PowerEdge R670

This article details the most recent firmware version for Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 10 (iDRAC10), designed for Dell PowerEdge servers from the 17th generation onwards.

Leveraging the 'Reboot Required' filter and selecting all items in this filtered view results in the 'make compliant' job applying all non-compliant firmware components. An unexpected reboot of the target is seen as components that do require a restart are deployed to the target. The issue is only seen if selecting all objects and using the 'Reboot Required' filter. All other filters work as designed.

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

Dell Technologies advises against downgrading Hard Drive or SSD firmware, except in validated scenarios, due to unpredictable results and version reporting issues.

Dell Micron 9550 E3.S NVMe Drive Activity-Led light turns off for a few seconds.

Users attempting to exit Enhanced Pre-Boot System Assessment (ePSA) diagnostics may encounter a system stop upon selecting the Exit option.

PowerEdge servers crash with PCIe fatal errors while updating Kioxia CM6 NVMe drive firmware.

CPUs can be perceived to be hot while server is idle.

Performance drops after power supply unit (PSU) cable removal and does not recover upon reconnection, despite the A/B Grid Redundant policy being active in iDRAC10.

Racadm diagnostics "-m 2" switch returns express diagnostics results only.

Dust or chemical contamination at the endface of a fiber optic LC connector or transceiver module impedes signaling. Dell engineering teams have verified cases in which a fully functional port appears to be a bad port because dirty optical connectors manifest as a port failing loop testing with acceptable power measurement levels. Cable connectors should be cleaned and when stored must be protected from dust particle or chemical contamination.

Inband updates to Open Server Manager (OSM) with .bin DUP results in a watchdog soft lockup error. Update is successful.

Dell Update Package (DUP) can randomly fail in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Ubuntu.

Seagate Summit SAS/SATA drives report medium errors or sense key 3/11 on PowerEdge and PowerVault systems due to a firmware issue causing weak writes to a drive sector.

The BIOS setting changes may not appear in iDRAC if configured using the F11 Boot Manager on Dell PowerEdge 16G and 17G platforms.

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to remove and install a cooling fan on a Dell system. These instructions are applicable to both standard and high-performance fans. The guide covers the removal and installation of the cooling fan assembly.

In Windows Server 2025, when leveraging CPUs with more than 256 cores, the Broadcom BCM5720 fails to retrieve a DHCP address, leading to no network connectivity.

OpenManage Enterprise integration for VMware vCenter may fail to Unmanage hosts with error "UNMANAGE_REMOVE_MEL_FAILURE"

The server can power back on after shutdown if equipped with a Quad Port Broadcom 25G front-facing Open Compute Project (OCP) Network Interface Card (NIC).

When a PS1010 or PS1030 NVMe SSD is installed, a PSOD may occur during production or gathering Operating System (OS) logs.

This article describes the different type of controllers and the ways in which they should be reseated.

OpenManage Enterprise version 4.1 entitlements feature will no longer work after October 2024 due to the decommissioning of legacy OAUTH APIs. Also, the standalone Dell License Manager application is end-of-life.

When editing a deployment template the 'Edit Components' screen is stuck with the 'Loading' animation. Also, when editing a compliance template the 'Template Details' screen is blank.

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

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

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.

Connection Status shows disconnected for all devices in OpenManage Enterprise Services (OMES) plugin 4.1.0 under the Site Health tab - Managed Devices page.

Following the initial setup, the Intel Infrastructure Processing Unit (IPU) is unable to ping networks beyond its local network.

Multiple SKHynix NVMe (PS1010) drives in the same server experienced PCIe link training failures during the deployment phase, resulting in the drives entering read-only mode.

Viewing the VLAN details of a deployment template's network settings list devices that are not associated to the template.