Power Edge R710 Bios Update Failure
For my Power Edge R710, I downloaded the linuxIso.iso (Bootable ISO 2017-07-17_14-51-22 ) and created a boot cd. The update seemed to proceed as expected, but during reboot, the screen is now blank and...
View ArticleWhere to download Open Manage for T320???
I'm looking under driver and downloads page but as usual it is a total mess on Dell's website. I see managed node but not the main software? Please advice.
View ArticleiDRAC card for R620 ???????
Hi guys,Is it possible to install an idrac card on a R620.We tried everything but no luck to make its iDRAC work . the fans are working in 100% power and recently I lost one of my hard disks.2k Thanks...
View ArticleT620 IPMI to PCIe SMBus
Hi,I have a PowerEdge T620 with a 07HNGV system board and an Intel Xeon Phi PCIe accelerator card.The Phi contains a chip (SMC) that is connected to the SMBus of the PCIe interface. The SMC chip...
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OpenManage CMC Discovery Range
I'm fiddling with Open Manage Essentials Discovery Range right now because I discovered it wasn't inventorying all our FX2s chassis. I turned on CMC discovery for a certain range and now all CMCs are...
View ArticleiDrac8 vFlash create new partition maximum size is?
hi, is anyone know for the iDrac8 vFlash create new partition maximum size is?is that just can 4096MB only for Floppy / Harddisk? thanks.
View ArticleSwitch time between main and redundant R430
I am designing an IPTV solution based on R430 PowerEdge racks and using ska R430 for main and redundant server units. What is the switching time between the two servers when managed by the OpenManage NMS?
View ArticlePowerEdge R410/CentOS 5.11 OMSA reports "no controller found" still running!
We are running an antiquated PoS system in CentOS 5.11 on a PowerEdge R410 (CQZ4KN1). As the OS was "end of life" years ago, I need to figure out how to migrate to the newest CentOS our software will...
View Articleracadm remote image from share that doesn't have a username or password
Hello,I am trying to upload an iso image from an NFS location that does not need a username and password. I am able to upload it via Virtual Console GUI but not with racadm.By providing a dummy...
View ArticleNeed firmware update ISO for R420
Can someone direct me to the bootable ISO for firmware and BIOS upgrade on a R420?
View ArticleCurrent OME Catalog recommending unavailable NetworkFirmware update.
Hi all,Our OME Active Catalog (Release ID: 8N0K7) / Release Date: 9/7/2017 is recommending the following unavailable NetworkFirmware update.Package(s) unavailable...
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Help!! Temperature status is not shown in iDRAC 6...
The iDRAC 6 seems to not function well and behave weird. I have attempted to retrieve the Server Temperature Info, there's not thing to shown on the window. Can any one tell me what to do to bring...
View ArticleDell OMSA 8.4 "No storage controllers detected"
I have a Poweredge R210 running Server 2008 R2 and when I open Open Manage Server Administrator, it shows the there are no storage controllers detected. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling and...
View ArticleR710 - PERC700 firmware upgrade procedure
HI Everyone!!! I have DELL PERC H700 installed in DELL R710 machine running with SUSE 11 SP2 operating system. System is going for panic reboot mentioning "Automatic System Recovery (ASR) action was...
View ArticleIPMI
Hi group.I have a Poweredge T110 II server... that server will be in a datacenter and I will not have physical access to it. So I need to remotely reboot it when something goes wrong.I think IPMI has...
View ArticleDell Fibre J676T Drivers
Hello, I have looked all over the internet looking for drivers for a Dell J676T Fibre Card. If anyone could send me the drivers for a x64 or a link that would be amazing. Thanks
View ArticleUpdate R710 iDRAC from command line
I have a Linux OS R710 that I need to update firmware for the iDRAC remotely via command line. is there any way at all to do this? Thx in advance for any info! :o)
View ArticleFirmware upgrade on DELL Poweredge R720 failure with DSU
Hi,when running a firmware upgrade with DSU one of our servers a Poweredge R720 failed both an iDRAC and BIOS upgrade.The iDRAC upgrade failed with the statement "Failed to cancel firmware update...
