one integrated H310 different than one that I intend to buy  which appears like an ordinary PCI card ! Are they different models for H310 ??? 

Here Dell barebone servers are advirtised  like working with SAS drives but are sold without Perc controller... :-) 

 Any help or suggestion will be apreciated. Thanks

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Poweredge T320 mixing RAM 2x8GB + 2x16GB

March 3, 2015, 3:23 am
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Hi,

we have a poweredge T320 and want to extend the memory of the existing 2x8GB. 

What should the configuration be like if we want to add 2x16GB?

Thanks in advance for the help and best regards

Tim

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install windows server 2008 32 bit

March 4, 2015, 1:10 am
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i have a problem when install windows server 2008 32 bit i cannot fond the hard Disk " No Drivers Found", 

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Minimum System Management items recomended.

March 4, 2015, 3:11 am
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Hi,

I have about 10+ Dell servers running Server 2012/2012 R2 at various sites. Apart from installing the LSI Raid Controller management software I don't currently install any other System management tools.

What basic Dell system management tools would people recommend? I used to used the HP system Management homepage for system status - That used to have only a small print on the server but have some useful system diagnostics.

Thanks in advance,

Adam

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Operating System Not Found

March 3, 2015, 8:53 am
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We have a Dell VRTX chasis with a Power Edge M620 Blade Server. The OS installed is VMware ESXI 5.1.0.

All of a sudden I could not access the VMs and my analysis showed that the OS was not being detected. So I changed the boot options and it worked. 

I spoke to Enterprise Technical Support for the RCA and proved to be useless

I am just wondering how the boot options can change all by itself. What triggers the change? 

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Dell idrac openssl MITM vulnerability

June 23, 2014, 12:43 am
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Hi

We use nessus to scan our network. My most recent scan reports several openssl vulnerabilitis with a cvss score of 9.3, (rated HIGH), see below for details. The products found affected are:

Dell idrac6 1.97

Dell idrac7 1.57.57

Nessus says that the vulnerabilty is confirmed, and the openssl version could also be vulnerable to other openssl issues release on the same day as the OpenSSL 'ChangeCipherSpec' MiTM Vulnerability" released on the 5th of june.

Is this confirmed by dell? will patches be released for this vulnerabilties?

CVE-2010-5298, CVE-2014-0076, CVE-2014-0195, CVE-2014-0198, CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-0224, CVE-2014-3470

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Dell PE 2800 Riser Card and Motherboard question

March 4, 2015, 6:51 am
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I have a Dell PowerEdge 2800.  The original configuration was (1) Xenon 2.8 GHz processor and 8 GB RAM, along with a SCSI RAID 5.  I began receiving the 1-3-2 beep code about a week ago.  I pulled the RAM and replaced the sticks one at a time into slot 1B and still got the beep code.  I suspected the motherboard and so I purchased one and installed it per the manuals.  I also installed another 4 GB or RAM and added another 2.8GHz Xenon Now the server will not post.  The fans come on and the lights above each hard drive come on.  The server issues a single beep and then the light above the bottom row of drives go out and the lights above the top row of drives stay on.  My question is this.  I changed out the motherboard and the one I received said Rev A05 on it.  My original board said A04.  I also did not change the Riser card.  Would this have any bearing on my problem?  Any help would be appreciated greatly.  I have already tried pulling the new processor and just running with the original configuration and still no joy.

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PowerEdge T110 II - Adding HD prevents server from booting

February 27, 2015, 10:25 am
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I recently added a HD to this new server to act as the backup media for my 2012 windows server.  I rebooted the box and the server halted.  I unplugged new HD which was working fine till reboot and the server booted normally.  It has done this for 2 hard drives to date. 

Has anyone experienced this before?

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Are Different Size Virtual Disks using H710 in RAID 5 work?

March 4, 2015, 4:00 am
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Hi,

I have a T420 with a H710 running W2012R2. I have 8 x HDD's running off the H710. 3 are configured as RAID 0 with the remaining 5 (2TB's each) configured as RAID 5.

I divided the RAID 5 into 6 Virtual Disks of different sizes to create pseudo partitions. I then initialised each VD. (My rationale for doing this was to enable my backup/imaging product to treat each VD separately).

However, I am getting disk errors posted in Event Viewer from the RAID when I try to format the VD's within Windows. My system freezes, Disk Management becomes inaccessible & I have to reboot.

Clearly there's something wrong. I am left wondering whether you can have multiple VD's of different sizes in RAID 5.

Any help or advise would be very much appreciated.

john

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R730 with AMD S9050 and VMware 5.5U2

March 4, 2015, 4:48 pm
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I'm trying to get the AMD s9050 working on the R730 in VMware 5.5 vSGA but xorg stops and the driver on AMD says its supports the R720 so wondering if anyone has this working and or a newer driver from AMD for VMware?

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Change from raid 0 to raid 1

March 4, 2015, 11:20 pm
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Hello.

My name is George.

I was recently hired in a new environment,
 where i came across an installation of a PowerEdge Server T110ii.

The Server has 2 built in SATA HDDs, both setup as RAID 0.

The problem is that the previous IT has setup WMvare in one of the drives, while the other one was disconnected, (noone knows why).

I want to backup to the second HDD the whole driver, because the free version of the VMware, does not allow backups.

Is there a way to create a raid between the 2 disks, without having to format them, or shutdown the whole system? The factory here is operational 24/7, so i really have very limited options.

Thank you in advance.

