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Hi, I have a server with a failed main board, I bought a replacement (ebay) which doesn't have an iDRAC enterprise licence.  How can I transfer the licence from the failed board to the new (used) board? Thanks in advance.

Internal server error accessing Dell Linux repository bootstrap.cgi The server is giving an error when accessing the following:http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi I think it started today. I noticed while building docker containers that depend on that site for packages. 

What would be the recommended approach, order and update-path for the following on M640 VRTX; CMC v3.20 To: v3.41 iDRAC v3.21.21.21 To: v7.00.00.00 BIOS v2.8.2 To: v2.18.1 I presume that these updates need to be done incrementally and aligned with eachother?

Hello, I'm trying to expand existing RAID10 on PowerEdge R740xd. Currently we have 8 drives configured as RAID10. I bought 2 extra drives of the same size, and added in to the server. Then I've logged in to iDRAC 9, In the disks menu i see two newly added drives that currently are in the state: read

racadm version: 9.4 local machine os: rhel8 Updating from iDRAC 2.85.85.85 -> 2.86.86.86 is failing using racadm from local machine to the remote idrac ip. using the following racadm command from a RHEL 8 terminal: racadm -r <idrac ip> -u <idrac-root> -p <idrac-root-password>

Hi Team Can we upgrade idrac 4.4 firmware version direct to latest idrac 7.0 version ? Thank you

Hi team,I've been looking everywhere including this forum, and I'm still with conflicting answers so I'd rather ask please:My R630 came with literally factory BIOS and iDRAC versions:BIOS 1.0.4 iDRAC 2.01.00.01 A00If I want to upgrade to latest versions, the safe option seems to be 1 step at a time

Hi We are facing issues with uploading a "Rsyslog Server CA" certificate via redfish.Error message is "Unable to complete the current operation. The currently installed license does not support the following features: Telemetry."MessageId: IDRAC.2.9.LIC503But this has nothing to do with the Telemetr

I try to attach an Ubuntu ISO on the virtual CD and a cloud-init configuration IMG on the Virtual USB. It works when using the virtual console (through the iDRAC web UI) but it doesn't when I call the redfish API. The 1st I insert gets inserted, the 2nd one always gets refused (virtual media already

Hello,We have a Poweredge R640 that I'm looking to upgrade to the latest iDRAC, from 4.20.20.20 to  7.00.00.171and the BIOS from 2.8.2  to  2.21.2Can I upgrade straight to the latest version or should I do a stepped upgrade?

i have a T420 server box with sandy bridge motherboard. Yet every where I look, the specs say this board will support the E5-2400 v2 IVY bridge cpus, even gemini and chatgpt say this. Can i have a definitive answer about this because I have two of these boxes and four e5-2470 v2 CPUs. Will this ser

LIC017 MessageThe license file is corrupted, has not been unzipped, or is not a valid license file.Detailed DescriptionThis error can occur when the license file: 1) Signature is not valid. 2) Data is not in the correct format. 3) Missing needed data. 4) Contains unknown data. 5) Has not been unzipp

Hi all, I am writing a script to automate BIOS changes and I am stuck on the part where I have to decide whether to Apply and Reboot or At Next Reboot.  I am using Python and iDrac Redfish API.  I want to go with At Next Reboot however  I am stuck on it.  I used:  boot_set

Hi there, We have big amount of DELL servers with dedicated iDRAC port and we manage them separately. For operations such as firmware upgrade, RAID creation, changing BIOS settings on a server, we go to iDRAC of every single server and doing it on every single host. I'm curious, if it's possible to

Hello, i am new to DELL servers and reacently bought a used poweredge R520, my current BIOS version is 1.5.2 and iDRAC is 1.37.35 (Build 02) is it safe to upgrade to newest version or should i go step by step ?

Hello, I started having an issue with a this Dell server after installing a new/used idrac card. I did replace both of the cards. The old cards wre not bad I was just testing the new cards. Either way, after installing the cards and starting the server, I was met with all fans on high speed. When bo

Anybody running plugins successfully on the titled version of OME? Want to make sure I'm not missing something here. I even downloaded the services plugin and did a manual update but OME still won't install a plugin.  Every plugin says "No compatible Versions available". Moving on to versio

Hello, i hope to get help about a error that keeps crashing the server we have. The watchdog timer reset the system. Tue 14 Nov 2023 02:32:34 Multiple sources claim this to be a hardware issue and not a firmware. Can someone confirm if this is correct?

I have been looking through the iDRAC9 Redfish API explorer and I can't seem to find the URI for the Security Notice - I want to change the default "By accessing this computer, you confirm that such access complies with your organization's security policy." to the standardized verbiage my organizati

Looking to upgrade a PowerEdge R930 from 4x E7-8893v4 (140W/3.2Ghz/4C/8T) to 4x E7-8894v4 (165W2.4Ghz/24C/48T). I think I'm okay since they are both E7-8800v4 series. Maybe someone can confirm that CPU is supported?