Re: Poor ESXi performance of the R620 vs. R610
We had very slow performance with our apps on or R620 until we specified Performance Mode in the Bios . Our Application performance benchmarks jumped a whopping 235% - Passmark Benchmarks around 20%...
View ArticleR210 W2K12 Remote Desktop/Ping issues
I have a new PowerEdge R210 II running Windows Server 2012. It has two Broadcom BCM5716C NetXtreme GigE NICs, one of which is disabled. It is connected to another R210 running Windows Server 2008.If...
View ArticleRe: R210 W2K12 Remote Desktop/Ping issues
Hello johnlarsonPerform a continuous ping to the loopback address and see if you experience any timeouts. ping -t 127.0.0.1If you encounter timeouts then there is likely a software issue. If there are...
View ArticleRe: R210 W2K12 Remote Desktop/Ping issues
Daniel,Thanks for your reply.Pings to 127.0.0.1 as well as 192.168.3.11 (its local ip address) work fine, as do pings from this box to another. It's pings to this box from another that fail:Reply from...
View ArticleRe: R210 W2K12 Remote Desktop/Ping issues
Test the other interface on the LOM so that we can rule out a problem with that interface.
View ArticleRe: R210 W2K12 Remote Desktop/Ping issues
Daniel,I moved to the second interface and everything is working. No missing pings and Remote Desktop is working fine.I have four of these R210s. One is about a year old and works fine. But two of...
View ArticleRe: R210 W2K12 Remote Desktop/Ping issues
It could be something odd with iDRAC port sharing. Check to see if the iDRAC is set to share interface LOM 1. If it is then turn it off and see if the issue still occurs.I suspect either an odd issue...
View ArticleUnable to backup system state on Poweredge T110 II using Windows Server Backup
Hi all,Has anybody had this problem and been able to resolve it?I have a new server with Windows 2008R2 preinstalled on it.I wanted a separate partition for programs so I created this and installed my...
View ArticleRe: Unable to backup system state on Poweredge T110 II using Windows Server...
Sorry to hear of your issues. Please try going through the following KB article from Microsoft completely to see if this will fix your issue:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2009272Regards,
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Hi Geoff,Definitely went through that article and didn't work.Thanks anyway
View ArticleRe: PE2950 I Windows install hangs on "Starting Windows"
Gentlemen an update: New copy of windows 2008 R2: does not work, hangs on "starting windows" screen.WinPE 3.0: hangs on "starting windows" screenDell deployment utillity, selected win srv 2008 r2:...
View ArticleDell poweredge T110 II server and Microsoft SBS 2008 compatibility
All,I recently bought this server and attempted to install Microsoft SBS 2008. Halfway through the installation process, a warning popped up that stated that the Microsoft software was not compatible...
View ArticleRe: Dell poweredge T110 II server and Microsoft SBS 2008 compatibility
Most likely because of the S100 controller. The drivers are not native on the installation. You can use the lifecycle controller to help with the installation, which will load the S100 driver to help...
View ArticlePoweredge 1800 motherboard floppy drive connector
Why does the motherboard HAVE a connector clearly labelled as being for a floppy drive, which seems to do nothing, since the manual seems to say that floppy is supported ONLY with a PCI extension...
View ArticleRe: Poweredge 1800 motherboard floppy drive connector
Hi miker02474,Good day and welcome to the community!Thanks for reaching out to us. Unfortunately, response cannot be sent to your email since it's already been removed from public post. The connector...
View ArticleRe: Poweredge 1800 motherboard floppy drive connector
How can I USE it?? (What do you mean by "in case the system may need to install"?)
View ArticleRe: Poweredge 1800 motherboard floppy drive connector
Hi miker02474,Is there in any way for you to send me a photo of the connector to have a better look at the part? I would like to look into it to verify if we're on the same page. Glad to assist...
View ArticleRe: Hyper-V 2012 guest VM activation
Did you ever figure this out, im curious how this works also, as we want to build a 2012 hyper-v cluster with datacenter edition, but need Windows 2008 servers as guest and was wondering how the would...
View ArticleCant REPLY to DELL-Andrew F regarding ongoing discussion on Poweredge 1800...
DELL-Andrew F8-1-13It's a standard 34-pin ribbon-cable connector with a pin-key at position 3 and an additional mechanical tab-key; The motherboard MAP attached to the inside of the removable...
View ArticleRe: Hyper-V 2012 guest VM activation
Yes well I will try to give you as much information as I have from all the email exchanges with Dell ProSupport. The bottom-line is that YES you can have unlimited number of guest VMs running on your...
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