Optiplex 7010 Flashing Orange Amber Power Button
Problem Dell Optiplex 7010 does not turn on or power up. Power light is flashing or blinks amber or orange....
MegaCli64: unconfigured good to JBOD
Today’s task is to add a JBOD drive back into a live Dell PERC H730 with BBU using the MegaCLI64...
Unable to authenticate the catalog file in the update repository (SUP0504)
After taking down a Xen OnApp cluster member to have its PERC H730mini replaced after ‘kind of’ half working, half...
Dell R440 LCC Firmware Update
Shiny new R440’s turn up on site – and you know what Dell – I may hate your DellEMC logo...
CentOS 7 install not showing any drives on Dell Server
Once again the problem rears its head – Current CentOS 7.4 (1708) fails to see drives on a Dell machine....
‘COULD NOT MOUNT’ errors with Dell Firmware update image on USB
Updating the firmware on Dell PowerEdge server from downloaded images to USB failing. The errors output to the screen regarding...
R1soft Disk Safe Locations and Names script
This week I had to pull data from 24 drives into a new instance of R1Soft Enterprise. This is practical...
Soft Restart of Dell R230 reporting memory issues.
I have noticed that a soft or software restart of Dell Power Edge R230 Server (four drive, big LED display...
Dell R720XD Fans Full On
This week has seen me do battle with a Dell Power Edge R720XD. You see it’s a big old boy,...
BUG: soft lockup – CPU#2 stuck for 23s!
Well here is an unusual one. Utility server – running on an elderly Dell PowerEdge 860. Sure we get drives...