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This article provides steps to troubleshoot a chassis intrusion, chassis open message for PowerEdge servers.
Updated: May 25, 2026
ID: 000136481
This article provides information about the LIC008 error seen when importing the IDRAC License.
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000353269
The BIOS setting changes may not appear in iDRAC if configured using the F11 Boot Manager on Dell PowerEdge 16G and 17G platforms.
Updated: May 25, 2026
ID: 000238951
Kioxia CM6 NVMe SSDs on 17‑generation servers experience I2C (Inter‑Integrated Circuit) communication issues. The fan speed stays locked at 100 % after OS boot. This behavior is observed on 17G servers only running Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 10 firmware version 1.20.80.51 or older.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000430558
This article provides a high‑level guide to downloading vendor‑specific firmware and drivers for common PowerEdge NICs such as NVIDIA, Broadcom, and Intel.
These processes complement Dell Update Packages (DUPs) and are used when vendor‑specific firmware or drivers are required beyond Dell’s updates.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000423756
PowerEdge servers do not support operating system installation, or boot from direct CPU‑attached NVMe SSD drives if the metadata format size is not set to 0.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000417881
PowerEdge connected Dell NVMe SSDs with the Limited Retry (LR) bit set may experience an increase in failures due to elevated media and data‑integrity error rates.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000415896
PowerEdge XE9780 server may not power on if multiple fans are missing.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000413009
PowerEdge systems may not always log downgraded PCIe links in LifeCycle (LC) or system event logs (SEL).
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000412311
On Dell PowerEdge 17G servers using Broadcom 5719 QP OCP NX1 cards (DPN M2PYY), firmware installation fails when Secure Boot is enabled on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).
Additionally, the installed firmware version is not detected by the Operating System (OS). Disabling Secure Boot allows the firmware to install and be detected correctly.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000388249
Encountering PR8 errors in the LifeCycle (LC) log when using a BlueField-3 (BF3) Data Processing Units (DPU) card (DPN: HFWRM).
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000379421
Downstream Port Containment event may show up in the life cycle log and kernel logs when hot removing NVMe drives from a PowerEdge XE9780/XE9785.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000375913
Guidance on how to use the iDRAC Direct feature on the PowerEdge XE9780 system.
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000372782
This article provides information about CPU Machine Check errors and common causes and proper handling when errors are seen.
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000349127
Using the Linux command "lspci -vvv" on PowerEdge XE9685L, the "LnkSta" value of the NVIDIA ConnectX-7 device is shown as "downgraded."
Updated: May 22, 2026
ID: 000308325
PowerEdge servers crash with PCIe fatal errors while updating Kioxia CM6 NVMe drive firmware.
Updated: May 22, 2026
ID: 000256907
The article describes how to troubleshoot network connectivity issues for network cards.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000227983
This article presents opportunities to understand and troubleshoot some common causes of fan noise in a PowerEdge server.
It is also relevant for 100% fan speeds.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000227912
This article describes how to view and clear the system event log (SEL) in System Setup.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000226396
This article describes how to find the iDRAC's current MAC address.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000226214
Dell solid state drive (SSD) fails after system reports low environment operating temperature.
Updated: May 20, 2026
ID: 000224458
This document describes the objects and equipment used by Customer Engineers (CEs) when on-site.
Please check and prepare in advance.
Updated: May 20, 2026
ID: 000224128
In some migration scenarios, the OpenManage Enterprise 4.0 target import operation may fail with an error 'Failed to decrypt backup archive' during migration. Use the following article to help in troubleshooting this scenario and various ways to address the failure.
Updated: May 19, 2026
ID: 000221490
When in a SNAPI enabled configuration, the Dell Mellanox Ethernet and InfiniBand NICs may display 0000:0000:0000:0000 as the virtual node GUID for the second partition.
Updated: May 19, 2026
ID: 000221406
Firmware upgrades to Broadcom network devices may fail with a "libpci.so: Cannot open" error when run from a Smart Bootable ISO image created with Dell Repository Manager 3.x.
Updated: May 19, 2026
ID: 000221180
This article provides three methods to confirm the SSD Piece Part Identification (PPID)
Updated: May 19, 2026
ID: 000466928
OpenManage Enterprise: The power Cycle option from Power Control Wizard does not Shut down OS First.
When creating a Power Control job from OpenManage Enterprise and the following wizard options are selected Power Options: Power Cycle and 'Shutdown OS First' box is checked results in the target host systems being ForceReset.
Updated: May 19, 2026
ID: 000218293
Troubleshooting steps for the VMware vCenter unable to register to Dell OpenManage Enterprise plug-in for VMware vCenter (OMEVV) because another instance is already registered.
Updated: May 17, 2026
ID: 000213179
OpenManage Enterprise (OME) Services plug-in may not show a device, or the device is in staging status.
Updated: May 17, 2026
ID: 000213172
Dell License Manager 1.7 dose not work with 16G APOS SKU
Updated: May 17, 2026
ID: 000212740