CMC Failover causes excessive CPU Load
We have multiple m1000e Chassis units in our datacenter, and they are all full of M610 units. We have now had multiple instances where for some reason, the primary CMC Heartbeat is lost, triggering a...
View Articlevmcli taking forever
Hello,Im trying to mount foo.iso (3 MB) on a remote host via idrac7's vmcli utility. I ran the below:/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/vmcli -r ip -u uname -p pwd -c foo.iso Security Alert: Certificate is invalid...
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OMSA Managing Node on Centos 6.6
I need to modify the NIC selection in the config from shared to dedicated. Instead of driving to the data center an hour out of the way, trying this method. Stuck.wget -q -O -...
View ArticleDell Power edge 2950 boot order
Hello, When working on one of my servers in a lab environment I mistakenly disabled the boot from CD option from boot sequence in the bios of my 2950. Now my server is unable to boot esxi. Lined up...
View ArticleiDRAC 8 Email Alert Problem 'RAC0211: Apply failed'
Hi,I have configured email correctly (as far as I can tell) and can successfully send a test email from under the menu:Server > Alerts > SNMP and Email Settings(clicking 'Send' for 'Email Alert...
View ArticleProblem with OpenManage on a T300 with Windows 2012 R2
When I install OpenManage on a PowerEdge T300 with Windows 2012 R2 and it is causing a network warning of "limited" connectivity and connection to the gateway is lost. I have to run a network card...
View ArticleISM Ports for VMWare
Hi Folks,I just installed the ISM VIB and it, as planned, added the USB NIC to VMWare and set its IP correctly.I can ping to 169.254.0.1 and can SSH to that IP and get racadm prompt. So given that, I...
View ArticleDell SUU - Question re: process and time involved
Hi all -I've taken over an R710 for a client and it's way overdue for firmware updates.Bios version 3.0.0 --> 6.4.0iDRAC version 1.70 --> 1.98Controller PERC 6/i Integrated version 6.2.0-0013...
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Problem of O/S compatibility with...
Hi,I have found a problem of O/S compatibility with the OMSA 7.4.1 package OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-7.4.1-1341.RHEL6.x86_64_A00.tar.gzThis file can be download from the web page at:...
View Articleplease fix DELL Diag v5162
DELL 32bit Diag v5162 is a phantom. The internal release number is 2MM6J. I found it in the repo folder of SUU 15.04 and 14.10 I think, too.LC / Dell FTP Catalog doesn't know about it.DELL Repo Manager...
View ArticleManage Dell Server farm
I have a Dell server farm running different dell servers (1900, 2850,2950, R200, R300, R620) I have installed OMSA in then. But the trouble is I have to log in individually into each server and look...
View ArticleDell T20 and AMT issue
I have a Dell Poweredge T20 running latest BIOS A06 and MEBx shortcut key enabled in the bios. My cpu is E3-1230V3 which supports intel Vpro but I can't press control +P and configure intel AMT. What...
View ArticleOpenManage 8.1.0 snmp
I updated OpenManage Server Administrator from 7.4 to 8.1 on Centos6Now SNMP module ( StorageManagement-MIB::virtualDiskDiskCachePolicy or .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10893.1.20.140.1.1.26) shows INTEGER: 2...
View ArticleOMSA 8.1 could not install the HAPI driver W2K8R2
because of teaming problems I did a reset of WMI. After reset I tried to repair existing OMSA 8.1 and received error: "server administrator installation program could not install the hapi driver"I can...
View ArticleUpdating firmware
There used to be a spot to download a live DVD that you could run on a server (for example a T320) that you would boot to and would then go through and update all the device firmware on the the...
View Articleuse RACADM to enable/disable devices
In the BIOS section Boot Settings -> BIOS Boot Settings:Is there a way to use RACADM (or another tool within the deployment toolkit) to enable and disable different boot devices? I can use RACADM to...
View ArticleiDRAC7 unresponsive issue continues to 2.10.10.10 firmware on R620
Hi.I've got 4 Dell 12th gen R620 servers, each with iDRAC 7 Express. Over time, the iDRAC 7 becomes unresponsive. That is, I can't ping it, or SSH to it, even though it was previously accessible. I...
View ArticleHardware Choice
I'm currently looking at the following machines one is a tower the other is rack server. Dell Precision T7500 WorkStationIntel Xeon Quad Core 2.66GhzIntel X5550 Processor 8MB L3 Smart CacheDVD Burner...
View ArticleIDrac 7 Login
HiI am trying to login to iDrac 7 using htps://<ip> I have tried both the root/calvin and domain\user logins but without success. What are my options from here? How can I set-up...
View ArticleVMware and PERC readings on a T620
Hello. We have several clients with T620 servers and VMware 5.1. Most of the servers have PERC H710 cards in them. When we try to get the physical disk/virtual disk info from the vSphere client, but it...
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