View ArticleDell 23 inch 4k monitor
guys when Dell will make 23 inch 4k monitor.sorry if its wrong place to askthanks
View ArticleiDRAC SSO - Login Error
I have R410 with iDRAC 6 Express (2.90 (Build 04)) and a R610 with iDRAC 6 Enterprise (2.90 (Build 04))I setup Active Directory (Standard Schema) and it signs in fine when typing the credentials...
View ArticleHow to stop Dhcpv6Rly ? High CPU on S4810 FTOS 9.11(2.4)
Hi,Dhcpv6Rly is consistently taking about 20-30% of management-unit CPU - see below.How can we disable or turn-off this process? We don't need a Dhcp v6 Relay.We have IPv6 addresses on our vlan...
View ArticleDell R930 Compatible CPUs
Can anyone confirm whether this CPU will be compatible with Dell R930? I understand the spec sheet says otherwise but just like it says V4 Cpus only, V3's are also allowed. So far i have noticed they...
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Dell PowerEdge fan speed - change fanspeed offset
The BMC/iDRAC in is programmed to set fan speed min/max and adjust values based on factors like ambient temperature and system configuration. Depending on configuration the system may run the fans at...
View ArticleUPS Local node manager on Hyper V 2008R2 unable to detect other server and...
I have three servers. One of them is Hyper V(Windows 2008 Hyper V R2). The local node manager on this server is unable to detect the network management card and one other server through...
View ArticleBIOS update details
1)we could not find the BIOS update date and time. please provide the command to get the BIOS information.2) unable to capture LCC logs using racadm & idrac.Please help me asap.
View ArticleHow to check the server details with part code.
How to know the full details of a server ie. currently installed spares with part code.
View ArticleiDRAC R820 with BIOS password set
All, here's the situation...My company has sent out several teams to various locations to set up iDRAC on our servers (among other things). All the other teams were successful in setting up iDRAC, but...
View ArticleOMSA Web server certification cihpers
What are the correct strong ciphers to stop getting the NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID and This server could not prove that it is xxxx; its security certificate is not trusted by your computer's...
View Articleinstalling Bitlocker on Raid 5 drives
hi thanks in advance for reading this.i am trying to install BitLocker on our servers:PowerEdge R9004x 6core128Gb ram5 x 2Tb on Perc 6/iconfigured as Raid 5 no spare 3 partitions 1x 350Gb system 1 x...
View ArticleFailed to update the PowerEdge controller firmware in R730
Hi,I am trying to update the Lifecycle-Controller_Firmware version to 2.50.50 using racadm command line, but it throws below error./admin1-> racadm update -f...
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iDrac Redfish JSON for Drive Serial Number
Howdy!FNG here! ;-)Trying to get Drive SerialNumber from a NonRaid Controller slot, as seen in this redfish schema:I've used iDrac /v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1/Storage/Controllers/NonRAID.Slot.2-1 and...
View ArticlePowerEdge 720 Lifecycle Controller
I have a PowerEdge 720, with ESXi 6.0.2 loaded on it. I am trying to upgrade the firmwareBios - 1.6.0iDRAC - 1.37.35 (build2)LifeCycle Controller - 1.1.1.18When I try and add virtual media using the...
View ArticleSNMP - Dell OMSA Not Accepting connections on localhost
Hello ,I am currently unable to monitoring the Dell Hardware through our MSP portal. Initially I installed Dell Open Manage as well as installing and configuring SNMP. However when I run an...
View ArticlePE M620 hangs initializing - iDRAC not ready
Hello,within a M1000e test enclosure, after a power shortage, some blades (all M620) restarted successfully while some other didn't.All those which didn't restarted remain at initializing state, while...
