H330 PERC - doesn't recognize SATA HDD
I just got a R630 with H330 PERC card. It came with 2 SAS 600gb drives - works great. I want to add to or replace the SAS drives with SATA drives. All the literature says this is supported, but I...
View ArticleWhich PERC6/i for the internal storage slot of my R610
I got my hands an a used R610.The sever was advertised with PERC6/i but only the SAS6i was included when i received it. The vendor send me the missing PERC6/i one week later. The card came with the PCI...
View ArticleLost drives after importing foreign configuration
To install an configure additional drives in R510 with H200 controller (support for 2 VD only)Had to upgrade/replace H200 with H700. After research, is supposed to be easy swap.Followed this procedure:...
View ArticleC2100
The drive bays on our C2100 are in an array - 3 down and 4 across. How are the drives physically numbered? Our monitoring software numbers them 1 through 12. Which drive is physically number 1,...
View ArticlePCIe errors on the SSD PCIe extender switch
Hi,R730xd, service tag <ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>BIOS 2.0.2NVMe Express FlashSSD FW IPM0KD3QSeeing this type of errors in the system event log once in 1-2 days....
View ArticleDell Poweredge 840 Boot Issue
So I tried to boot my poweredge server the other day after a windows update and now it doesn't want to boot from the hard drives. I load the boot order from the bios and it says hard drive c is first...
View ArticleRAID 1 not auto rebuilding
I have a PE 820 with a PERCH710p adapter.My raid 1 had a drive die. When I put the replacement in, it is not rebuilding automatically as expected.Instead, if I click on virtual disks, I see the OS disk...
View ArticleSharing removable SAS drives between R710 and R510 servers
I have a need to 'sneaker net' data between an R710 and R510 server but can't use networks and there are available removable SAS drives. How do I format the SAS drive to be recognized by BOTH servers...
View ArticleHow to remove iSCSI targets from the iSCSI initiator
Hi,We have an MD3000i with two MD1000 expansion units that we are trying to decommission. They are setup (iSCSI) on a PowerEdge 2950 running RHEL5.What's the proper way to take them offline? Do I have...
View ArticlePowerEdge R710 raid Perc6/i import configuration failed/wrong
The raid card was broken and after replacing I tried to import the configuration as required. BBut the imported configuration is incorrect, the setting is with Raid0 and was formerly with Raid1 on the...
View ArticleR620 - RERC H710P Mini Controller Firmware Downgrade
Hello, I recently ran dsu to update the firmware in our R620 servers. Among all the firmware items, there is a firmware for the controller showing we need to downgrade. [ ]7 Firmware for - Disk 0...
View ArticlePerc 5i card failed, also Drive 4 in the array failed, I don't think they are...
We are a very small business and run only one server that has run trouble free for nearly two years when I bought it from a medium-sized company that was upgrading. It ran perfectly for them as well....
View ArticleWhich Mini-SAS cables for PE T410?
Hi All!I have a PE T410 (six 3.5" LFF hot-swap bays) which came with the archaic PERC 6i controller. I want to replace this controller with something newer like an Adaptec 6805 or a Dell H700/710 which...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1900 & WS2012r2
GentsI inherited PowerEdge 1900 and decided to migrate my old WHS2011 to it.I have 10 SATA drives to transfer (various sizes 1TB - 4TB). I have started by moving 3x 2TB drives and connecting them to...
View Article"Unknown Error" in Bios Configuration Utility: No foreign or domestic...
(Please visit the site to view this video)
View ArticlePoweredge T110 raid driver
I am trying to reinstall my server T110, but it asking raid driver , and hard drive is not showing , pleaes update me whre i can download the driver and how i can install windows 2008 r2 on T100Thanks
View ArticlePoweredge R610 SAS Cable Help
Hi all,I am having some trouble with my new server that I purchased off of eBay last week. I purchased a Dell Poweredge R610, except it did not come with any form of RAID card. I purchased a PERC 6...
View ArticleSostituzione HDD
Ho la necessità di sostituire un HDD di un MD3000 - service tag: <removed>Attendo vs istruzioni
View ArticleH200 Controller what cable is needed to connect to SAS drives? HELP!
Hi everyone,I am really stuck! I bought a new H200 RAID PCIe card, looking at the card itself it has SAS A and SAS B input interfaces, however I can't match any cable to connect to those. I searched...
View ArticleHow to "safely remove" a RAID 0 disk from PERC 6/i ???
Hello! I moving to a PowerEdge R710 with PERC 6/i controller running Windows Server 2012 R2. I am new to Dell servers and am having some difficulty accomplishing the following. The old server had a...
View Article