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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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Do all PowerEdge servers have thermal CPU protection?

Cant seem to find anyhting about it. I could test it tho, but a quicky for anyone having the answer. Do all PowerEdge servers have a upper CPU temp limit for shutting down? I'm currently playing with my old 2650, so will it turn off if it gets too…
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Can I install linux has the host in a dell poweredge server (r710)?

I might have a deal on dual six core poweredge server and I'm about to go test its performance but I'm wondering few things which I can't find answers for, and I can't test them before buying the machine. I don't want vmware at all so can I just…
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Dell Poweredge 1800 hangs on bios screen

I recently inherited a Dell Poweredge 1800 server and I'm trying currently to get it working. It's been offline for over a year now and I've no idea what might have been/what is wrong. I tried booting it and it hangs during the bios screen. The…
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Dell PowerEdge r710 figuring how to test my Power Connect 6224 Fiber Ports

Hi i have been trying to figure out why i cannot view my power connect via fiber. I have connected it to my fiber card not sure what card it is at the moment but besides the point all im trying to do is get the server to detect the power connect.…
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upgrade windows server from 2003 to 2008

My PowerEdge 2900 server currently is a windows server 2003 thats configured as a RAID 5 Using PERC 6/i Integrated with 3 750GB Disks. Whats the best way or, the order of steps to upgrade it to windows server 2008 R2 with RAID 1+0 Using PERC 6/i…
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What is the difference between Dell Bios and Dell firmware?

On the Dell Support site, looking on the available downloads for my old server, I see both Dell Bios Update - Optional 5/23/2008 A07 and Dell-Firmware - Recommended 9/4/2007 A.04, A04 What is the difference between? Do I need to do both?
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Is it possible to boost my server's LAN bandwidth with two Ethernet ports?

Is it possible to boost my server's LAN bandwidth with two Ethernet ports? I have two Ethernet ports on my Dell PowerEdge SC1435 and I routed both eth0 and eth1 to my router, but for some reason I'm only seeing one of the ports (eth0) getting an IP…
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Dell poweredge 1650 server blinking orange

I have an old server running for my application. I just checked that it has started flashing orange suddenly from blue. Does anyone know what does this mean?
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Dell R510 backplane/LSI RAID card

I've been tasked to price up and order a new server. My plans are for a Dell Poweredge R510 with the 8 HDD option, an LSI 9265-8i RAID card, two Dell 600GB 15k 3.5" SAS drives in RAID 1, and six Intel 520 120GB 2.5" SATA III SSDs in three RAID 1…
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what difference do different NICs make?

I am in the process of buying a dell server hosting a database and a web application and a low volume website. I am wondering what differences do the NICs make? Dell is quoting me with a Broadcom 5716 Gigabit w/o TOE which is default, but I see…
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Dell PowerEdge 1800 Server

Sorry about this silly question. I am more of a programmer than a system ad. One of my colleagues gave me a Dell PowerEdge 1800 Server which I would like to use for some number crunching and sql server development server. It has Linux installed on…
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DELL Power edge 2900 reinstallation

we are looking forward to upgrade our DELL power edge server to windows 2003 64bit operating system, however now it requires to start from scratch. unfortunately i do not have the driver or start up disks to initiate the installation, can we simply…
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Experience of replacing fans in Dell Poweredge 1850

I've recently aquired a Dell Poweredge 1850 (1U rackmount server). Spec wise, it's great for what I need it for (running VMWare with a few VMs, pfSense firewall etc). The problem is it's not going to sit in a server room / data centre and the fans…
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Dell Poweredge SC1420 server - NOISE

Does anyone know if Dell Poweredge SC1420 server is very loud to put in a home closet?
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Dell PowerEdge t610 will not boot ESXI installer from USB

I downloaded the ESXI installer from VMWare for V8. I checked and the MD5 matches with what's listed on the download. I'm using a Mac to write the iso to a known working USB (using DD) The server will not boot in uefi or bios mode from the USB - I…
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