PowerEdge General HW

PE 1900 and 2900 motherboard the same?

Johoo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:54:37 GMT

Are those motherboards the same? On a picture they look the same.

R610 intermittently disconnects from network

r6geek — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:00:11 GMT

Hi,

I have a PowerEdge R610 which is about 4 months old. During that time we have seen four instances (two this week) where eth0 or eth1 (the only NICs we're using) will stop communicating. I found with eth1 (which is connected by cat6 to another machine directly) I can do "/sbin/ifconfig eth1 down" followed by "/sbin/ifconfig eth1 up" and that gets it going again. With eth0 however I found I had to reboot the machine to get it talking again.

In /var/log/messages these are the only things logged (at the start of the outage, through to when I reset the interface):

Oct 6 21:06:35 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
Oct 6 21:06:37 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Oct 6 21:06:47 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
Oct 6 21:06:50 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Oct 6 21:07:05 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
Oct 6 21:07:08 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Oct 6 21:07:38 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
Oct 6 21:07:40 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Oct 6 21:08:36 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
Oct 6 21:08:38 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Oct 6 21:10:19 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Down
Oct 6 21:10:21 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
Oct 6 21:15:53 surf avahi-daemon[3840]: Interface eth1.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Oct 6 21:15:53 surf avahi-daemon[3840]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.2.
Oct 6 21:15:53 surf avahi-daemon[3840]: Withdrawing address record for 10.0.0.2 on eth1.
Oct 6 21:15:55 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1: using MSIX
Oct 6 21:15:55 surf avahi-daemon[3840]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS.
Oct 6 21:15:55 surf avahi-daemon[3840]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.2.
Oct 6 21:15:55 surf avahi-daemon[3840]: Registering new address record for 10.0.0.2 on eth1.
Oct 6 21:15:57 surf kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON

I'm running Centos 5.3. As we use this machine as a mySQL slave and webserver, having either NIC stop working is very inconvenient. Are there any known firmware issues etc or does this seem like a system board problem I should be addressing under warranty? I don't know the firmware versions offhand but it was updated to everything current in July before being sent offsite.

Thanks

James

R710 Network adapter order

cjvanco — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:14:57 GMT

I have a R710 with 4 builtin broadcom nics. They are labeled 1,2,3,4. When i install Windows server 2008 r2 the os labled them 4,2,1,3. Any idea why this is happening?

This is a issue because if I look at the os and it calls the nic #4 then i tell a tech to unplug nic #4 he will unplug the one i see as # 3.... I tried the latest drivers and uninstalling / reinstalling the nics through device manager.

any ideas?

Disabling the DRAC/ERA on a PowerEdge 2650

Piratero — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:44:59 GMT

After about two days of researching and attempting to successfully install a working PCI video card in my PowerEdge 2650, I have concluded that there is no way to disable the DRAC/ERA through any means possible.

I read that the DRAC was once an optional feature when ordering a PowerEdge 2650 from Dell. This leads to my question: If I buy another Dell riser card that is a drop-in replacement for the 2650 that does not have ESM4, will I be able to install my NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200?

I don't care for ERA. I'm happy with PXE boot support.

I have found to following part numbers:

6H580
P1743

ANY help will be greatly appreciated!

DELL PE2950: OS (Windows 2003 Server) install via DRAC5 card and virtual media

aldikan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:43:34 GMT

Hi Guys,

Dell 2950 with DRAC5 and latest Firmware 1.33

Installing Windows 2003 server on remote PE2950 via the DRAC connection

Connected CD rom via DRAC virtual Media, or ISO image file.

Rebooting the server,

Server recognizes media and booting up from the virtual media.

Then: Hang on Windows setup blue screen. This happens within 10 seconds.

Again does not matter if it is virtual CD or ISO image I use...

I have done installation successfully on DELL PE2850 and DRAC4,

What could be the problem with PE 2950.

Has anybody done this before.

Please share your experience,

Thanks,

Alex

T105 Keyboard Failure - Cannot Install

WillTown — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:07:53 GMT

This machine was installed previously with Fedora 11. Keyboard works fine at the console.

During bios boot screens the machine will not respond to any keyboard input. After listing drives, in fact, it reports a 'Keyboard Failure' and then executes the boot loader and, as stated, the keyboard works fine once the OS takes over.

The machine was setup on an old PS2 kvm with a tripplite PS2-USB converter. After this issue began I have tried three different USB keyboards in most of the available USB ports and still have the boot screen keyboard problem.

