POWEREDGE VRTX

This article provides information about the LIC008 error seen when importing the IDRAC License.

This article provides information about how to verify if a Network Interface Card (NIC) is compatible with a PowerEdge Server.

Dell PowerEdge servers with common design components are grouped into generations, for example PowerEdge 17th generation servers, 16th generation, 15th generation, or 14th generation. This article provides general guidance for PowerEdge server model naming convention to identify the generation and common components. This article also lists all PowerEdge servers by model including type, CPU, generation, and remote management components.

The following article provides information about how to configure SNMPv3 traps on Dell PowerEdge FX2, M1000e, or VRTX.

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.

How to Identify the physical slot number in iDRAC based off the device name in vSphere/VSAN.

This article provides information about CPU Machine Check errors and common causes and proper handling when errors are seen.

Fibre Channel I/O Module MXG610s firmware release 9.2.0a is unavailable.

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

The Dell SS540 SAS solid state drive is reported as not correctly functioning.

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.

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.

How to create Cluster Shared Volumes by manually calculating the necessary disk space value.

Dell solid state drive (SSD) fails after system reports low environment operating temperature.

Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM) Live Migration may fail or no LUNs are mapped after powering on VMs due to Windows architecture and hardware configuration limiting the number of vFC LUNs.

VMware vCenter registration may fail in OMEVV 1.3 with a custom certificate chain installed in OpenManage Enterprise (OME) or vCenter.

On an ESXi host, if the Flow Control setting on the BCM5720 is modified without a cable inserted, the network interface card (NIC) may fail to establish a link when a cable is later inserted. The issue does not occur if the setting is modified with a cable inserted in the NIC port.

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.

Dell Enterprise SAS, SATA SSD: SMART predictive failures triggered by remaining write endurance falling below the threshold

This article explains why the Windows Boot Drive (hosting the C:\ volume) may show as removeable media in Windows and how to override the behavior when necessary.

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.

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.

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.

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

Increased fan spinning noise. PowerEdge 15G servers equipped with a Dell Intel X710 Open Compute Project (OCP3) Network card after upgrading the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) firmware to version 7.00.30.00

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.

When logged into the OpenManage Enterprise web interface version 3.10 or earlier, some pop-out windows are unusable due to certain missing fields.

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.

OpenManage Enterprise (OME) Services plug-in may not show a device, or the device is in staging status.