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BMC communications Failure on PowerEdge 2950
Good afternoon guys
I am having a Baseboard Management Controller communications error with my PE2950 and the fans are running at 100%
I have tried (as suggested in previous posts) reseating all component especially the left hand side riser all with not success and the fault still exists.
I have reflashed the BIOS to the latest version and that has made no difference and I have downloaded the BMC utility but I keep getting a message saying to cant be installed on my system
I am running home server 2011and it has all the patches.
Can someone please help the wife is complaining that i am air conditioning the house with my server :)
If you need further info just ask
Steve
The_scotsman30
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May 23rd, 2013 14:00
Geoff
Thats awesome thanks. While I was waiting for a reply to the post I went back to engineers one o one. Complete strip down of the server and rebuild from motherboard up cleaning all connectors as I went and checking for dry joints.
Seemed to resolve the problem and the firmware patches are now applying ok.
Thanks for your help
Steve
DELL-Geoff P
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May 23rd, 2013 07:00
Here is a link to the ESM firmware update: http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER00928610M/1/2950_ESM_Firmware_4NNNG_WN32_2.50_A00.EXE
If this fails to load, your board has most likely had a failure in the BMC and will need to be replaced.
Regards,