I need to install an OS to this machine and it is impossible without accessing the bios or boot menu.

I cannot find any bios updates for this machine.

Has anyone seen this problem? Anyone have a solution?

For want of a keyboard the OS was lost.

DRAC IV card for Dell Poweredge 1850, 2850, 2950

mangusta55 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:29:44 GMT

Hi. I need remote access to some servers, so I'm wanting to purchase some DRAC cards. DRAC IV cards for some PE 1850 and 2850 servers and a DRAC V card for a PE 2950 server. I've found the following part #'s for the DRAC IV cards, and I'm curious if they are all the same product and if any of them will work:

X8229 / FC955 / J1535 / NJ024 / JF660 / GC281

Likewise with the 2950's DRAC V -- part #'s:

WW126 / G8593

If someone would tell me if all/any of these are what I need, I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

PERC 5/i or PERC 6/i on PowerEdge SC440

sbrattla — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:01:16 GMT

Hi,

Has anyone ever tried adding a PERC 5/i or PERC 6/i RAID card to a PowerEdge SC440? I am aware that Dell usually does not ship entry systems with such controllers, but are there any technical implications for it? I suspect that it is more a Dell support policy, than it is a technical issue?

I'd love to hear if anyone has got a PowerEdge SC440 machine running with a PERC 5/i or PERC 6/i card.

POWEREGE 2650 NO POWER LED, BOTH POWER SUPPLIES FINE, NO CONTROL PANEL DISPLAY MSG. HELP PLEASE

Mike Abell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:43:00 GMT

Have a poweredge 2650 that had been running rock solid but came in this morning and server was on but no POST, no NOTHING. Both redundant power supplies LED's show good. The front panel LCD has nothing in it, just a blank blue readout (normally just says DELL PE2650). I've reseated memory, fans, and VRU's, power supplies, control panel, cleared the bios with jumper. If I push the power button (even though it is not lit up), the jet engine fans spin up but never "spin down" signalling the unit is normally going to post from there. Raid drive lights come on but that's it. NO POST, nothing. I'm in a bad situation and need to get this server going. Also, if the unit is dead, can I just pull the raid drives (3 of them - Raid 5 configured) out of this system, and put them in another completely identical 2650 and boot up and go from there. I don't want to kill the data on the drives so some insight on that possibility would be greatly appreciated as well. Thank you for your time!

Mike Abell

IT Manager

Kingston

<ADMIN NOTE: Email id removed per privacy policy>

PowerEdge 2900 & PC Express Broadcom 5708 Flashing LEDs

pqb — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:32:34 GMT

Just taken delivery of 2 new PowerEdge 2900 III servers. Both have 2 PC Express Broadcom 5708 single port additional cards apart from the normal dual port onboard card.

The link and activity LEDs on both 5708 PCI cards are pulsing in a set pattern - they both pulse amber 12 times and then a short delay before they repeat the pattern. This happens if active network cables are plugged in or not and if the cards are enabled or disabled through Windows 2003 Enterprise Server which they are both running.

The 5708 cards appear to operate normally on the network apart from the flashing LEDs and running diagnostics over them including those in the BACS pass successfully.

The other strange thing is that both IT Assistant and DSET report the firmware as 5.0.4, but any attempt to update to the latest firmware 5.0.9 says that they are already running 5.0.9! Also Windows reports the driver version as 5.0.13.0 whereas IT Assistant and DSET report the driver as 5.0.15.0!

Has anyone seen the above and can tell me what the flashing LEDs mean?

Thanks

Peter

Single Rank DIMMs PowerEdge 2850

bhamill — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:35:21 GMT

I have several PE2850s with 4GB of RAM each, in 2 2GB DIMMs. I want to upgrade them all to 16MB, so I bought 2 more 2GB and 2 4GB DIMMs for each. Bought them from Dell. Tried to install them last night and got nowhere.

First, tried to put the 4GB pairs in DIMM1_A and DIMM1_B, then 2GB pairs in DIMM2A&B and DIMM3A&B, and got this BIOS message:

-----

RV100-M BIOS
Error: Incorrect memory configuration
Memory slots DIMM3_A and DIMM3_B only support single rank DIMMs. Remove the dual rank DIMMs from slots DIMM3_A and DIMM3_B.
For more information on valid memory configurations, please see the system documentation on support.dell.com

System halted!

-----

Then, put the 4GB pairs in DIMM3, and 2GB pairs in DIMM1 and DIMM2, and got the same message.

