Dear;
I want to install windows server 2008 standard r2 on Dell PowerEdge t420 Server, after initial processes when It come to select drive for installation or to do partition on Drive selection window there is no drive to select or to do partition, when I want to click to load drives, drives were not loading.
I have a Dell Poweredge R720. I am trying to load 2008R2. It goes through the initial transferring/loading and does it's reboot. After post, etc. it windows logo/splash screen for about a second and blue screens then reboots. It is so fast I can not read the blue screen. At this point it is in a loop. I have obviously forgotten something, but what? Thanks for any help.
Our PE R210 is being reconfigured to be used primarily as an anti-virus server. I took it off-line, uninstalled the software no longer needed on it and restarted. Since then it is not able to get past the point where it provides the option to press Ctrl-E to enter the BMC BIOS configuration. Once the time limit for that is complete the server reboots and starts to POST from the beginning.
I can press Ctrl-E and get into the BMC BIOS. I have tried changing a variety of settings including resetting it to factory defaults with no change in behavior.
I have also tried clearing the NVRAM with the motherboard jumper with no change other than the BIOS settings were reset to defaults. The same for the motherboard battery.
I can press F2 and the display will change to "Entering System Settings" but the server will reboot before I can access the system BIOS.
Not that it matters since it never gets to the point where it can boot the OS, but it is/was running Windows Server 2008 R2.
Any suggestions are much appreciated. I have included a few photos of the screen as the system POSTs.
Jim
Can the Dell Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) be seen through the VMWare Managed Object Browser?
For example, when I want to see physical disks I can see the status by browsing here:
https://<i_IP_address_of_ESXi_server>/mob/?moid=ha-host&doPath=runtime.healthSystemRuntime.hardwareStatusInfo.storageStatusInfo
Is there an equiv for the SD cards and the module? Perhaps a VIB is required ?
Thank you
Dear All,
We might consider to purchase Dell PowerEdge R520 server, but the thing is we want to stick to Windows Server 2003 as some of our software only supports up to W2K3. As for our old servers, we are unable to reuse the license for W2K3 as it comes in OEM. We need to hear your comments and concerns for this matter, and highly appreciate if a tip or two is given.
Regards,
Dell User.
Hi,
I made a boot drive (latest OMSA_live - CentOS 7) for our R720 and copied the latest offline update SUU package.
Until this its fine, it boots, and i can mount the iso file.
But when i start the updater after few minutes it freezes the server -> i can not upgrade it, i tried in gui mode with the -g switch and also in command line mode, both resulted to frozen server.
Any idea what should i try?
Thanks, Robert
Hello,
I have a server Dell PowerEdge T620 and I want to install VMW VSphere Hypervisor 5.5 on it.
I tried 2 ways above but they are not success.
Way 1:
- Boot with DVD integrated with server
- Config to RAID 5
- Choose "VMW ESXI 5.5 HDD" option
- Error: "provided raid configuration is not supported" and force me reboot.
Way 2:
- Boot using ESXI 5.5 CD
- Follow step on install screen.
- At the step scan HDD to install the process is scan too long too long....
I hope some idea can help me resolve that.
Thanks !
Does Dell have a Purchase End Of Life date on PowerEdge Servers? The last day you can purchase a certain model.. example R820, R810, R720 etc.
thanks,
Can someone help me to setup send a message to user on Windows 2008rs on Windows Task manager user..
Well, this is what happened i right click on the taskbar and click on start task manager, click on user and right click on a user, click on send message, I type in a message and click OK and it said ( Your message to user Paul (sessionid=1) could not be sent. Access is denied. Can someone please help :).
I'm upgrading one R710 and two R720 from ESXi v5.5 (Dell image) to ESXi v5.5 U2 using the Dell image here:
www.dell.com/.../DriversDetails
The documentation "Upgrade Guide to ESXi 5.5 Using Dell Customized Image" here:
states that a specific version of the megaraid_sas driver needs to be installed.
Is the megaraid_sas version that installs with the v5.5 U2 Dell image not the correct version?
I just ran the upgrade on one R710 and this is the megaraid_sas version installed:
~ # vmkload_mod -s megaraid_sas | grep Version
Version: Version 06.803.73.00, Build: 1331820, Interface: 9.2 Built on: Aug 22 2014
Thanks.
