PowerEdge R670

This article provides links to download Dell trial 30 and 90-day evaluation license collection including iDRAC Enterprise, iDRAC Datacenter, Chassis Management Consoles (CMC) Enterprise, OpenManage Enterprise, and OpenManage Integration.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Dell Enterprise NVMe solid state drives may be leveraged as a substitute for Dell Data Center NVMe solid state drives.

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

Dell PowerEdge Server remediation is available for a Tianocore EDK2 Vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected systems.

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.

In the world of technology, it is not uncommon to come across unfamiliar terms and acronyms. 17th Generation Servers introduce the Floating OCP Paddle Card (FLOP) Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) and Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) terminology.

This article provides the information about Dell OEM licenses for Windows Server. How to identify the COA Label and the steps to downgrade the Windows Server edition and the use in a virtual machine.

This KB is to provide information about Dell customized VMware ESXi support stance on the Dell 17th generation of PowerEdge servers. The 17th generation of PowerEdge servers is based on Intel® Xeon® 6500P/6700P (Granite Rapids SP) and AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processor (Turin).

This article provides information about how to update your system's firmware from the Lifecycle Controller on Dell servers.

In Linux, NVMe drives connected behind a PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) may exhibit lower performance than expected during small I/O workload testing. This occurs because the OS identifies these drives as standard SCSI block devices (/dev/sdX) rather than native NVMe devices (/dev/nvmeXnX), leading to the application of suboptimal default I/O schedulers.

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.

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 BIOS processor settings on 17G PowerEdge servers do not have the option to disable virtualization technology.

R7725, R6725, R7715, and R6715 the number of CPU Cores is not recognized correctly.

This article provides a high‑level guide to downloading vendor‑specific firmware and drivers for common PowerEdge NICs such as NVIDIA, Broadcom, and Intel. These processes complement Dell Update Packages (DUPs) and are used when vendor‑specific firmware or drivers are required beyond Dell’s updates.

PowerEdge 14G, 15G, 16G, and 17G servers skip Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot when an "Unavailable" entry is last in the boot order.

Dell PowerEdge 17G servers record inaccurate CPU index within iDRAC10 life cycle Log (LCLOG) and System event log (SEL) when machine check event (MCE) is recorded.

Dell PowerEdge 17G Intel servers may record memory module temperature warning events in the Lifecycle Log and System Event Log during the server cold boot sequence.

Settings are not saved in UEFI Boot Settings if more than one setting is changed.

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

Information about the technical specifications pertaining to the hardware and software components of Dell Rack and Tower PowerEdge servers

Dell iDRAC9 and iDRAC10 remediations are available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

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 Intermittent High Fan Speeds on Dell 17G PowerEdge Servers with NVIDIA ConnectX-6 OCP Cards installed.

This article explains iDRAC and BIOS settings that disable or limit iDRAC Direct functionality