I realize that maybe I should have tried the 4GB pairs in DIMM2 just to be thorough, but I gave up and went home at that point. Anyone seen this? Any chance it's a BIOS issue? Could Dell have really sold me the wrong DIMMs?

Adding a second processor to a Poweredge 1900

szembek — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:41 GMT

I have a poweredge 1900 with only one processor currently installed. The info on the current processor is as follows:

Xeon E5310 @ 1.60GHz , Type 0, Family 6, Model 15, Stepping 11

What are my options for adding a second processor? I can get another E5310 1.6, but it has B3 stepping, is this ok? Should I stick with the same speed or can I go faster? Do I want active or passive cooling on this? Thanks.

Poweredge 6400

BEERMONSTER — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:23:21 GMT

I am considering buying a poweredge 6400 to use as a Windows Home Server (SBS 2003)

The server itself appears to be in good nick, but does not have any os installed and no systems cd's with it.

I understand that poweredge servers are suppose to come with a cd to boot from which guide you through raid setup and the os install ect.

Is it possible to download this from dell or set all this up without the cd?

Also, are there any other problems I need to consider before commiting to buy?

I have setup normal PC based os's many times before including hardware raid, but am not too sure how dell openmanage integrates with the poweredge servers.

Cheers

DELL PowerEdge 2650 embedded remote

tehnikk — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:17:00 GMT

I've just recently bought this server, and didn't get the user name and password for the embedded remote controller.

So how can I reset it to the factory user name "root" and password "calvin"?

Regards

Andrej Lukman

poweredge 1750

lensman63 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:51:17 GMT

hello,

the unit that i am working on is a poweredge 1750 containing 3 drives. these have been changed out with new. the bios for configuring the raid is lsi logic mpt 5.06.04. currently i am not setting up a raid, just attempting to install a version of server 2008 on a fomatted drive. neither the floppy drive or cd drive will read the disks to install. for some strange reason the system looks like it doesn't "see" either drive. almost like there is no media. i am using a dell system disk to attempt to get the system to work. the amber indicator light is flashing 6 to 8 blinks per sec. i have placed the single drive in bay 0,1 and 2 and have attempted booting each time. is it in a fault state and won't accept install...shouldn't that clear after inserting new drive?

Should server pass memtest?

Marcus Agehall — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 23:25:43 GMT

I just recieved my new PowerEdge 1650 and as with all new machines, I ran MemTest86 on it. To my surprise it failed on an address close to the end of my memory (somewhere around 255.8Mb out of 256Mb total). Is this a known issue or should I call dell to have my memory replaced?

Webserver Hardware Bottleneck

VinceNetworkGuy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:26:49 GMT

Hi,

I need to purchase a new webserver but I have a limited budget. I want to get the most 'bang' for my buck.

Where do I spend the money on the hardware so that I handle as many users at a given time?

Do I put it into CPU (dual quad core?), fast hard drives (15k SAS?), memory, other?

And please tell me why. Thanks. V.

PE SC1425 CPU Upgrade

KWheelerAZ — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:12:47 GMT

I have a PowerEdge SC1425 with a single Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz CPU installed. I'd like to upgrade it to a dual CPU rig. I understand from doing some reading and research that the Irwindale core 3.8Ghz Xeon is the fastest CPU chip this motherboard can support (please verify if possible).

If I purchase a pair of SL7ZB or SL8P2 Irwindale 3.8Ghz Xeon's can I just place them in the CPU sockets, bolt on the heatsinks and go?

TIA

PowerEdge 800 SATA

middle.road — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:54:06 GMT

Hi,

Would anyone know if an 800 with the SATA RAID controller can handle drives larger than 250GB?

I want to upgrade it to 1TB drive however the specs state 250GB as the largest.

I'm hoping that the manual was written when 250's were the largest available...

Thanks,

_mr

PE 6300 NO POST, NO VIDEO, Dead

gfrep — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 02:19:28 GMT

I have PE6300, when the power cable is plugged it turns on, the fans start working, the lights (front panel, Hard Drives, mother board) turn green, but then nothing happens. No video signal, no system beeps. The HD lights change to amber and the green light in the power button blinks. I have removed the PCI PERC controllers, memory board, SCSI tape backup unit but still nothing. It remains at a BLACK SCREEN - no Dell Post messages or anything.

The server was unplugged (no power) for a month.

I would appreciate any help with this matter.

