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PowerEdge is the name that Dell has given to its server product line.

The PowerEdge line of server systems is Dell, Inc.'s most well known server product line, which it has been producing since 1996. Dell has made PowerEdge servers in various form factors including freestanding, rack-mounted, and blade formats, using either Intel or, more recently, AMD processors. Questions with this tag should be related to these servers.

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SATA drive not recognized when installing RHEL 5.1 on PowerEdge R410

Here's my setup: Dell R410 with Perc S100 (software) raid controller on an Intel ICH10R chipset The first problem is that the Perc S100 is only supported on windows. I'm trying to install RHEL 5.1. It boots from the cdrom, but later the installer…
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Can't find the 2nd CPU

Linux, Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS I have a (quite old) server (Dell PowerEdge 1650) with two CPUs. I have used it for over a year without any problems. One week ago the server crashed, I was unable to find any errors in any logs, i rebooted and everything…
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Dell Power Edge 2850 running slow on 1 drive?

Would a dell poweredge 2850 running in a Raid 1 (mirroring) config run in a reduced performance state if one of the drives break? We're waiting on a replacement drive and getting numerous errors. Does it maybe go into some sort of automatic safe…
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IBM BladeCenter HS12 upgrade?

I am about to buy a HS12 to replace a PE6950. Is this possible or comparable? It will be used for email service, visio, and MS Project. Currently it uses a lot of bandwidth and it's slow. Which HS12 do you think is sufficient? I also wanted to buy…
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How to resolve Dell Poweredge 2850 boot error

In the POST sequence I get the error message 29160 at slot 2 0A:03:00 scsi controller config error. 02 I removed the CDrom drive, could this be the cause? Where do I look to find out whats going on?
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Adding a network card to Dell's PowerEdge R210

The PowerEdge R210 comes with 2 network slots out of the box (+ another one for iDRAC). Is there a way to add another card to have an extra gegabit ethernet slot?
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Dying Dell PowerEdge 1800 graphics card - any solution?

I'm having a bit of problem... at the children's hospital where I work (Beit Cure Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi), we're using a 4 year old Dell PowerEdge 1800 tower server. About two years ago, we started getting scrambled lines down the screen.…
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Dell PowerEdge 750

Can I use Dell PowerEdge 750 just 1U without a rack at home? Does it need cooling? I want to have a low end server for learning.
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Dell Poweredge 2970, 2 Logical drives failed

We have a Dell poweredge 2970 with 4 drives. Someone claimed to have shutdown the server and no one mention of any hardware changes. But when we tried to start we have a Memory error saying is not optimal and also 2 logical drives failed and the…
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Dell Server HDD failing

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 which has 3 drives configured as a RAID 5 array. One of the disks is in a failing state. My question is: if I have a similar drive can I simply pull out the failing drive and insert the new one?
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Slight network lag on Small Business Server 2008 R2

I recently upgraded a network from a SBS 2003 server to a SBS 2008 R2 Server. Both I and users have noticed a slight delay in network applications and browsing network drives on the new server. It is minor, maybe a second or two at most. However I…
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Dell PowerEdge Server - What is a Maser Daughter Card?

In the inventory of the components of the Dell PowerEdge server that we are wanting to procure, i see the following :- Maser Daughter Card - Quantity 1 Maser SW - Quantity 1 - Am assuming this entry is for some software for the above. Can anyone…
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Mid Sized Server - Tower - Dell PowerEdge 11G T410 - Usage CONS?

The configuration of this Dell PowerEdge 11G T410 consists of :- 1 CPU - Intel(R) Quad Core E5520 Xeon(R) CPU, 2.26GHz, 8M Cache, 5.86 GT/s QPI, Turbo 16GB Memory (4x4GB), 1333MHz, Dual Ranked RDIMMs for 1 Processor 1 500GB 3.5-inch 7.2K RPM SATA…
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Dell ServerAdmin SMTP settings with username/password

Dell's OpenManager server admin tool can send email alerts, but the config for the SMTP server has no field to enter username/password. Can it only make use of non-authenticated SMTP servers, or is there a way to enter username and password as part…
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Can I move a one drive RAID 0 array on a PERC 6 to another server?

We have a Dell Poweredge 2970 with a PERC 6/i RAID controller. We have a one drive RAID 0 array (we wanted to add the drive as a JBOD but the PERC forces you to create an array to access it from the PERC). Can we take the one drive RAID 0 and move…
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