R620 running Windows 2008 R2 - Intel onboard NICs take a long time to...
After a reboot it seems to take the Intel onboard NICs (LOMs) a minute (literally) to initialize. This causes many services to not start correctly. Any add in card initializes fine. The issue is...
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The NICs should be initializing during post so that PXE can occur, are you seeing link lights on the NICs? Is this occurring right after the OS installation or randomly occurring later when the server...
View ArticleRe: R620 running Windows 2008 R2 - Intel onboard NICs take a long time to...
The NICs should be initializing during post so that PXE can occur, are you seeing link lights on the NICs? The nics are there for PXE. The issue is in the OS only.Is this occurring right after the OS...
View ArticleRe: R620 running Windows 2008 R2 - Intel onboard NICs take a long time to...
It sounds like the issue is some sort of corruption in the driver or suite that is causing the problem.Is this issue only happening on one R620 or on more than one system? Which model NIC is this? Are...
View ArticleRe: The Operating System Wasn't Not Found - SBS2011
Thanks for your replies. With help from Dell technical support, I think it has been resolved.Booting using the installation disc, we tried to reinstall the OS, but there were no disc found. We had to...
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 HDD driver
This was helpful 3 years later. Updated link: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/GetDriver/OtherFileFormats/Product/poweredge-1850?driverId=9K3D3&FileId=2731109791
View ArticleRAID Configuration on PERC H200 on SBS2011
Hi, Can somebody please tell me if there is a Windows OS based management tool for Dell Perc H200 RAID controller? I have spent hours searching the web and Dell website looking for a configuration...
View ArticleConverting a basic drive to RAID1 mirror
Hi,My customer has a Dell PE T310 server with PERC H200 disk controller, running Windows SBS 2011.The customer wants to add a second disk to the controller and mirror the existing basic disk to it.Is...
View ArticleRe: RAID Configuration on PERC H200 on SBS2011
Not exactly difficult to find ... you just need to know what to look for.OpenManage Server Administrator:ftp.dell.com/.../OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-WIN-7.2.0-6945.exeDownload and run to extract, choose...
View ArticleRe: Converting a basic drive to RAID1 mirror
No. The H200 supports RAID and non-RAID, but they are not compatible. To switch between them, you will need to backup/restore.On the higher-end controllers (H7x0), non-RAID is not supported, so a...
View ArticleM620 BCom57810 VLAN
Hi. I'm trying to deploy a WS2012 image via WDS (PXE) using WinPE.Server has 2x 57810 (integrated mezz A, daughter mezz B). The ports on the switches are configured in trunk mode. For the OS...
View ArticleRe: M620 BCom57810 VLAN
VSvatek,It sounds like the issue you are having is with the WinPe environment and the network switch. You told us the mezz cards you are using, but not what switches you have. One thing you can try is...
View ArticleOS Reinstall
Really dumb question... I have a PowerEdge 2800 that I'm trying to reinstall the original OS from the Dell OEM Windows Server 2003 Standard CD. When I boot to the CD, I'm not given the option to...
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Another post said to insert a Setup Assistant CD first. Found mine... going to try that first.
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Yep... Server Assistant CD needed. I've never used it before... wasn't aware that it was necessary.
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It isn't necessary. It can simplify the process, but it is not required. If you didn't have the "standard" commands available to you to delete and create partitions, then you could boot to the...
View ArticleRe: M620 BCom57810 VLAN
Hi Chris, the switches are M8024-k. STP PF is enabled on all ports. The problem isn't (shouldn't be) with the switch configuration since I'm using other blades with the exact same configuration, but...
View ArticleRe: Trouble with pre-installed Windows 2012 on T110 II
please install the Windows 2012 OS by utilizing this latest SMTD iso image...
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Re: Converting a basic drive to RAID1 mirror
Hi Balipaul,H200 controller supports only 3 RAID levels like RAID 0,RAID 1 and RAID 10.Unmirroring a RAID 1 or RAID 1-concatenated virtual disk results in a single, nonredundant concatenated virtual...
View ArticleRe: R620 running Windows 2008 R2 - Intel onboard NICs take a long time to...
hi,Could you let us if you are using this INTEL driver for Win2k8 X64...
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