PowerEdge FC640

This article explains how to create and import an iDRAC certificate.

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

This document answers questions about SupportAssist Enterprise.

This article provides information about how to configure Emulex LPe31002 HBA link speed in UEFI or Human Interface Infrastructure (HII).

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.

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.

NVIDIA has updated the signing certificate for its UEFI network driver from Microsoft UEFI CA 2011 to Microsoft UEFI CA 2023. PowerEdge 17G platforms already trust the CA 2023 certificate, but 15G/16G and earlier servers require a BIOS update released in December 2025. Systems without this updated certificate support may fail to initialize the NIC UEFI driver when Secure Boot is enabled.

PowerEdge connected Dell NVMe SSDs with the Limited Retry (LR) bit set may experience an increase in failures due to elevated media and data‑integrity error rates.

Server BIOS Update Guidelines for Microsoft Secure Boot Certificates are provided in this article.

The article provides the solution to the firmware update errors for ConnectX-4 LX NICs SWB 76DNG version 14.32.21.02 & ConnectX-5 dual port SWB 1GF8G version 16.35.40.30.

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 how to verify if a Network Interface Card (NIC) is compatible with a PowerEdge Server.

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

Dell Samsung PM893 SSDs with Firmware HJ55 or Earlier Experience Premature SMART Failures

New deployments of OpenManage Enterprise 4.4.0 are experiencing service failures after configuring the time zone for GMT +02:00 Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius. The issue is only seen on fresh deployment of OpenManage Enterprise (OME) 4.4.0 on Hyper-V. Deploying OpenManage Enterprise (OME) on other hypervisors is not impacted.

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

After a system restart, the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) may not display the Virtual Disk information intermittently.

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

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

PowerEdge servers with Emulex Fiber Channel (FC) driver version 12.01.12 may fail driver installation under Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) Enforced Mode on Windows Server.

PowerEdge: Broadcom NXE devices with Driver 229.2.73 (SWB: Y7T4X) may report that the interfaces are missing in the operating system when secure boot is enabled.

In some instances, the firmware update job may fail to initiate when performing a firmware update through available iDRAC interfaces.

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

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.

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.

Dell has introduced significant updates to how PowerEdge servers manage coin-cell (CMOS) battery functionality and related event logging. Beginning with 14th Generation (14G) servers in August 2024 — through iDRAC and BIOS firmware updates — and extending to 15G and 16G platforms from February 2025 onward, several key changes have been implemented

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