Issue installing MS 2003 on 2950Mod3
I recently bought 5 PowerEdge 2950 Mod 3's. I tried to do an Acronis restore from an older Dell to a 2950. The rescue did did the restore, the server rebooted and I made it to the Windows logo screen....
View ArticleDell Power Edge R320 can Windows & 64 be installed on this machine
Can WIndows 7 64 bit be installed on this Machineour application software is having issues on windows 2008 standard R2 64 bits and that same software used to work ok wih windows 7 64 bit so we want to...
View ArticleDell ESXi Custom Image ZIP
Hi,Would Dell be able to release the custom ISO in ZIP format too?This is so that I can create a custom iso from it.I need to add the Nexus 1000v to the image - so at present I have to start with a...
View ArticleHow to check Dell server temperature?
We have many DELL poweredge servers include R900, R910, 6800, ... Used to we can use /usr/bin/omreport to check server temperature on LINUX system. But look like new version of OPMN does not include...
View ArticleWindows server 2008 r2 and PE 2950 - error 0x80070002
Hello, people.I can not install windows 2008 r2 to PE 2950, when install is going, alert that windows can't find needed file (I tried 3 distributives, and changed CD/DVD ROM) and setup exit.When I...
View ArticleMemory Compatibility
In general, trying to find out what memory is compatible for Dell and HP Servers. Are the below servers using compatible memory? Meaning could I swap the same sticks out from one system to the next...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R710 with windows server 2003 R2 is not booting to windows in...
Hi Sir,Dell PowerEdge R710 with windows server 2003 R2 is not booting to windows in normal mode after upgrading the RAM to 64 GB.RAM arrangement is done 4 nos of 16GB RAM in 2 Channels. I am not...
View ArticleAre these preinstalled Windows Features actually necessary
New T-420 server with Windows 2012 R2 installed comes with the following features installed. This is a Hyper-V host so want to minimize as far as possible, possibly even reverting to a core install...
View ArticleDell R310 Blade Server Not Booting from CD Rom [FRESH WINDOWS INSTALLATION]
Hi,I have a blade server Dell R310. I have created the virtual disk on Raid Configuration, Also I have set the to boot on BIOS. I have PERC S100 when I've checked it on my configuration tab.The...
View ArticleR815 and ESXI 5.5 DirectPath I/O (hardware passthrough)
New install of VSphere ESXI 5.5-rollup1 on Poweredge R815 (4x Opteron 6238 / 128GB Ram / H700), and I cant seam to get DirectPath I/O for hardware passthrough. Bios options are all enabled...
View ArticleR815 and Ubuntu with LSI 2008 causes a bus fatal error
A new install Ubuntu 13.10 / 14.04 (beta) with the PowerEdge R815 (4x Opteron 6238 / 128GB Ram / H700, Bios 3.2.1 all firmware upgraded) works perfectly until I try to add a LSI 2008 series RAID/HBA...
View ArticleEventId 32 - disk
I noticed eventid 32 (disk) on a fresh install of server 2012 R2 on a T-420.Would I be correct in thinking that this is expected and is merely informing us that the raid controller has write caching...
View ArticleEvent log errors 8198/1058 on server 2012 R2
Noticed the following event errors on server 2012 R28198 – License Activation (slui.exe) failed with the following error code hr=0xC004F0571058 - Security-SPP Installation of the Proof of Purchase from...
View ArticlePacket loss using Windows Server 2012 Standard 64bits virtualized on VMware...
I have a windows 2012 R2 virtualized on vmware sphere 5.5 environment using R720 server, however there is a huge packet loss only with this windows. The network card of the server is running fine...
View ArticleDell backup software?
Is there any sort of Dell backup software which has shipped with our T-420? Just asking because looking through the OEM created partitions there are:500Mb – EFI System partition40Mb – OEM partition3Gb...
View ArticleDell esxi customized iso
Just wondering if anyone can give me an idea of what I can expect to see a customized ISO for 5.5 U1? I've always used the vmware iso but wanted to give the Dell iso a try this time and would prefer to...
View ArticleInstalling Windows XP Pro on a PowerEdge R210 II
Hi,I'm getting the scary blue screen after trying to install XP Pro onto my R210 II server. How can I get past this? Do I need to load drivers (RAID) when prompted during install? The error is...
View ArticlePowereedge 2900 stuck on windows loading screen
I have a poweredge 2900 running windows server 2003. After installing some updates upon restarting it has become stuck on the windows loading screen. I tried a complete system restore from my external...
View ArticleVMWare vSphere 5.5 Update 1 DELL Custom ISO - release date
Hello,I have downloaded the following from DELL website : VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0-1331820.x86_64-Dell_Customized_A02.iso (3/11/2014)But it's still the 5.5 version instead of the current 5.5...
View ArticleInstall Vmware Esxi 5.5 or Dell Customized 5.5
Hi folks,we have 2 R610 server running with Esxi 5.1.I have already updated the vcenter server but don't know which version i should use for the esxi upgrade,since the original installation was done by...
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