Re: RAID 1 problem
Did you read this thread?Are you installing 2003 or 2003 R2?Does your 2003 media have SP2 on it?32-bit or 64-bit?Are you using CD or DVD media?Which RAID controller are you using?How many drives, what...
View ArticlePE2950 Intermittent network problems
Hey guys, I have a PE2950 running Windows 2008 R2. It is a domain controller (not primary) and I'm having all kinds of trouble with replication errors. I'm also having trouble with DNS errors.When I...
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Also, I was just connected to this server via RDP when I wrote this post and I just got disconnected. I am beginning to think this has to be hardware or driver related...
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Is your firmware up to date? There were several issues with these NIC's early on which were addressed via firmware and driver updates (drivers issues were with 2003 ... have not heard anything...
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I've got the BIOS and ESM up to date. I just grabbed the driver from Dell and the install package said it was going from version 1.0 to version 14.x so that's pretty huge. I'll take a look at firmware...
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Here's a question about the firmware. I only see one firmware update available for Broadcom Nextreme. Mine is a Broadcom NExtreme II. I assume that since there is only one firmware update that it's...
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Well, there would be no harm in running it ... it would abort the update if it were not for the right device.We may need one of the Dell guys to decipher the garbage listed for these updates, if the...
View ArticleRe: AsteriskNOW / CentOS - Critical problem
Hi,It's the On-Board Single Gigabit Network Adapter
View ArticleRe: PE2950 Intermittent network problems
Well, bad news. I ran a driver update via RDP and now I can't access the server anymore. I had a person on site perform a reboot but that didn't bring it back so I won't be able to touch the thing for...
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It is normal for the connections to drop during the update, but it shouldn't last more than several seconds. Which driver (file) did you use to update with?
View ArticleRe: AsteriskNOW / CentOS - Critical problem
If you are using CentOS 6, the ethernet devices are no longer known as eth0, eth1, eth2, etc. they are em em1 em2.. etc. You may be able to change some stuff inside the script you're running.....
View ArticleRe: AsteriskNOW / CentOS - Critical problem
Somewhat related to this, we have problems using pxe with centos 6.0 for dell servers. I think the issue is because the ethernet devices is known as em1, instead of eth0. Is there any work around for...
View ArticleRe: AsteriskNOW / CentOS - Critical problem
For the record, I just downloaded ASTERISK NOWWhich is a "plug and play" CD featuring CentOS 6I'm guessing Digium (Asterisk) didn't create a script, on a Bootable CD, that invokes something that isn't...
View ArticleRe: RAID 1 problem
I can not see the hard driveAt the back of the blue screen at the beginning of the installation of Windows Server 2003Message appears telling me that there was no hard diskWhere I own within Dell R-710...
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www.dell.com/.../poweredge-r710Download it and create a DVD using the ISO image. Boot to it, select Install OS, and when prompted, insert the 2003 CD to finish. You MUST have SP2 on your 2003 CD.
View ArticleRe: AsteriskNOW / CentOS - Critical problem
To rule out the OS/software, try a different OS and see if that it having issues too.Some options are knoppix or Dell's own OpenManage (linux.dell.com/.../om72-firmware-live).
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 on T320
Seems there is a problem with the x64 driver DELL provides for the PERC. Use the x86 driver instead and you should be ok. You will still get the unsigned warning but it will then recognize the virtual...
View ArticleRe: How to get Dell OEM disks for Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2?
You are not alone. I just got off the phone with Dell as we too needed to re-install the software only to find that Dell never supplied the OEM disc- only the Microsoft one. And the bad news is that...
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Re: How to get Dell OEM disks for Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2?
Remember that you purchase a license - the right to use the software - you do NOT purchase or own the software itself. So, you should already have the license - you just need the installation media....
View ArticleRe: How to get Dell OEM disks for Windows 2003 Enterprise Server R2?
Not trying to get into the politics of this at all so not going to bite on that. I have looked on ebay, have even searched torrent sites, and no luck. I'll even come right out and say "Shame on us...
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