PowerEdge R940

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

The following article provides information about the Languages Option available in the BIOS, Lifecycle Controller, and the Integrated Dell Access Controller (iDRAC) on Dell PowerEdge Systems and How to change it.

To replace a CMOS battery, remove the air shroud, disconnect and remove any expansion cards, locate the battery socket, and carefully pry out the CMOS battery. After installing a new CMOS battery, you must reinstall the expansion cards, install the air shroud, and restore the BIOS settings, ensuring the battery is operating properly and the correct data and time are set in the System Setup.

This article explains multiple methods to reset the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) both locally and remotely including reset, reset to defaults and reset to customer configuration.

Dell's firmware catalogs for customized versions of Dell's VMware ESXi 8.x releases. When the Dell customized ESXi versions are used along with corresponding firmware catalogs, the end to end required state is achieved.

Dell PM1735a NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) drive failing in PowerEdge servers

When running the nvidia-smi command, you may encounter a driver error stating that "nvidia-smi has failed because it could not communicate with the NVIDIA driver.

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.

This article provides instructions on how to assign a hard drive as a global hot-spare on a PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)

This is a brief demonstration of how to use logman, relog, and typerf to collect performance logs useful in troubleshooting slow performance conditions.

Dell TPM 1.2 and 2.0 solutions are one of the few TPM solutions that are enhanced by full certification.

This article provides different methods to get the iDRAC IP address of your PowerEdge servers directly from the VMware ESXi host. It is useful when you do not have physical access to the server.

This article provides a high-level explanation for updating the BIOS and iDRAC9 firmware versions for 14th generation PowerEdge servers.

This article is a step-by-step guide on how to replace a hard drive.

This article provides guidance for Dell PowerEdge servers requiring remediation for the Microsoft Secure Boot certificate expiration (June 2026).

The iDRAC virtual console can be launched using a web interface or URL. Using the iDRAC virtual console viewer is also explained.

The Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) allows updating firmware and Operating System drivers on Dell PowerEdge servers. This article summarizes the steps to download the tool and to use it to update components on a Windows Server target server.

This article provides three methods to confirm the SSD Piece Part Identification (PPID)

This document highlights minimum, recommended, and latest code versions for Dell Technologies PowerEdge products. We carefully evaluate and monitor code deployment data to ensure that product releases meet our stringent expectations to provide our customers with reliable products and solutions.

Encountering PR8 errors in the LifeCycle (LC) log when using a BlueField-3 (BF3) Data Processing Units (DPU) card (DPN: HFWRM)

Find answers and resources to get started or do more from your MyService360 dashboard with enterprise services data analytics and visualizations.

This article provides information about how to use the LCC to deploy a supported OS.

Unsure about the procedure to update a specific component's firmware in a PowerEdge system? Learn how to in this specific article.

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.

This article describes how to view and clear the system event log (SEL) in System Setup.

The article describes how to troubleshoot network connectivity issues for network cards.

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.

This article provides information about how to import a foreign configuration RAID array on the system setup (F2) menu.

This article shows how to add additional disks to a virtual disk or reconfigure a virtual disk.

PowerEdge Server catalogs are an aggregation of all bundles and Dell Update Packages' metadata used by Dell OpenManage Repository Manager, Dell OpenManage Enterprise, and other tools for listing the current versions of software and firmware for respective servers and devices.