Dell is a manufacturer of computer and networking equipment, for both SOHO and enterprise usage. In addition, Dell also offers consulting services. This is a generic tag to be used when no more specific tags are available.
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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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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 R720 Memory Configuration
I have an R720 with 2x E5-2650 v2, 8x8Gb Single Rank RDIMMs and 8x8Gb Dual Rank RDIMMs. I´m not sure how to install the DIMMs I´ve read that single ranks are faster than dual ranks so should I dedicate the 8 single rank dimms to CPU 1 and the other…
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R420 iDRAC7 not working when server off
I have Dell R420 with iDRAC enterprise in my home lab however I don't have a dedicated management interface, it is using one of the onboard NICs for that.
However when I shutdown the system both onboard NICs go dark (i.e the LAN leds don't work…
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What might cause a DELL R610 with PERC H700 Virtual Disk to disappear after an OS install/reboot?
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I have a Dell R610 Server that I am trying to upgrade with some new disks and a new operating system.
The server has a PERC H700 RAID Controller with firmware 12.0.7.001 (which is the latest I could find on the Dell site).
I ran firmware,…
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Dell Optiplex 990 Bios Corrupted
I have an issue with dell optiplex 990, i am getting no bootable hard disk found error.
Videos as below
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6TocW3sAoM7RL8gV9
Problem: I tried to boot into USB drive which has windows 10, but unable to. The Bios Screen Boot…
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Do all Dell r520s allow for 8 drives?
I noticed there are some models that only have 4 bays available and have the other 4 protected by plastic...
Picture of Dell r520
Can you still transform these into 8 bay servers? Why do some of the r520s have the remaining 4 blocked, while others…
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What is the Industry Best Practice for Updating Dell Drivers ?
Is it ok to upgrade to latest drivers whenever we provide it to end-user ? or we should keep the Drivers with OS which has been shipped by Dell along with OS
Kindly suggest if there is any document or blog from Dell about it as well
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Booting Dell PowerEdge T300 without front panel
There is a front control panel on the board with a header. I do not have this and I want to boot up the server. I need to know where the power switch pins are so I can switch it on.
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New DELL R330 - No support for Server 2008 R2?
I just bought a new Dell R330 with and H330 RAID controller. When I try to install Server 2008 R2, the installation program cant find my Raid setup. The Raid is up & running and if I try Server 2016, it finds the discs and I can install the OS. So…
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Precision T5810 Workstation and INTEL SSD Series 750
I'm trying to spec out a Precision T5810 Workstation and install a INTEL SSD Series 750 drive in it.
According to the top rated review at http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTEL-Series-400GB-Full-Height/dp/B00VPK0NSI
There are two types of NVM-e Express…
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replacing failed hard disk in raid 1 on dell emc cx300
how can I replace failed disk in slot 12 in raid 1 on san dell emc cx300
I HAD Configured the san with hot spare hard disk in slot 13. Is it enough to remove it from it's slot an put instead of it a new hard disk and then it automatically…
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VMware eSXi 5.1 on Dell R420 Poweredge
I am very new to VMware and its setup. Recently, my company purchased a Dell R420 server which has VMware eSXi 5.1 factory installed. It comes with 2 LOM NIC ports at the rear and from the Dell brochure it says:
LOM 1 - VMWare management network
LOM…
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SATA disks instead of SAS - DELL 2950
I have a DELL 2950 with a PERC5/i controller and a SAS backplane and my intention is to switch to SATA on the cheap. I don't even have drive trays.
This backplane has SAS ports. I just bought 2 trays. Unfortunately those trays do not include…
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Upgrading Dell R5400 from Windows Server 2003 32Bit to Windows Server 2008 R2
This is a newbie question...
I have a client with a Dell R5400 machine. They are seeking additional services from us to upgrade their machine from Windows 2003 to Windows Server 2008R2 and also increasing RAM from 4 GB to 20 GB.
Is is possible to do…
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