R730XD H730P - F/W in in Fault State
When booting up, I get the following message from the PERC Controller:F/W is in Fault State - MFI Register State 0xF0010000Adapter at Baseport is not respondingNo AdapterWe use a bunch of SSD's.Any...
View ArticleSSD when all 4 bays in Poweredge T310 server are used for RAID array
I have a 100 GB SQL database on a RAID-5 Array. There are 4 - 500 GB internal drives. I would like to add a SSD to the mix to just hold my SQL database, but don't have any internal bay available....
View ArticlePoweredge R710 - failed HDD
I have a RAID 5 array (virtual disk) which consists of 4 seperate HDDs. One of them has failed (orange light continuously flashing), so I have purchased a new HDD, and placed it into the slot...
View ArticleInformation on PERC S100 driver
I have a PowerEdge T110 Server with a PERC S100 driver. I need to restore my system with Windows 2008 SMB O/S. When I enter into system recovery options, it ask me for driver for the Drive. Does...
View Article2950 PERC6i Firmware
Hi,I'm looking for last firmware for 2950 integrated PERC6i. I can not find the Website.Can somebody guide me or even attached it to this post. I'd appreciated gratefully, Thank you,Jacosta.
View ArticleDiagnostics Utility for Linux
Please advice if there is Diagnostics Utility for Linux with support of CentOS 6.6+Unfortunately latest found available for download v2.21 which installation does not support CentOS 6.6. As well readme...
View ArticleUpgrading 2950 III
I have a Dell 2950III in production that is running out of CPU and memory. Spec: 2 x Dual Core Xeon 3.0, 4Gb ramI have a spare unitSpec: 2 x Quad Core Xeon 2.5, 8Gb ramMy question is it safer to move...
View ArticlePERC H710 - RAID broken Why?
Initially I have Server having (5 x 1TB) Sata drives with RAID-5 Configuration. Data nearly 3.5TB on it.We have to save the Data as well as change the configuration with (4 x 1TB) Sata Drives RAID-5.To...
View ArticleHow to recover from reported failure of multiple drives while system powered...
Hello,I had a logical drive failure on a PowerEdge 2600 I recently inherited and I am hoping to get some suggestions on how to fix it.System was configured with 6 disk drives as a single RAID 5 logical...
View ArticleRaid poweredge server 1800
Hi all,I need assistance to rebuild a RAID like it was before, in fact I have done a mistake when I tried to reconstruct a disk . Globally I create 2 logicals disk instead 1 like it was but to prevent...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2900 Drive Flashing Amber
HiWe have a PowerEdge running Server 2003 R2. It has 6 drives - 4 in a RAID. One of the drives is flashing amber. Virtual Disk 0 reports as degraded. Is the fix it as simple as just hot swapping...
View ArticleSetup software raid on r720xd with RHEL 7
I'm trying to setup Red Hat 7 to boot off the two 500 GB drives, I can get the following partitions setup as RAID 1 successfully. /home , /boot , / root and swap. but the partition /boot/efi keeps...
View ArticleDell-PowerEdge R710 Error
Hello all, Our server is flashing an error we've never seen:'W1228 Raid Controller <24hr'Has anyone ever seen this message?Thoughts, ideas or suggestions are much appreciated!Thanks in advance!
View ArticleDell R710 - not Dell brand hdd ST1000NM0023
Hi All,I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 (2009), I want to replace ST1000NM0023 drive (not Dell-branded), compatible, will it work?Thanks.
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R710 RAM upgrade 16 GB to 32 GB
Hi, I have PowerEdge R710 that current 16GB RAM have 8 sticks (2GB 1RX8 PC3L-10600E-9-10-D0, ECC and Optimizer)I need help to upgrade the server to 32GB RAM.Original Configuration - 16GB Optimized...
View Articlereplaced drive perc5i
Hello,I recently replaced a drive in a poweredge 2950 with a perc 5/i running RAID-5. There are 4 disks on connector 0 and 2 disks on connector 1.Drive replaced is 0:0:1 and is stuck in a Ready state....
View ArticleR720 RAID 6 problem
If I posted in wrong forum I apologize. We currently have a R720 with Windows Server 2008R2 that is used for backups of our main R910 file server. This weekend my backups started failing. Windows...
View ArticleT110 server and Perc h200 Raid controller
I have a Dell T110 server and PERC H200 .I installed the controller and it show as installed on the server and also able to enter the setup utillity.I enable the controller but its does not see the 2...
View ArticlePerc H710P and enabling security on a Samsung 850 Pro
When trying to enable security on a Samsung 850 Pro connected to a Dell PERC H710P controll, I get and Invalid Passphrase warning.It works flawlessly on all spinning disks, but on the Samsung 850 it...
View ArticlePowerEdge R710 upgrade 6i to a H700
I am trying to find what I need to upgrade our current R710 server with a perc 6i to a H700. From what I have read, the cables for the 6i are not compatible with the H700. Can someone let me know the...
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