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Unsure about the procedure to update a specific component's firmware in a PowerEdge system? Learn how to in this specific article.
Updated: June 12, 2026
ID: 000333712
This article shows how to add additional disks to a virtual disk or reconfigure a virtual disk.
Updated: June 12, 2026
ID: 000116592
This how-to explains the commands and shows the results of outputs for the same to retrieve your service tag using a command console.
It is displayed as the system serial number.
Updated: June 12, 2026
ID: 000203494
This article shows how to use and set up the virtual media function of Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 6, 7, 8, or 9.
Updated: June 12, 2026
ID: 000124001
This article explains what disk errors PDR1001 and PDR3 mean on Dell PowerEdge servers and the best practices to resolve these issues. By understanding these alerts and acting promptly, you can maintain storage health, prevent downtime, and protect critical data.
Updated: June 02, 2026
ID: 000143247
This article provides guidance for the Dell System Update (DSU).
Updated: June 01, 2026
ID: 000130590
How to Identify the physical slot number in iDRAC based off the device name in vSphere/VSAN.
Updated: June 01, 2026
ID: 000179543
This article explains how to create and import an iDRAC certificate.
Updated: May 28, 2026
ID: 000120158
The below article is a workaround mechanism to recover PowerEdge systems from critical log entry "SWC5008 Unable to access Front LED Panel because of a hardware error condition" for a few versions of the iDRAC.
Updated: May 25, 2026
ID: 000205597
This article provides steps to troubleshoot a chassis intrusion, chassis open message for PowerEdge servers.
Updated: May 25, 2026
ID: 000136481
Dell PowerEdge Toshiba MG08 and MG09 hard drives may encounter uninterruptible Background Media Scanning (BMS), causing I/O errors, or timeouts.
Updated: May 24, 2026
ID: 000381662
This article provides information about how to verify if a Network Interface Card (NIC) is compatible with a PowerEdge Server.
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000349619
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
Dell Samsung PM893 SSDs with Firmware HJ55 or Earlier Experience Premature SMART Failures
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000333265
R7725, R6725, R7715, and R6715 the number of CPU Cores is not recognized correctly.
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000321587
The "Predictive failure reported for disk x" error continues to be logged every 24 hours, even after the identified drive has been replaced. The issue only affects drives connected to PERC Controllers in RAID configuration.
Updated: May 23, 2026
ID: 000308774
PowerEdge servers crash with PCIe fatal errors while updating Kioxia CM6 NVMe drive firmware.
Updated: May 22, 2026
ID: 000256907
DSU and SUU may not inventory any server components due to a crash caused in the invcol.exe module. Inventory Collector 24.09 and newer is no longer fully compatible with Windows Server 2016.
Updated: May 22, 2026
ID: 000251806
CPUs can be perceived to be hot while server is idle.
Updated: May 22, 2026
ID: 000250878
iDRAC Service Module (iSM) 5.4 and older versions fail to upload SupportAssist collections back to Dell. A "handshake API" error occurs. This upload feature has been deprecated due to the receiving servers at Dell had been decommissioned.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000240336
The Dell SS540 SAS solid state drive is reported as not correctly functioning.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000237298
Attempts to update the Broadcom NetXtreme 5719 and 5720 Network Interface Card (NIC) using the .bin file with sudo in Linux results in an 'Inventory Collection Failure' error.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000228045
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
Viewing the VLAN details of a deployment template's network settings list devices that are not associated to the template.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000227227
This article describes how to find the iDRAC's current MAC address.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000226214
During the power counter roll-over for utilization, the power counter rolls over before the rollover counter. This leads to an erroneous power spike which may throttle the server.
Updated: May 21, 2026
ID: 000225350
Dell solid state drive (SSD) fails after system reports low environment operating temperature.
Updated: May 20, 2026
ID: 000224458
Dell Samsung Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) PM1653 and PM1655 solid state drives may report excessive Sense Key faults 0x3, 0x11, 0x0, or 0x4, 0x29, 0x4. These faults have the potential to cause unexpected drive issues.
Updated: May 20, 2026
ID: 000222201
Dell Enterprise SAS, SATA SSD: SMART predictive failures triggered by remaining write endurance falling below the threshold
Updated: May 19, 2026
ID: 000221846
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