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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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Will 'Desktop' RAM work in a Rack Server?

I am very new to Rack servers and am exploring options for RAM. I am looking at the Dell PowerEdge R710 I have found this PDF which explains memory requirements. It however does not mention ECC, NonECC etc. This page on the official Dell site does…
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What does the TW mean in NANYA RAM?

I brought a used R710 which came with 32GB of ECC Nanya RAM, all of the RAM sticks are identical (NT4GC72B4NA1NL-CG) 4GB RAM sticks, however, they have a number next to them that is different, e.g: 0934.TW 1010.TW e.t.c. Also, there appears to be…
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Expanding RAID volume on PowerEdge

I have a PowerEdge T620 and R620 with RAID5 volumes on Perc H710P controllers. Can these be expanded in place with no data loss by adding additional drives? I have seen this demonstrated online, but it's not an option in the RAID management…
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Bizarre file system errors, SBS2003

As a follow up to this question. I've been able to do further testing, and here is what I've found. I'm also working with Dell support on this, here is the email to them. This is not an actual file system corruption, but something else. While I…
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How do I get one Dell PowerEdge R720 network interface up?

I have a Dell PowerEdge R720 and it only has one place in the back to plug in a network cable. But it has 5 possible network interfaces: picture of ip link show But they are all DOWN when i run ip link show I've tried adding a file in…
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How do I get a normal disk going (PERC H710 Mini) with perccli?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/kSQan.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/9utPQ.jpg I have a Dell PowerEdge R720 which boots up and has 1.7 TB of drive space but I can't seem to get any of it and use it. When I try and install Fedora there are no available…
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What to do with a Poweredge 1950 with a failed fan speed sensor?

For some reason (and it's possibly coincidentally suspicious that I needed to get a bit of extra slack on the SATA cable that is wrapped around/under fan module 1, so I gave it a firm pull..) my 1950 PE server is now reporting E1311 and E1313, "Fan…
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Dell Poweredge 710 Server amber flashing light

I have Dell PowerEdge R710 with PERC 6i and I am trying to install HP 512 HB SSD in RAID 0 and for some reason, it is constantly blinking flashing amber instead of green. I am running Hyper-V on Windows server 2016. Drive shows up fine and seems to…
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Background initialization of a Virtual Disk (raid 10), can you power off completely and resume days later?

Upon setting up a new Dell Poweredge system with RAID 10, I see in System Setup --> Virtual Disk Management the Virtual Disk I created is performing a background initialization. From my understanding, this is setting up the various parity/mirror…
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Hyper-V on Dell PowerEdge T-105

I am not a hardware expert and am seeking help from them. I bought a Dell PowerEdge T105 server to run a Hyper-V setup for my Dev work. I did not want the OS from them as I already have the OS. So when I configured it on Dell's website I chose it…
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Dell PowerEdge bios update failure. Error finding file: update.xml

So I downlaoded the latest BIOS for a Dell PowerEdge server. Attempting to update using the EXE fails. The error from the GUI states to restart the server. Restarted but still failed. I found the log file and see that it states: << PACKAGE LOG >>Y…
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iDRAC 9 Firmware Upgrade issue

When updating a Dell Poweredge R640 to the most recent Firmware version I am running into the following error: Unable to complete the firmware update operation because the specified firmware image is for a component that is not in the target system…
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Can not access PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller Configuration Utility

I've looked online but can't find a solution. On post it says press ctrl+r to enter configuration utility and i do that. it then says 1 virtual drives found on the host adapter 1 virtual drives offline 1 virtual drives handled by bios Initializing…
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Dell T420: can I replace the original non-redundant power supply with two redundant ones?

A Dell T420 bought in 2015 was originally configured with the single 550W non-redundant power supply. Replacement parts are cheap these days, and I'd like to replace the single P/S with dual redundant power supplies. Can I simply pull out the…
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Enable VT-X and VT-D in the bios for a PowerEdge r910. Ubuntu Server Bionic

I am trying to enable VT-X and VT-D on a PowerEdge r910. I have set "Virtualization Enabled"in the bios settings and also "SR_IOV Global Enable". I still get the following on the Ubuntu Server deployment (18.04 Bionic): ubuntu@moral-sponge:~$ sudo…
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