Thanks

Gianfranco

SM Bus Controller Driver

zscottm — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:09:59 GMT

I have an old poweredge SC 430 server that I put XP pro on. I need to know the chipset so I can update the SM Bus Controller driver. Does anyone know who the manufacturer is for the chipset and if it even supports XP pro? Need help asap.

Power connections in Power edge 2900 server

Harish_ioc — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:41 GMT

I bought two power edge 2900 servers recently. It has two power connections at the back of it.As of now both the power sockets are given connections.I just want to know the configuration of the two power sockets.Is it like one is primary and other is secondary ,so that power is taken fully from one socket and if it fails the other socket is used to give power...or it is in parallel connection that the power is splitted as 50-50 through the sockets. My ups load is increasing because of this.pls reply me.Can some one temme the exact configuration of two sockets

Connecting PE M600 Blade to FC Tape Library

yasmad — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:41:16 GMT

Hi,

I have a M1000e enclosure with 8 poweredge M600 servers each with dual FC HBA mezannine card and i've been trying to connect one of the servers to a Fibre Channel tape library through the Brocade M4424 FC I/O module, from what i understood is that by default the M4424 operates in access gateway mode and i need to change it to Switch Mode, so my question is, is what i am trying to do possible at all, and if so how can i do it?

Thanks...

Power consumption for PowerEdge T110

origin2k — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:51:18 GMT

Can anyone tell me what the [idle|full load] power consumption is on a PowerEdge T110?

Hoping that someone has one and has a killawatt so that they can share this information!

Please list system specifics too (number of disks, etc.)

Looking to replace my home server and I don't want something that takes too much power, but can handle 4 disks etc.

Thanks!

Can a PowerEdge R710/R610 be configured with a PCI-X riser?

mangusta55 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:01:25 GMT

Considering ordering R710 and R610 servers, but I need to have PCI-X slot. When configuring the servers on the dell website, I can only add PCIe riser. Is it possible somehow to have a PCI-X slot on a R710 or R610?

P2600 Motherboard LED Lights

mcolman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:56:40 GMT

Can someone point me to a page that explains the P2600 Motherboard LED Lights? I have the Document "Indicators, Messages, and Codes" for the P2600 but there are no explanations for diagnosing these LED lights in there.

Thanks

Dell 400sc CMos Battery chage

westkenshin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:12:58 GMT

Hi My 5 yr old dell power edge 400sc is asking for a change of battery. Anyone know what battery i should buy? I think its a button type but i don't know what model or brand is good. Thanks for any replies

R610 Power supplies hot

kenwilson12 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:57:28 GMT

I have an new R610 with redudant power. The power supplies seem to be very warm to the touch and was wondering if thats normal.

Thanks.

DELL PowerEdge 2650 and SiI3124 compatibility ?

tehnikk — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:18 GMT

Is the SiI3124 PCI-X card compatible with the mentioned server ?

Regards

T110 fan noise HELP?

Skelshy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:41:58 GMT

I got this server hoping to run it in my home office. However, it is obnoxiously loud, even when idle. I went and found my SPL meter and it came up with 55 db 1ft away from the server back end. I use the "minimum power usage" for the fan setting in the bios.

Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks S.

Btw this is the wording on the web site: "Our high efficiency, low-flow fans are designed to only spin when needed to keep things cool, but they also help keep the server quiet for your office environment." I'd say none of that is true for my server. It uses a 4000 rpm, 46db (manufacturer rated) fan for the case fan.

Dell Poweredge 4400 power supply error

Aaron.McCray — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:03 GMT

Hello,

I am preparing to use a Dell 4400 Power Edge for a file server work hourse that servev around 100 users. In preperation for this task i realized that the power supply light on the front of the case was flashing amber. Upon investigation i came to find that this indicates an error somewhere in the power supplies or with the voltage. Is there any way i can determn more in dept what the problem is? Thank you in advance for your help.

Aaron McCray

23 WIFR TV/DT

Poweredge 700 with nvidia GeForce 6200

gouldt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:01:58 GMT

Hello,

I have a PowerEdge 700 that I would like to upgrade the graphics on. I found the NVidia GeForce 6200 PCI. However, when I place it in one of the PCI slots, no video is displaye - either on the new card or the internal card. Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to get this new card to work in the PowerEdge 700? Or suggest a different card with OpenGL support that is known to work?

TIA!

Poweredge Serve 2500 Battery

jwc1972 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:18:50 GMT

Hello

I think i need a new server I have a dell poweredge 2500 T#in the logfiles now its saying replace the battery, where c an Ifind a battery for dell server

Confused about DRAC/Ports

mdmogren — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:36 GMT

So I configured and have been using DRAC on my new R900 with no issues, but I had assumed that the PCI card with the 2 network ports (on the left in the photo) was the drac card, but i cannot access drac unless the bottom connection (with the wrench) on the right is connected - so what are the two ports on the left for?

