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Issues Upgrading PE1950 with 2 Intel Xeon 5355
Hello Support Community, I want to search your help regarding the upgrading of my second PE1950 that I use with ESXi employing 2 Intel Xeon 5355, because, even I updated today the BIOS to 2.7.0 and BMC to v.2.37, A14, the Server didnt show any video of the booting process.
The processors are OK because I tested them in my first PE1950 without problems.
I followed the guide http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-1950_setup%20guide2_en-us.pdf and the thread: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/18672101 . In the last one the only thing that I missed was the PERC upgrade , ¿Could It be this item the cause that the issue persists?
Thank you and Best Regards.
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DELL-Josh Cr
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February 9th, 2015 17:00
It looks like the revision of the motherboard that is in that system does not support that processor. The 5150 is the fastest validated processor.
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February 9th, 2015 21:00
There are three revisions of the 1950. If your first 1950 is a II or III and the second one is a I, then the 5300 would work in the first but not the second.
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February 10th, 2015 06:00
Good Morning Josh, thanks for your help
I see int the component list that the Motherboard is for XEON WOODCREST, 5130, and the WOODCREST familiy has up to 5160: ¿Could I use the 5160 as well in the second PE1950 ?
Because, with this information the solution is buy 4 XEON WOODCREST (5150, 5160 or 5130), two for the 1st PE1950 (where both pairs of X5355 worked), and two for the 2nd PE1950. I need that the two servers have the same CPUs for full VMotion Support (same vendor, same CPU family, same features), and I found this offers in ebay:
5150: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Of-4-Xeon-5150-2-66-GHz-4M-1333-LGA-771-DC-CPU-SLAGA-/121498739078?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c49e3a186
5160: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-4-2-PAIRS-INTEL-XEON-5160-DUAL-CORE-PROCESSOR-4MB-3-00-GHz-1333MHz-/281560657721?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418e52af39
¿Do you think that both PE1950 support this processors? (instead of changing the motherboard of the 2nd PE1950)
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sextant
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February 10th, 2015 06:00
Hello theflash1932, for the 2nd PE1950 (where the X5355 didnt work), the component list dont specifiy what generation is, but in the 1st PE1950 (where the X5355 worked) the component list specifies G1. Visually both seem identical, and dont have any physical mark that indicates the Generation.
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theflash1932
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February 10th, 2015 07:00
G1 in the component list does not mean it is revision I. The I cannot take a 5300-series processor. The indicator is usually on the upper-left corner of the front of the chassis, on the rackmount dog-ear. If it does not have the mark, you can also check in OMSA, System, Main, Information tab, under the System Revision field.
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February 10th, 2015 09:00
Yes, the 5160 should work, we did offer this processor.