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November 6th, 2012 23:00

I can install OS in DELL Power Edge R710

Bought a new server DELL PowerEdge R710


BIOS set boot CD/DVD

R710 can't see "boot CD"

text show "press f1 or f2" I press f1

text show «unable to launch system services image... restart 30 second»

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November 7th, 2012 04:00

Alastyrov,

Power down the server and remove the AC power. Wait about 20 seconds and then restore the power and boot. Verify that the iDrac finishes initializing.  After that the system shouldn't reboot. To access the optical drive hit F11 at the Dell splash screen, that opens the boot menu. Select the optical and then proceed.

Let me know how it goes.

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November 7th, 2012 17:00

Work, thanks

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November 7th, 2012 17:00

how to remove the request after reboot "press f1 or f2"

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November 7th, 2012 17:00

Заработало, спасибо

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November 7th, 2012 18:00

Is there a message that accompanies the "F1/F2" prompt (fan failure, mismatch, etc.)?  If not, boot to F2 (System Setup) and look for any devices that show as UNKNOWN.  If you don't see any, then disable all SATA ports that do not have anything connected to them.

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November 7th, 2012 18:00

server sees 16GB of 24GB RAM

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November 7th, 2012 18:00

The F1/F2 message is standard for all Dell systems, so I'm familiar with the full message ... it signals a misconfiguration of some kind - be it a hardware failure or something (like a SATA port) turned on when there is nothing connected to it (this is the most common reason for F1/F2).  There may be a message "accompanying" F1/F2 at ANY point during POST.  If you don't see a message during POST at any point, then do as suggested and check the BIOS for anything unknown, or simply turn off your SATA ports.

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November 7th, 2012 18:00

Then your F1/F2 probably is indicating an invalid memory configuration or bad memory then.  Did you populate the memory, or does it still have the configuration that came installed from Dell?  Is memory sparing or any other memory config enabled?

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November 7th, 2012 18:00

full text mesage "strike the f1 key to continue, f2 to run the setup utility"

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November 7th, 2012 20:00

Yes -  installed from Dell (dillers)

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November 7th, 2012 20:00

Dillers??

I would run diagnostics on your memory DIMM's then to determine if you have faulty memory.

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November 8th, 2012 18:00

I find problem's, it's RAM others slot's,

The end , all worked.

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January 30th, 2018 21:00

After days of not being able to install an OS. This worked. Tx

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