Here is my order if that might have any clues:
(REMOVED)

Here is the pic:

<ADMIN NOTE: Order Number removed per privacy policy>

Installed new motherboard

DrCGuerra — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:05:29 GMT

I hope someone can help me. My Dell PowerEdge Server 1600SC's motherboard was no longer working properly so I had to replace it. I was able to purchase a new motherboard part #1X822 from an outside vendor (I confirmed with Dell part for the correct part number before purchasing it). I installed it properly (?). When I turn it on, the machine "starts" but I cannot see anything on my computer screen. I do not see F2 for setup, nothing. I have tried to boot with a floppy with the latest BIOS, no luck. I have tried to boot up with Server 2003 in CD drive, no luck. I have uninstalled my HD to see what happens when I boot, no luck. Any suggestions?

HOW TO REPLACE DELL SERVER 2500 POWER

jwc1972 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:20:17 GMT

hello

I have a dell server 2500 tower edition i have just bought a dell poweredge 2500 power supply 41yfd. The question how do i replace the old one? have i bought the right piece of hardware the 41yfd look to fit in the front panel I need it to fit in the back plane? the back of it look like 4 fans then @ the botton this is where to put the kettle lead

PE 2900 Xeon upgrade

rollond — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:17:52 GMT

Hi,

I have a PE 2900 5130 single CPU system

I am planning on moving to ESXi and would like more CPU power.

Whats the most powerfull CPU I can replace the 5130 with?

I was thinking a E5450 quad core 3 GHZ. The spec is the same socket, bus speed and similar power use as the 5130. I think this should give me double the processing ability to run multiple VM's on this machine. Ideally i will go for a pair of CPU once I souce a heatsink for the empty CPU socket.

Is this correct thinking? I see PE2900 advertised with those chips installed but I am wondering if its a different / revised main board in those.

Thanks

T410 Fan Speed control?

widen76 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:35:26 GMT

Hello,

I have a Poweredge T410 that runs just fine. I have it in a separate room in my apartment and the noise isn't that bad. There is only one source of noise and that is the 120mm fan in the back. I'm reading the values from iDRAC6 Express that the fan RPM is 2.640 and the temperature on the motherboard is 27 degrees Celcius, that seems pretty normal, right? The BIOS setting for the Power Management is set to OS Controlled, with minimum power except for memory performance.

Now, I know that the room temperature is vital when it comes to fan RPM's, if the outside air is cool, that means lower RPM's.
My question is if it's possible to lower the fan speed even more, perhaps down to 2.000 RPMs or lower. I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 straight out-of-the-box.

Are the default drivers taking care of power and fan management in an optimized way? Should I download the Dell drivers, will they make a difference for the fan RPM? I don't see anything mentioned about what drivers controls the system fans.

Thanks!

Errors E0780 Missing CPU 1 & 2 and E0212 Volt GB0 1.8V FP

dragonomous — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:03:25 GMT

I have an interesting situation. The LED on my PE 2650 is reporting errors E0780 Missing CPU 1 and Missing CPU2 along with E0212 Volt GB0 1.8V FP. The second error I have not been able to find that specific one. Seems to be a voltage problem somewhere. However, the first one, E0780, doesn't seem to be an issue. BIOS sees the processors, it passes POST and boots right into Windows. I tried clearing the NVRAM which didn't do anything. I tried reseating both processors and VRMs. These are original. The current BIOS version is A20. Any thoughts? Thanks!

PowerEdge Unable to wake from sleep or hibernate

dml247 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:29:29 GMT

I was in the middle of installing Ubuntu 9.10 Server and left the install for about 20 minutes came back and the server is now in hibernate/sleep now. I've tried holding down the power button to either force the start-up or shut-down of the server, but I'm not able to get it out of hibernate/sleep. After holding down the power button for 3 seconds, the amber flashing light goes off. I then push the power button again and it returns right back into the amber flashing light on the power button. Not sure what else to do.

Server: PowerEdge SC420

OS: Ubuntu 9.10 server (in mid-install)

IDE CONNECTOR ON POWEREDGE 2800

caribou35 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:22:03 GMT

Hi,

I would like to add a CD ROM ready on my DELL pOWEREDGE 2800 but i don't find, on the motherboard, the IDE connector. could you help me

regards

a french user

PCI on Dell Poweredge

dmorel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:48 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a server for a customer who need old PCI ports. As I can see on Dell shop, all poweredge server have PCI-e ports. Is there any way to have an old PCI port on a new server ?

