RD1000 - cant eject
Dell T610 Server - SBS 2012 - Shadow ProtectHi thereI have a Dell T610 Server which runs SBS2012. We also have ShadowProtect to take regular backups of the server. These backups, backup onto a RD1000...
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Question, you can use larger storage/slower RPM drives when expanding, correct?Currently I have 5 1.2TB 15,000RPM SASI am looking at getting 3 - Dell 7200 RPM Near Line Serial Attached SCSI Hard Drive...
View ArticleDell System Hardware & Software Updates for November 10th – 14th 2014
Dell System Hardware & Software Updates forNovember 10th – 14th 2014Popular Hardware Updates:Dell DSET Dell Support Live Image Version 2.1 (Recommended) 7/23/2014 ServerDell 64 Bit uEFI...
View ArticlePowerEdge 720 LifeCycle + UEFI Question
Hi All,Hoping someone can shed some light. It's been a while sine I've had to do a baremetal install on a server and got a few questions. Just got a new PowerEdge R720 server with iDRAC7 Enterprise....
View ArticleDell System Hardware & Software Updates for November 3rd – 7th 2014
Dell System Hardware & Software Updates forNovember 3rd – 7th 2014Popular Hardware Updates:Dell DSETDell Server Update Utility, v.14.07.00 (Optional) 7/23/2014 Dell Support Live Image Version 2.1...
View ArticlePowerEdge T310 - mixing different memories of different size
Hi,we have PowerEdge T310 with Intel Xeon X3440. We have 16 GB of RAM in 4x4GB configuration in slots A1-A4. From iDRAC they are "DDR3 Synchronous Registered (Buffered)" Dual Rank.Can we upgrade it to...
View ArticleDell System Hardware & Software Updates for October 20th – 24th 2014
Dell System Hardware & Software Updates forOctober 20th – 24th 2014 Popular Hardware Updates:Dell DSETDell Server Update Utility, v.14.07.00 (Optional) 7/25/2014 Dell Support Live Image Version 2.1...
View Articler710 refuses to update bios
I have an r710 server that was originally resold by EMC as an avamar storage node but being re purposed to an esxi host.I installed server 2012R2 directly on local disk and downloaded the system update...
View ArticlePerc S110 and Raid 5 don't work well together - Suggestions
Just deployed a PowerEdge T420 with a Perc S110 and RAID 5. After noticing allot of lag and searching the forums it seems I made a bad choice.I'm thinking about switching from RAID 5 to Raid 10 and...
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No option to reconfigure VD on PERC H710 controller
Hello,I have a PowerEdge T620 server with a H710 Controller and 5 300Gb HD's in a single RAID5 Array. The array has 2 VD's (1.8Tb and 390G). I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-VI have...
View ArticlePowerEdge R410 new RAID initializing issue
We have a R410 on which I am attempting to install a fresh RAID 6 with 4 new SAS drives. However, after configuring the RAID from the PERC 6/i BIOS utility, I tab to "OK", and the LEDs immediately...
View ArticleHow to flash perc 6i onboard controller in dellR710 ?
Hi All,I mistakenly, clean flashed on board perc 6i controller in Dell R710 server.I want to flash again the firmware on it. I checked the dell website, but there is only procedure about "how to...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T710 update failure: system services is disabled
Hi all, I have a PowerEdge T710 server that conked out in the middle of the night due to reported power supply issues. I had to pull the plug and wait a minute, then it let me boot up. I saw there were...
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