View ArticleOMSA does not work on Ubuntu 14
Used OMSA for years on Windows servers. Installed on Ubuntu for the first time, it does nothing. There is no data, it's like it's running on air. Nothing in the chassis, no storage, nothing....
View ArticleLost access to F2,F10,F11, Control R, Control S, Control C during bootup...
I bought this used Dell T710 server for learning purpose. It was working fine initially and I have 6 physical disks in RAID 10 and two disks in RAID 0 each. I have evaluation version of Win2016 which...
View ArticlePoweredge T320 IDRAC failed and fan runs constantly
We have a Poweredge T320 and the IDRAC seems to have failed. I don't need the IDRAC and have never used it, but since this failure the cooling fan runs constantly and is annoyingly loud. I have tried...
View ArticleDell H730 and H800 RAID cards in a Dell T630 but only H730 is showing in...
I have a Dell T630 and have two RAID cards in it. A Dell H730 and a Dell H800. The system came with the H730 and I added the H800 later. Both show in the POST and I am able to configure both via CTRL-R...
View Articler720xd 2012r2 service DDVcollectorSVCAPI STOPPED
Hello,I just installed on a R720xd (under warranty) Windows 2012r2 datacenter.For the history, before that it was under ESXI 5.5 (no pb).I just completed the installation without a problem from...
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vmcli failing with SSL Connection error against iDRAC 2.50.50.50
Hi everyone,Recently, we received a few servers with the lifecycle firmware 2.50.50.50. We use vmcli (on OMSA 8.5) to mount an iso for an unattended build. For these servers on this firmware, we get...
View ArticleDell UPS software configuration not seeing USB UPS port
I have installed Dell UPS Management Software on a Windows 2008 R2 server, the ups was working fine on the old server but now it is on the new server it will not connect to the software.It is connected...
View ArticleUnable to update bmc in r410 to 1.33 a03
Hello. I have tried to update my firmware from 1.15 on my bmc controller to eliminate fan 4 noise due to my perc5/e. I have tried dos. i have tried rhel. i have tried server 2012. It will not update....
View ArticleDHCP Auto Conf for iDRAC9 - How to determine Mac addresses
I'm interested in deploying new 14G Poweredge servers using the zero conf DHCP iDRAC9 option. Usually our Datacenter techs configure iDRAC IP addresses manually via a console or KVM.I believe I must...
View ArticleHow to add Subscription for EventService with curl
Have looked for any info on how to add a subscription for the EventService in idrac via curl or through REST plugin to web browser. Have both idrac8 and idrac9 servers, R730XD and R740XDDon't know what...
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OMSA - Current probes not found
Few days ago received power supply 1 failed message. Green light on PS was on, removed it, swapped out and error did not go away. OMSA had red X on Main System Chassis, and red X next to PS1.Manually...
View ArticleCommunication between Switches and iDrac controllers
Hi,Connection view allows servers admin to view the physical mapping of switch ports to server’s network ports and iDRAC through LLDP protocol but is it possible to monitor iDrac from switcjhes via the...
View ArticleXML import stuck at 10% on PowerEdge R430
The XML import job is permanently stuck at 10% on my R430. It seems that the server fails to power-on by itself. If I do a manual power-on, the Lifecycle controller screen appears and you can see the...
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Dell OMSA for Debian 9 (Stretch)
Hello all,This page: Tells me that the package Dell OMSA for Debian 9 will be released this month.Does anyone know when this happens?Thanks!Kind regards,Tinus
View ArticleR710 ESXi Update PERC 6/i Firmware
Inherited a few R710s. All running ESXi 6.0. iDRAC6 Express on all with current 2.9 firmware.. OMSA running as on all as well.Would like to get the 6.3.3 PERC firmware update loaded to remove the...
View ArticleFirmware for Meltdown and Spectre patching
Will Dell be releasing any firmware relating to mitigating the Meltdown and Spectre exploits?
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