Re: PowerEdge R310 does not detect hard drives
I don't understand the problem, as described. Here are some points that add to my confusion: - The SAS 6/iR cannot do RAID with a single hard drive. - How did you "[install] the OS through floppy". -...
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We have Dell Power Edge R410 model server, when we tried to install OS (win2003 std) initially in the server, windows could not able to detect the hard disk so as per the followed steps early by our...
View ArticleRe: Drivers for Windows Server 2003 R2 on Dell Power Edge R620 12th generation
Thanks for your reply Dev Mgr; So, you say I could try this Adaptec 29320LPE ? Because I haven't and for this I should buy it. But what about my old Adaptec Card 39320A Ultra320 SCSI, from the old...
View ArticleWin 2003 R2 on a PE R410
I've got a Dell PowerEdge R410, to which we were running Windows Server 2003 R2 (32bit) on for about six months. We were testing a product and we've decided to roll out that new product. The server...
View ArticleRe: Win 2003 R2 on a PE R410
Windows 2003 (32 or 64 bit) doesn't support booting with UEFI. So you'd need to stay in BIOS mode. Also, Windows 2003 doesn't have the PERC driver natively, so you'll need to provide it the driver (via...
View ArticleRe: Drivers for Windows Server 2003 R2 on Dell Power Edge R620 12th generation
I'd actually just buy a Dell or LSI 2032 PCIe SCSI controller as it's more likely to work. The Adaptec may work fine too, but as Dell offered the 2032 in their 11th generation PowerEdges it's likely...
View ArticleRe: Win 2003 R2 on a PE R410
OK, maybe I'm doing this wrong (do wonder how I had it installed once using the same CD, but hey...). Downloaded: DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A02_R283421 DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A07_R211422 AND...
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Found my issue... Was setting it in nLite as a Regular PNP driver, went to a text driver and all is booting as it should now.
View ArticleR720xd Hangs after initial install and application of MS Server 2008...
R720xd (with MS Server 2008 Datacenter pre-installed) was received and installed yesterday without issues. MS Patches were downloaded via Windows Update and installed. Server was powered down for the...
View ArticleRe: R720xd Hangs after initial install and application of MS Server 2008...
Well, at some point, you have no choice other than to kill it. Seven hours is more than fair. Down it and hope for the best - any damage has already occurred by now. I'm sure you know that you can't...
View ArticleRe: R720xd Hangs after initial install and application of MS Server 2008...
Thanks for re-enforcing my "gut". Many things have seemed much too slow given the beefy box, but 8 hours ultimately was a tad longer than any reasonable expectation. Power cycled and the system...
View ArticleRe: R720xd Hangs after initial install and application of MS Server 2008...
This usually turns out fine, but even for someone who has booted up as many "hung" systems as I have, you are always holding your breath until you see the Desktop :) The hard part is deciding how long...
View ArticleRe: Bios Update on R510 with ESX 4.1
1. Create NFS share. 2. Install Dell Repository Manager for servers on Your Win VM 3. Download all pathes 4. Copy them to NFS share (export as SUU repository folder) 5. Boot the server off Dell Service...
View ArticleRe: PowerEdge R510 Troubles
This could be BIOS bug!! our mobo in R510 just failed recently! with 1.9.0 and 10.2.0 BIOS versions. Take a look at: en.community.dell.com/.../20130283.aspx
View ArticleRe: Broadcom 5709C Teaming issues in Win2008 R2
Similar isse with: R510 and different branded server + Broadcom NIC Team Balance SLB + Cisco SGE2000 or different switch. They just LOST whole network setup (including several VLANs), so now I always...
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OMSA 7.1 and high load average
Hi, Just downloaded and installed OMSA 7.1 on Dell R310 and Dell R510, both running RHEL6. As soon as OMSA processes were started the load average on system went high. Restarting services didn't help....
View ArticleRe: OMSA 7.1 and high load average
Found temporary solution after a google search. artipc10.vub.ac.be/.../leap-second-causing-ksoftirqd-and-java-to-use-lots-of-cpu-time lkml.org/.../203 date -s "`date`" resolved it for me.
View ArticleUpgrade to ESXi 4.1 U2 using Dell Customized ISO
I have a R610 running 4.1 U1 that I installed with the Dell customized ISO. I would like to upgrade with the 4.1 U2 Dell customized ISO so that I can upgrade the Dell specific bits too. I tried...
View ArticleRe: Windows Server 2008 R2 on PowerEdge R610
Did you ever get an answer? I have installed Microsoft Open License (MAK install) Server 2008 R2 w SP1 on a R710 using the bootable Server Build and update utility disc that came with the server, and...
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