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I'm trying to run a manual install of Windows Server 2008R2 SP1 on a week-old T430 using the Lifecycle Controller. The LC is up-to-date. The T430 has a PERC H730P with 3x 2TB disks. The install media was made by burning iso for 2008R2SP1 burned to DVD. Everything looks normal through the stage wher

I tried to access the Open Manage system on our hyper-v server today, but my director told me that a version of Open Manage, for the PE2950 on Windows Server 2012 R2 does not exist and that it is only out there for something fancy like an R6**/-7**/-8** I know it is out there because I installed it

Is it possible to register foglight within vcenter? It is fairly simple in foglight standard.  Just tick a box.  I can't find any similar setting in foglight enterprise.  The links to the user guides all errror out as well.  

Hi. We have recently purchased Dell Poweredge R730xd servers. I am unable to find "Boot from USB" option in BIOS. Also i am unable to deploy OS using the virtual console due to the lack of enterprise license of iDRAC8. I havn't tried installing from external DVD drive yet. What are my available opti

Hi, I am trying to upgrade a R320 with 2008R2SP1 64 to 2012. It is running sharepoint 2013. It seems to work, but then fails at the end and basically says the uprade was unsuccessful and it needs to be rebooted and it will go back ot the old os. It gives error message. This veersion of windows c

Hi, I'm looking for a Windows 2008 R2 video driver for the T610 server. I did look in Dell download, it has everything but the video drivers. Could anyone point me to the right area or a link to download it. Thanks

I have a PowerEdge R710 with VMware Esxi 5.1 installed with a local datastore. Three VM is running on this host (2 linux - 1 win os) since 2 years. From last week R710 suddenly crash with a "Purple screen of death" PSOD: "The system has found a problem on your machine and cannot continue. LINT1 moth

Hi, We have a PowerEdge T420 with Windows SBS 2011. We want to upgrade the hardware to a rack mountable machine. Could we buy a bare rack mountable machine (no OS) and transfer our Windows SBS 2011 and its licences from T420 to the new machine? If possible, which is the best way to transfer the OS

i have a dell t5400 and when i put the computer to sleep and turn it back on it for some reason dosent want to post anything on the monitor specs dell precision t5400 2x 500gb hdds 2x E5440 processors  nvidia nvs290 graphics card with (vga splitter)  

Looking for PowerEdge 2950 III hardware manual/documentation ... the documentation associated with the service tag doesn't match the hardware. Documentation looks to be basic 2950, while hardware is the III version with the 0 -7 labeled drives on the front.  Most helpful would be links to the

Hello guys. can anybody assist me on how to properly install a fresh copy of windows server 2008 r2 32bit O.S in PowerEdge R720. this is the 1st time i bought this server. thanks

In order to run Office 2013 we need to update our server from 2008 standard to 2008 R2 but when it runs its compatibilty check it reports that the Dell PERC S110 drivers need to be updated. I have checked and the latest drivers (V3.0.0.0134) are already installed - any advice on how to proceed?

I'm going to migrate a Power Edge 2900 from Server 2003 to Server 2012 R2. Any known pitfalls? Will I have a problem with the SAS6/iR Raid controller? I've done a couple new installs on other machines with Server 2012 R2, bur never an upgrade. Just a little nervous, I have the week end to work on

Hi I have the above titled specs, Windows server 2003 standard r2 32-bit is installed. Got it used.I have data-mining software that can take advantage 64-bit and doesn't require any server capabilities. Upgraded CPU/32GB ramChanging over to Windows XP Pro 64-bit.Installed it, had the sas 5/i drivers

I'm installing Windows 2008 R2 on a R220. I've installed the chipset and NIC drivers, but there's still a mysterious USB Controller Driver missing. Any thoughts on what I'm missing?

Hello, Dell Server R630 is certified with SLES 12 as described in below suse bulletin. https://www.suse.com/nbswebapp/yesBulletin.jsp?bulletinNumber=143366 I would like to ask you if R630 XL dell server is also certified with SLES 12? as there is no suse bulletin for it. Thanks and BR/ Cristina

This morning I performed an Upgrade Install from ESXi 5.1.0 Update 1 to ESXi 5.1.0 Update 3 (Latest Version) on one of my VRTX's Three (3) M620 Blades.  I have the same issue that I encountered about a year ago when I tried to go from Update 1 to Update 2.  I had to downgrad

Hello there and thank you for taking the time to look at my post. I am new to the whole server part of computer's and having to learn for my new job. right now i am currently working on the company poweredge 2900 server. the main IT tech person is wanting to boot the os from the front drive's but ev

Building a new host for ESXi 6. Using Dell customized ISO and then updated with latest patch. Have the 2x10GB and 2x1GB broadcom (now qlogic) 57800 card. Firmware is latest 7.12.whatever and driver in vmware seems to be the latest too. In my vmkernel.log, I see the following messages every 2 minute

Hi, I'm looking to buy a PE2950 board but I can only reference it via its part number (no chassis) and the board cannot be installed and fired up. The code on the board ends in G261C but I cannot seem to find any relation to the generation on the docs. Can anyone tell me what generation does the