Hi,
My Server power off accidentally and my windows no boot now. I dont have any backup.
the screen say :
File: \windows\system32\windoad.exe
status : 0xc000000f
Info: the selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt
PE840 running server 2003, tried updating to 2008R2. update goes all the way through then crashes on one of its last reboots. I am able to roll it back to 2003. Tried again and it asks for a missing driver but doesn't say which driver.
BIOS was A05, updated to A06 but certainly I have missed something else. SAS driver is current, what is the 2008 installation looking for?
I'm new to this model server so I apologize if this is a simplistic question. My IT department gave me 4 Dell PowerEdge R720 servers with no O.S. on them and no other information or documentation. I have been able to get the base Windows 2008 R2 O.S. installed, but am struggling with adding the necessary Dell drivers or components. Is there an easy way to detect what I have and automatically install what I need?
Decided to upgrade our ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 u2 on our R610:s to get the new hotness, and did it the same way I've installed all along - just grabbed the latest ISO from Vmware. This has worked very well with both 4.1 and 5.1; the systems have been rock solid for years.
5.5 u2 however has severe iSCSI issues, and the machines just hang, drop the iSCSI connections or both, this actually ate one of my VM's. Thank heavens for backups.
I didn't think about grabbing the custom ISO from here, but does that solve these extremely annoying stability issues? I've tried both using software iSCSI (the way it had to be set up originally with 4.1 to get jumbo frames) and now with the built- in hardware Broadcom NIC's, but the moment you put severe pressure on the storage the iSCSI starts dropping and causing catastrophic issues with the entire cluster.
In the cleanup process I've applied all the latest firmware patches, BIOS is now at 6.4.0, I believe it was.
I keep having the same error when booting from any .iso image on my new R730xd when attaching the ISO through the iDRAC8.
EDD: Error aa00 reading sector....
I can use the exact same images and boot my R720xd with no issue so I know it is not an issue with the images. I have even downloaded a brand new RHEL DVD image and no luck.
Anyone else encounter this error or know how to get past it?
Hey all. I just wanted to share my experience with installing Windows 2008R2 Standard edtion OS on a new Dell PowerEdge T420 server.
We purchased the T420 server without the PERC controller and also without an OS because Windows 2012 is the only option at this point. We wanted to stay with Windows 2008 for reasons I won't get into here. Anyways, we purchased a Dell Windows 2008R2 installation disc from a vendor we deal with. Trying to install the OS was definitely a chore and should not have been this tough. Hopefully this helps someone else out because searching the internet for a solution, there was a lot of misinformation out there as to the reason why the OS won't load. Dell tech support was no help either, I had to come up with a solution on my own.
Here's the solution:
1. We started out with installing the Dell disc that comes with the server. Dell Systems Management Tools.
2. Let the installation go through it's process, but don't try to install the OS from here. You will only end up getting the error "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing"
3. We need to have a USB flash drive for installing the OS from. You can get instructions from here:
The link does mention Windows 7, but this procedure is the same no matter what OS you are installing.
4. After making the bootable USB drive, then insert the installation media into the CD/DVD drive of your PC and copy the entire contents over to the USB drive.
5. After the copy is done, plug the USB drive into the server and make sure to have the server boot from the USB device.
6. The installer at this point will run from the USB device and should not complain about the CD/DVD device drivers any longer. Installation so go through fine unless it asks for another driver.
In my case Dell support either kept pointing the finger at the S110 PERC controller, which we do not have on this server. Or they claim the CD/DVD was burned too fast and to burn it slower. Which in our case, this is a OEM disc that was created for Dell. So save yourself the headache and try the USB method first. In my case this was the resolution.
My PowerEdge T710 Tower Server showing 2tb on raid configuration window, i try externally it shows the full size.... Any one Help Plz
Thanks.
Hello,
Want to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 32 bit on Dell R720-E52660.
1. I dont have Windows ROK Media for the installation.
2.Will download an ISO image for 2008 R2 32 bit and burn to dvd.
3.I will install the OS using lifecycle controller but not sure it will work because media is not ROK.
I need all the possible ways to install the Windows Server 2008 R2 32 bit with windows drivers without ROK Media.
Im new to the dell server kindly advise.
Dear friends, can anybody help me with this, I bought this server off Ebay, but there is no OS with it, it does have a licence sticker, I tried to down loaded win 2003 iso, but the key is not right, probably I need a Dell OEM CD for the installation. Please help and thank you in advance!
Neil
Where are drivers to install MS server 2012 R2 on powerade T110 ii ?
do exist a .iso file whith it in ?
I try since 2 day and no way to find which driver is missing...
can you help me.