PowerEdge T550

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) provides comprehensive, embedded management across the PowerEdge family of servers. IDRAC9 automation that lets your organization grow, and security that ensures peace of mind. It is a key technology in the OpenManage portfolio. Users can build a management solution that matches your needs, and by leveraging iDRAC, ensures optimal server management.

The article describes updating Dell PowerEdge server firmware through Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 7, 8, 9, or 10. It details downloading the firmware image, logging in to the iDRAC web interface, uploading the image for installation, and managing pending updates.

H355 JBOD Target ID 0 Missing After PD Replacement

Certain Dell qualified Seagate Exos X24 SAS drives have undergone a hardware revision. As a result, replacement drives may ship with firmware revisions ending in A (SWSA, SYSA, or SUSA), while existing drives may be running firmware revisions ending in 9 (SWS9, SYS9, or SUS9). This behavior is expected and supported. The firmware difference reflects a hardware revision and does not indicate a problem with the drive, a firmware mismatch, or a requirement to update existing drives. Key Point: Customers do not need to update existing SxS9 drives to SxSA firmware. SxS9 firmware remains the correct firmware family for original hardware revisions.

A Kioxia PM5 (previously seen as a Toshiba PM5) series SAS drive running firmware B020 or B31C may not be detected by the storage controller on reboot of a host.

Hardware Diagnostics are embedded tools installed in the pre-OPERATING SYSTEM of your server to check hardware is working as designed.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Physical Drives replacement in RAID Server and MD Arrays

Toshiba AL15SE HDDs may enter a Drive Not Ready (DNR) state and report repeated seek retries associated with sense codes 04-4C-91, 04-4C-95, 04-4C-E0, or 04-44-82.

PowerEdge 15G, 16G, and 17G Servers Do not upgrade to Nuvoton NPCT7xx TPM firmware version 7.2.4.0 without first reviewing your TPM key usage. Firmware version 7.2.4.0 introduces a change to the ECC key derivation process that renders externally stored ECC child keys created on version 7.2.3.1 or earlier unusable. Environments that rely on these keys must unbind and re-provision them before performing the firmware update, or key access may be permanently lost. RSA keys are not affected. Due to the risk of ECC key incompatibility, the TPM firmware DUP packages have been removed from the platform catalog to prevent unintended upgrades. Administrators should complete any required ECC key remediation before updating TPM firmware.

This article explains what a predictive drive failure (error code PDR16) means, why it occurs, and provides step-by-step instructions to troubleshoot and resolve the issue. It covers recommended actions such as backing up data, updating firmware, and replacing the disk if necessary to ensure storage health and prevent data loss.

Learn how to create a bootable USB with Rufus to update Dell PowerEdge servers and format the drive. Follow the step-by-step instructions to prepare and create a bootable USB media.

This article explains how to access and use Jobs and Logs in Dell Repository Manager (DRM) for troubleshooting purposes. It covers the Jobs page, where every DRM action is recorded with a timestamp, the location of the drmservice-0.log file on both Windows and Linux, and how to use the built-in Save and Email Logs feature to export a zipped copy of all logs directly from the DRM UI.

Systems Management How to Video that Covers the Process of Installing and Registering the OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter (OMEVV) plug-in.

Summary: Steps to enable and collect debug logs from OpenManage Enterprise 3.9 and later for diagnostic purposes.

Micron 5x00 Series SSDs may experience read/write performance degradation after reaching approximately 65,535 power-on hours (POH), which equates to roughly 7.5 years of operation. This issue affects performance only and does not result in data loss or drive failure.

This article describes how to enable, use, and disable Field Service Debug (FSD) mode in OpenManage Enterprise for advanced troubleshooting under Dell Support guidance. FSD provides SSH and SCP access to the appliance and must only be used in conjunction with an active Dell Support engagement. Verbiage may differ on pre-OME 4.7 versions.

This article provides links to product documentation, troubleshooting KB articles, and videos for PowerEdge Rack and Tower servers and Dell systems management tools. Use the expandable sections to find Installation and Service Manuals, iDRAC, OME, and other management product guides.

The steps listed below explain how to locate the serial number, vendor, firmware version, and physical slot mapping of an SAS/SATA/SSD hard drive on PowerEdge servers running Linux Operating System or from the gathered SOS report.

In iDRAC9 6.xx series firmware the Java, ActiveX, and HTML5 plug-in types for virtual console are no longer available.

This article describes the FLCkr tool, which looks up file system filter drivers running on a Windows system and provides information about them.

This article provides how to replace vSAN capacity disk. In the vSAN environment using SSD and hard disk drives together, the SSD used as the cache memory is called the Cache Disk, the hard drive used as the data space is called the Capacity Disk.

This article explains how to enter in the System Menu (BIOS) of a PowerEdge Dell Server using the shortcut F2.

This article details the process for running a diagnostic on your processor when experiencing slow performance. This diagnostic tool is Microsoft Windows OSs only and it does not support all processors.

This article explains how to update the BIOS version of a Dell PowerEdge Server using EFI file. The update can be done directly from the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) interface.

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The article explains how to resolve Windows error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" after trying to promote a server to domain controller. This behavior occurs on Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022.

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

Dell iDRAC9 and iDRAC10 remediations for an OpenSSH security vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Correctable and uncorrectable memory errors on PowerEdge Server with DDR4 and changes to troubleshooting steps

This article identifies which Operating System (OS) files the iDRAC Service Module (iSM) replicates the Lifecycle Controller (LC) logs to.