PowerEdge R7725xd

This article details the procedure to troubleshoot power supply unit (PSU) issues that may arise on a PowerEdge Server.

Understand and troubleshoot PowerEdge hard disk drives, RAID, PowerEdge RAID Controller, and other storage hardware such as cables, backplane, so forth.

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.

PowerEdge 14G, 15G, 16G, and 17G servers skip Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot when an "Unavailable" entry is last in the boot order.

Dell PowerEdge 17G servers record inaccurate CPU index within iDRAC10 life cycle Log (LCLOG) and System event log (SEL) when machine check event (MCE) is recorded.

Dell PowerEdge Server remediation is available for Dell AMD-based PowerEdge Server Vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected systems.

Settings are not saved in UEFI Boot Settings if more than one setting is changed.

When the memory frequency is modified in the BIOS, a 17G server may fail to boot. This problem occurs only on AMD platforms.

Broadcom network device BCM57608 is not initialized and detected on Dell customized VMware ESXi 8.x and 9.0. This KB is to detail the issue, and the solutions offered.

Dell PowerEdge Toshiba MG08 and MG09 hard drives may encounter uninterruptible Background Media Scanning (BMS), causing I/O errors, or timeouts.

Dell Micron 7450 and 7500 Non-Volatile Memory Express solid state drives may encounter drive initialization failure due to a firmware issue, resulting in the solid state drives being unrecoverable.

This article provides information about Intermittent High Fan Speeds on Dell 17G PowerEdge Servers with NVIDIA ConnectX-6 OCP Cards installed.

Dell PowerEdge Server remediation is available for a Tianocore EDK2 Vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected systems.

Dell PowerEdge Server remediation is available for Dell AMD-based PowerEdge Server Vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected systems.

This article explains iDRAC and BIOS settings that disable or limit iDRAC Direct functionality

Seagate Skybolt and SkyboltServoBP drive fails with medium format corrupted errors.

This article explains how to address the error "The system has found a problem on your machine and cannot continue. Unable to restore the system configuration. A security violation was detected". Purple screen / Purple screen of Death (PSOD)

In rare instances, the UEFI0342: "The CPU in CPU Socket 1 is not properly fused," may appear during the BIOS Power-On Self-Test (POST) process.

This article outlines the actions required to prepare a system for retirement or repurposing using the LifeCycle controller.

This article provides PowerEdge server troubleshooting for No Power, No POST, No Boot and No Video issues. This includes blade, rack, and tower servers.

This is the latest version of the Dell OpenManage Enteprise 4.0 Support Matrix.

This article provides an explanation of the backplane hard drive LED indicators.

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.

NVIDIA adapters (ConnectX NICs and DPUs) running firmware version xx.46.1006 may encounter NC‑SI communication failures, resulting in incorrect device reporting and visibility issues within management tools such as iDRAC and Redfish.

Operating System (OS) installation through the Lifecycle Controller (LC) (using F10 → OS Deployment) fails when using older Windows Server 2025 ISO images over iDRAC Virtual Media.

In the HPC world today, an introduction to AMD’s latest generation EPYC processor code-named Rome.

This article provides a brief introduction to the Intel® VROC and describes how to configure it on Dell PowerEdge servers.

PowerEdge: Dell service support for end of industry production of 2.5" 15k RPM SAS hard drives

How to Subscribe to receive Dell Driver and Firmware Update notifications for PowerEdge Servers. To ensure optimal performance and stability for your Dell system, be aware of the latest updates available for the drivers and firmware. There are several systems to do this as explained in the article below.

The PowerEdge embedded LifeCycle Controller provides a simplified method for installation of supported Windows Server and Linux server operating systems with the OS Deployment feature. This article explains how to use the iDRAC LifeCycle Controller to install a supported operating system on most Dell PowerEdge servers. Step-by-step instructions and OS installation videos for Windows Server, Ubuntu Server LTS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation with LifeCycle Controller