Thanks

Poweredge 2800 Add a Video Card for multi monitor

ddt1414 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:20:59 GMT

I have a poweredge 2800 I plan on using as a development workstation running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard - it will host multiple VM's running XP and Windows 7. I want to use multiple monitors. Ideally at least 2 1900x1200 displays. Has anyone successfully added a video card to a 2800 and if so which cards actually work? I tried one dual monitor PCI card and the system won't boot with the card installed.

End of Life Date

bogleric — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:25:36 GMT

Is there a place where I can look up when a server model was discontinued or its last date of manufacture? I need this information for a business plan.

T300 Slots

archival — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:54 GMT

Does it make any difference which slot to use to add a expansion card? I know with some of Dell's earlier servers you could only use certain slots for serial expansion cards due to I/O issues.

PowerEdge 4600 Perc 3 /Di raid controller battery problem

johthill — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:58:58 GMT

I have a PowerEdge 4600 with a Perc 3 /Di raid controller. I've have to recondition the battery at least once a week now and the server still locks up as a result of it. Is anyone familiar with the part number I need to be able to order a replacement. thanks,

DRAC 5 and Exchange 07

olobley — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:29:34 GMT

Having an issue with the email alerts issued by our DRAC 5's since migrating our Exchange servers to 2007 from 2003.

If I log into the DRAC on a 2950 -> Alert Management -> email settings

I set up an email alert destination and enable it, and then put in the mailservers IP address.

However I get no email notifications.

Running a wireshark trace on the mailserver and watching the session, it would appear that the issue stems from the mail from: command issued by the DRAC which is:

mail from: <drac name>@[<mailserver ip>]

so in my case it's:

mail from: ascurbansci02-drac@[10.129.1.30]

Which (rightly) Exchange 2007 rejects as an invalid mail domain.

Does anyone know how to change the DRAC's mail-from domain, as while this is possible in open manage (preferences -> general -> web server -> dns suffix for smtp server), it does not seem do-able in the DRAC 5's
Additionally (and perhaps more irritatingly) this issue does not seem to affect Drac 4 or 3's!

I raised it with Dell & am sending them a stack of DSET traces, however I'm hoping someone on here may have also hit this issue and found either a work around or a solution.

Cheers,

Olly.

SC440 freeze when loading OS

techneoptec — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:02:54 GMT

Hi,

First, sorry for my poor english.

As said in the subject, my SC440 freeze when loading any OS .

I tried to boot from :

* Dell Raid add-on card with Linux on Raid 1 sata drives (worked fine before) : stop after Grub load.

* Brand new sata drive (single with raid card removed), trying to install XP or Vista from CD : boot from CD is OK, install start but stops quickly on Windows logo (computer must be rebooted).

* Single sata drive with XP already installed : freeze just before loading desktop.

BUT :

* I can boot from Hirens boot cd and use any testing software

* I can boot from USB key and use Dell diagnostic utilites : all tests passed (used it twice).

I checked the RAM, switched modules, etc...

Any advice or suggestions welcomed !

TIA

Processor upgrade on PowerEdge SC1600

Kristian L-G — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:39:32 GMT

I have a PowerEdge SC1600 with a Xeon 2,4GHz (F29) 533 FSB 32 bits processor. I like to run Win Server 2008 64 bits on the server.. To do this I understand I need to upgrade the processor to a newer Xeon 64 bits version.

1) Anyone know if this is possible ?

2) Do I also need to upgrade the bios ?

3) Do Dell sell "refurnished" parts like a Xeon FC-mPGA4 package processor ?

Best Regards,

/Kristian

Poweredge 1800 - Windows XP Floppy Issues

drbabbers — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:26:30 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to install Windows XP Professional to a Poweredge 1800. The disks are of course SCSI and there is a RAID controller installed.

I am able to run the Windows installation, load the SCSI/RAID drivers manually from a USB floppy drive, however I am hitting a problem.

The drivers load successfully, the disks are successfully formatted, then when the Windows Setup files begin to copy I am receiving a prompt to insert the floppy disk containing the SCSI/RAID drivers.

Could this be because I am using an external USB floppy and that Windows just doesn't like it? Is there a facility on the motherboard to support a IDE floppy disk?

Thanks in advance.