Unfortunately, this controller is very particular about its memory. It has to be 256mb, and it prefers the Dell part. We have tried to send out larger DIMM's to replace the smaller ones and each time it fails. You will be better off spending the money on the actual part on this.
It is nearly impossible to find a non-Dell part that matches the layout required by the RAID controller (although they exist in very small quantities - must be an oddball memory configuration), so getting a Dell part would be much easier. It will not take larger than 256MB DIMM's.
Also, the processors in the 2850 do NOT support VT, so you will be very limited in your virtualization options.
DELL-Geoff P
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Unfortunately, this controller is very particular about its memory. It has to be 256mb, and it prefers the Dell part. We have tried to send out larger DIMM's to replace the smaller ones and each time it fails. You will be better off spending the money on the actual part on this.
Regards,
theflash1932
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May 14th, 2013 08:00
They are not so hard to come by:
www.serversupply.com/.../pid_lookup.asp
www.impactcomputers.com/4d554.html
It is nearly impossible to find a non-Dell part that matches the layout required by the RAID controller (although they exist in very small quantities - must be an oddball memory configuration), so getting a Dell part would be much easier. It will not take larger than 256MB DIMM's.
Also, the processors in the 2850 do NOT support VT, so you will be very limited in your virtualization options.
dcdca800
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May 14th, 2013 08:00
Thanks for the links. We are replacing the PE2850's with ESXi VM's on Dell R710's and R720's.
theflash1932
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May 14th, 2013 13:00
Ok ... I thought you meant you were planning to run hypervisors ON these 2850's.