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View ArticleHow can I order a SAS backplane for Dell server?
Hi guys,Was wondering if anyone knows how I can go about ordering a 10 bay SAS backplane for my Gen 13 Dell PE R430 server... It currently has the 8 bay backplane installed. Can I reach out to my Dell...
View ArticleVxRail 4.0 = 250x more. 25% smaller. 200x more flash. 40% faster!
Check out the new blog by Chad Sakac - President of Dell EMC Converged Platform Division: VxRail 4.0 = 250x more. 25% smaller. 200x more flash. 40% faster! Thank you, Ivan@Dell
View ArticlePowervault 114x tape not ejecting
Hi. We have a Powervault 114x tape backup using LTO 4 tapes. Today we encountered an problem with the tape in the left of the unit not ejecting with error code 5. I have removed SCSI cables as well as...
View ArticleDell from Hell !!!
Is there any SMB having problems with ordering Dell products after Mike took the company private and acquired EMC. The new Dell seems to be interested in doing business with big enterprises,...
View ArticleDell Quietly Changes Onsite Service Policy (Basic NBD Onsite) - BE ADVISED!!
Greetings.Let me start by saying, I have been EXCLUSIVELY selling Dell desktops, laptops and servers as a reseller since 1999. The pricing, quality and service has been second to none since my start...
View ArticleConvert OS RAID 1 to RAID 5 - Dell PERC H710P Mini
Before I provide my question, here is a little background:I have an R720 Dell server with a Dell PERC H710P card, that has two RAIDS initialized and 12 of 16 drive bays occupied. I have my OS on a RAID...
View ArticleFailed Drive. Dell PowerEdgeR420
Hi all. My R420 has a blinking LED on Drive 0. I received my replacement drive and i want to get it installed. I just want to make sure my info is correct since it is out of warranty and dell will...
View ArticlePower edge r330, perc H330 HDD cable for 4 SATA HDD
We got a power edge R330 from Dell, somehow a mix up in the order the Raid card was not included. We got an H330 RAID card from Dell, ended up not getting needed cable to use the RAID card. We have 3...
View ArticleIsilon - redirected shadow copies
This is a bit of an odd request and I'm hoping an Isilon rep sees it or someone that has the answer I'm looking for. No sales/backup vendors, please. So here's the situation, we have multiple X200...
View Articledell t420 raid Predictive failure
i have a dell t420 that gave me this error Predictive failure reported for Disk 9 in Back plane 1 of RAID Controller in Slot 6. PERC H710 Adapter RAID-10 so i purchased a new drive exactly like the...
View ArticleDell Driver CAB Issues?
Anyone else been having issues with downloading CABs lately? I'm currently using Firefox on Windows 10, but changing browsers or OSes doesn't seem to matter.Downloads will start off fine, then drop to...
View ArticleDell Power connect switch 6248p
Dell 6248 Switch getting these Debug alerts ipmap_arp_api.c(836)15889%%ReceivedARPReplyoninterfaceVLAN-1withbadtargetIPaddress0.0.0.0.Does anyone know what the cause could be??
View ArticleSCSI Controller Dell PE 2850 with 2008 R2
Working on getting an older server up and running to use for some testing. I installed the SCSI RAID drivers during the process of installing the OS (wouldn't detect the drives until I did so). Now...
View ArticleDELL R630 (single CPU) and MD1400
Hi,Is it possible to connect these up without getting a 2nd CPU to activate the other PCIe slots on the R630?I've currenlty got a 12Gbps HBA external controller but DELL tech tell me this won't work in...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T610 RAID10 needs upgrade
I have inherited a Dell PowerEdge T610 here are the specs:RAID controller is a PERC H700 currently running a RAID 0 (2x300GB) for the OS and RAID 10 (4x450GB) for SQL. The RAID 10 are all Seagate...
View ArticleNever purchasing Dell Optiplex from Newegg, or possibly anywhere, ever again.
Ok, we are not a huge company. And every time I try to make purchases directly through our Dell sales rep(s), they always change people on me and they always lag. It just takes way too long to get them...
View ArticleDell Power edge battery error
Hai all, I am using dell power edge 2950,in that i am using VMware 6.0, where i am facing the error in battery:Disk Drive Bay 3 RombBattery 0:Failed-Assert.I changed the battery after facing...
View ArticleReconfigure Dell SC4020 to not allocate spare drives
I have an SC4020 that was installed and is using one of our SSD drives as a spare. We didn't spec this out to use spare drives in the configuration. However, I am unable through storage manager, to...
View ArticleHow to set up 3 external monitors with the display duplicated on 2 of them
Setting: Got a high-level manager for whom I just replaced his aging HP laptop and docking station with a Dell Latitude E7450 (Win7 Enterprise with 8 GB RAM; Intel HD Graphics card 5500) with an e Port...
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