Installing CentOS POWEREDGE 2850
Hello: I was looking for online discussions about issues instaling an OS on DELL 2850 and came across this discussion. My problem is this: I am trying to install centOS 6.2 on a PE 2850 and having...
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Hi Kalliman, I don't imagine it's going to be very easy to get CentOS 6 to work on the 2850 due to their relative age difference. The last release RHEL supported on the 2850 was 5. It was probably a...
View ArticlePoweredge T310 Need help installing Win2003
From time to time I get called to help out with IT work at a local HVAC company, and they asked me to setup a new server to replace an older server that was having intermittent motherboard issues...
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Jim, Just to confirm, is this Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2? It has to be at SP2 to be compatible. If it is not we may need to slipstream the SP in. What I would like to try also is using the Build...
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PowerEdge R210 gets stuck in BIOS with IPMI BT errors. How to upgrade???
This PowerEdge R210 is behaving ok, the problem comes in only when the box reboots.When it is rebooted from a power failure (e.g. pulling out the power cable and plugging it back in), it gets stuck in...
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Daniel, I think the BIOS and BMC are intact, what we can try is to power down the server and then remove the Raid controller from the server and then power up. If the error doesn't reappear (will get a...
View ArticleRe: Poweredge T310 Need help installing Win2003
Thanks so much for the quick reply Chris. You know I can't say for sure if it is SP2. The company provided me with a disc and a key to use and that's all I have to go on (The disc says Windows Server...
View ArticleRe: Poweredge T310 Need help installing Win2003
There is a good chance that your R2 disk has only SP1, as SP2 was released nearly two years after R2 - and about a year before 2008 was released. As Chris said, SP2 is required for most of the...
View ArticleRe: "power_saving" in centos 6.2 deployed on the PowerEdge R620
I'm having the same problem running CentOS 6.3 on Dell R720s. I've got six of them and they will randomly enter this state. My 'ps' output is pasted below. This happens sometimes immediately after...
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Hello Johnathan, I did visit the DELL product Support page and the centOS 6.2 is not listed amongst the supported OS; so I was already leaning on using another OS but thanks for crystalizing. I will...
View ArticleRe: Dell Customized Image for Vmware ESXi 5.1
It is does mention the m600. Will this image ALSO support installing ESXi 5.1 to a internal Hard drive, such as the M600?
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...so embarrassed. My keyboard is having trouble. The Documentation DOES NOT mention the M600 blade, which does not support a SDCARD. Can this customized installer also be used to install ESXI 5.1 to a...
View ArticleInstalling 32-bit Server 2003 R2 Std on 64-bits Powderedge R710
Hi, As per the subject, I need to downgrade a new PowerEdge R710 64-bit Server 2008 to a 32-bit Server 2003 R2 Std version. So would be the right way of doing it? So far, I've only tried booting up...
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What about PE T410 Servers? The compatibility list only states T420 server...
View ArticleRe: Installing 32-bit Server 2003 R2 Std on 64-bits Powderedge R710
Irvin, Download and burn this ISO (BUU) to disk - www.dell.com/.../poweredge-r710 Boot to that disk and it will load the drivers for the RAID controller and will assist you in the OS install. Let me...
View ArticleR810 reboot : "Alert! System fatal error during previous boot..."
Hi, We are trying to send data from one of our appliance through PCIE using one PCIe x4 Gen 2 cable adapter to our R810 server. It is working almost all of the time, however when we reboot the Dell...
View ArticleRe: Ubuntu 11.10, M710HD and rack enclosure networking fabric
Hi Peter, Could you please share how do you solve this problem? I have same issue, the ubuntu installed on the blade server cannot see the 10Gb M8024.... Thanks.
View ArticleRe: Dell customised vSphere 5.1
hi, the download is already available and link is up and running... http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-r720?driverId=XWYR5&osCode=XI51&fileId=3005015335
View ArticleRe: Dell Customized Image for Vmware ESXi 5.1
Upgraded my T110-II. Before running the upgrade you need to SSH in to the host and run: ~# esxcli software vib remove –n Dell-Configuration-VIB ~# esxcli software vib remove –n Dell-License-VIB...
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