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Unable to install OS on PE2850 after RAID 5 failover

March 5, 2015, 7:15 am
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Hello,

I have a PE 2850 server with controller raid Perc 4e/Di with attached 4 HD SCSI Ultra 320 on 146GB configured in RAID 5 mode.

4 months ago, 2 HD of RAID 5 was corrupted and we decided to switch off definitively because we don't want to substitute HD corrupted.

Before trash it, I tried to install Windows 2003 R2 SP2 using 1 HD in RAID 0 mode (I tried with Win 2k8 R2 but it have the same issue).

Here is the list of the operations done:
- before swith on server I leaved only 1 HD at position 0 inside
- During POST, I choose CTRL+M to enter into RAID controller BIOS but it presents presents a message: "Memory/Battery problems were detected. The adapter has recovered but cache data may be lost. Press any key to continue. " I choosed space key to continue.
- Cleaned existing RAID configuration
- cleaned existing data on physical HD (no error found on HD)
- I configured RAID 0 logical disk in RAID 0 mode and initialized it. I saved configuration, inserted Win 2k3 r2 SP2 CD  and restarted server.
- During POST, the RAID controller presents the same message "Memory/Battery problems were detected. The adapter has recovered but cache data may be lost. Press any key to continue. ". I choosed space key to continue.
- Windows setup started and after agree conditions, I choosed to install Windows into unique logical disk visibile, formatting it in NTFS mode.
- after formatting disk, Windows start to copy file on HD but it stop before ends (1st time at 6%, 2nd time at 8%).

I tried to change RAID 0 write mode configuration from WRITE BACK to WRITE TROUGH but the issue was the same.
The same happen if I tried to install Windows 2008 R2.
It is a problem of HD corrupted? I tried all operation above with other HD but issue was the same.

I don't understand if the problem was the controller RAID or HD.

Any help will be apprecied, thanks.

Fabio

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PowerEdge 1900 Runs but can't get into it.

March 3, 2015, 7:06 pm
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I have a PowerEdge 1900 that was given to me. I want to make use of it, but can't seem to get any image out of the VGA , Mouse and Keyboard. It was mentioned to me that those ports are probably set to disabled and only operated through the DRAC card.  However I don't have the Credentials needed to get into it. I've tried to reset the server by jumping the CMOS but have been unsuccessful. This unit was given to me with hard drives and ram. I have put all the necessary components in and can't seem to make this thing work for me. Is there anyone who knows these animals who can help me???

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How to change PowerEdge 12G system model name?

March 5, 2015, 9:22 am
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Just replaced a motherboard on a PowerEdge R720xd, but the system model name is Compellent SC8000.  I have already change the service tag with asset /s command and updated firmware.  As far as i can tell R720xd and SC8000 motherboards are the same.  How can I change the system model name to say PowerEdge R720xd?

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R710 won't boot after firmware update

March 4, 2015, 6:00 am
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Hi guys,

I wanted to reinstall a R710 so that we can use it again in our DC, and i saw that the firmware was a bit out of date (a lot actually).

So generated a bootable iso with the repository manager and let it ran on the server. It updated a few items (one of which was the BIOS) and they were all OK.

At the end it said that the program was going to turn the server off and that it should turn back on again after a few seconds, but it never turned off... I turned it off myself after 15 minutes and turned it back on, The fans start blowing out loud and then get quiet (as they should). The LCD display on the front first says Booting (or something like that) and then changes to the custom message that i've put in earlier.

And that's it.. The server hangs and I can't access it. No screen, no keyboard.

The Drac is working and says that everything is OK. The bios firmware version is 1.2.6. The Virtual console also says "No signal". There are no events in the drac that would suggest something is wrong.


What can I do to fix this? I need this server :(

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cpu1 ierr on PE1950 following PERC 5/E Battery Change

March 6, 2015, 4:23 am
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Hi All,

I have today tried to change the PERC 5/E battery on my PE1950 and once changed i got an error on the display of cpu1 ierr and failed to boot.

As I needed to get the server operational ready for the users I had to reinstall the old battery, this then booted as normal.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this routine task would cause this?

Kind regards

Simon

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Power Supplies

March 3, 2015, 8:56 am
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 I have a Dell 2950, just reinstalled the OS Windows 2008R2. I noticed in the Open Manager Program in the Power Supplies Management that there are some columns that say

Rated Input Wattage  [No Value]

Firmware Version   Not available

Is this normal? Did I forget a software update?

Thanks for the help

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Esxi 5.1 updrade to 5.5u2 PowerEdge R730

March 6, 2015, 6:54 am
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I got a couple of R730 Brand new that came preinstalled with ESXI 5.1 u2 ,on dual flash cards and the size of each one of them is 7GB

what is the procedure to upgrade the esxi from 5.1 to 5.5 on PowerEdge R730 using the dell customized iso"  , and will 7GB be enough for the upgrade process?

thanks

* booting up from the iso shows 300GB datasore and two 7GB datastores *

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Precision Rack 7910 - HDD Caddy

March 6, 2015, 7:51 am
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Hello,

I realise this machine is not a server, however there is no option for workstations.

I recently purchased the above server, I ordered it with 5 hard drives.

When the machine arrived only 2 of the hard drives came with a caddy, the other 3 hard drives were in boxes with no caddy.

I called dell and they said the would order them for me. 3 weeks later I am still waiting for them. I have called dell numerous times but today they have told me that they no longer supply them and that I can if I wish return the workstation.

Can anyone tell me if this is correct?

Thank You

Mike

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