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• Adding hard drive for poweredge 2900

  I need to add a hard drive for storage on a server poweredge 2900.  There are 4 HARD drives in a RAID 5 array, but I don't want to add the new hard drive in the array.  I installed the HDD but impossible to initialize the disc and do it online.  Is there something that needs to be done first?  I do not have the options to reconfigure, only blink and add spare of the OSMA.

  Thank you

  Assuming you have a PERC 5/6, it is important to know that the PERC does NOT support non-RAID.  So, if you want to use a disk like a stand-alone drive, you must first configure it in a RAID array.  The only RAID level that accepts a single drive is RAID 0.  You can do since within the OMSA inside the BONE (storage, PERC, Information/Configuration, create/New in list dropdown controller), or you can do it from the CTRL-R during POST utility (brightness, control F2, Create/New - be sure to check the advanced options and initialize boxes).

  (Reconfigure is the option that you choose to add it to your existing 5 RAID to increase its size.)

• Is - this motherboard for Dell Poweredge 2900 gen. I, or GEN III

  Hi @ all,

  I recently this MB + accessories from a friend and I wanted to get this in life now. But to do this, I need some information about it. If I can get the right processors

  According to my friend, this MB support socket 775 CPU, but according to the data sheet @ dell.com, it supports socket 771 processor. Now, I'm a little confused about the...

  the MB model is: CN-0TM757-13740 - 74G - 0278 REV A01

  I hope that someone can give information me...

  Thanks in advance!

  Greetings from the Germany

  Benny

  I'll add pictures to this post as well

  

  It is a mother Board of generation 1 for a PowerEdge 2900 server.

  Your friend is wrong, the documentation is right (go figure): Socket 771.

  Xeon 5160 is the best processor released for this version of Office.

• Dell PowerEdge 2900 - need to use internal drives for RAID

  Hi all

  I am the I.T. guy for small business from my father. I help them on the side.

  They have recently purchased a PowerEdge 2900 server used with 4 internal SCSI drives

  This server also has a Dell SAS 5 / i integrated controller

  I want to install Windows 2008 R2 standard on this server and use it as a file server and a place to host QuickBooks Enterprise.

  The problem, in that I am running is that I can't find in the Bios or anywhere in the server startup utilities where I can configure the 4 internal drives as a RAID 5 array. I want to do this and THEN install the Windows Server operating system. I used the last Build Server utility Dell and also updated all the firmware to the latest versions. The Build Server utility doesn't let me configure the RAID array.  What I'm missing here?

  Thank you very much for your help!

  I upgraded to a PERC 6 / i integrated RAID controller and now problem is solved. Just need a new controller internal RAID.

  Problem is solved!

• Setting up multihomed PowerEdge 2900 for the fault tolerance

  I try to configure a PowerEdge 2900 server with two network cards on the same subnet-tolerant, but cannot find a way to do it properly. I found this:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/175767/en-us/

  who says:

  "Some manufacturers are tolerant network adapters to guard against a single point of failure. These adapters enable two adapters to be placed in the same server, but only allow the use of an adapter at the same time. If the primary card fails, the driver disables the first card and activates the second with the same address configuration. The end result is a pretty seamless transition to the replacement adapter. This is the preferred method to guard against a single NIC as a single point of failure. »

  That it applies to PowerEdge or is there another way to set it up?

  Thank you.

  Paul

  
  

• POWEREDGE 2900 RAID 10 HAS NOT DEGRADED

  Hello

  I have a Setup raid 10 on a server PowerEdge 2900, Perc 6 / i. There are 4 250 GB drives, set up as a Raid 10. A drive has failed. I tried the disk with a hot swap size even more recent. The server crashed and restarted, Post message showed during initialization F/W and writing degraded disk virtual, but restarting Ok. When I OpenManage it shows degraded and only shows 3 locations of the physical drive page. New drive is orange flashing on the right indicator light.

  Can someone help me with the permutation of the reader?

  Thank you!

  Madmin46

  Is that possible given that the new drive is not a certified dell disk that would cause problems?

  Yes, and that's the most likely cause. Some versions of the AR4 are posted on several PERC controllers. Many times non-certified readers will work fine, but when certified and non-certified are run together, there are often questions... thinking that it is a American, South African and a Pilipino all English - speaking it may be difficult for the three to communicate because they all talk about the different versions of the same language, and language gap can cause problems on a controller which the tolerance of error and delay (patience) are thin.

• PowerEdge 2900 on board sata ports

  I have a PowerEdge 2900 server and would like to put in a single spare 2 TB SATA for additional storage (non-critical).  The motherboard has two onboard SATA, A & B ports.  When I try to connect the drive onboard SATA ports, the BIOS does not detect anything, and when I change the type 'Auto', save the settings and restart settings are not stored in the BIOS.

  I don't know if the SATA motherboard ports supports hard drives, or if there is other reason things do not work.  I tried different cables and tried the drive in another computer, and everything works fine in another computer.  Plan to put in some additional SAS drives in the drive box, I'm looking for an intermediate solution.

  Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you
  Josh

  I've seen this same problem and fixed it. He must go to "Shipped" in the bios and enable "Onboard Sata".

• DELL Poweredge 2900 - disk failure

  Hello

  We have an old Dell Poweredge 2900 our SQL Server database running server.  Last week, we discovered that Raid 5 is degraded and disk 0 disk 1 is seeing completely to the bottom and the poster.  We were already down, so even if we had it running by buying a replacement of the SAS 146 GB 10 k disk we would still be short of storage of data of space.  I bought a SAS Seagate Cheetah 15 k 600 GB ST3600057SS and I would like to replace the failed drive with it.

  Question:

  (1) open handle is not installed, but want to install.  What version I can use for this 2900 server.

  (2) my replacement of a 146 GB with a 600 GB can work?

  Please for your advisor as this database server is essential for my operation of the company.

  Thanks in advance

  Hello.

  ISOSA

  (1) open handle is not installed, but want to install.  What version I can use for this 2900 server.

  Download OpenManage Server Administrator v7.4.0.2 form this link: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=MGRG4

  ISOSA

  (2) my replacement of a 146 GB with a 600 GB can work?

  Replacing 146 GB with 600 GB of disk drive will not provide any extra space you need because the table will use only 146 GB of total space 600 GB on the new drive. What controller you have installed? In case the only option available for you that your controller does not support the extension of ability online (ECO) could be to backup your data, delete the existing RAID array and re - create another table with the new readers of 600GO. Restore data from backup and re-install the operating system.

• The PowerEdge 2900 server RAID

  Hello everyone and good day

  I have a PowerEdge 2900 which was erased and raid configured with 2 discs and ready for os install. However when you try to use the Server Wizard, I get an error that his stats can not detect readers or they are not initialized. I do all the raid configuration and should be ready. I took a peek in the bios of the main server and I do not see listed in the boot sequence raid controller. all I see is cd rom on b sata and hard drive. until the server has been annihilated the raid controller has been listed in the boot sequence menu. I changed a setting that I shouldn't have or I am missing a part of the process? No matter which lend a little and fix this? I would like to get the server operational return. the server has a perc 6i

  When I got is the server was running. However, he came from a health care facility and had to be wiped.

  I have it wiped myself just by going to the raid controller and removing the VFD and reconfiguring with new configuration.

  Please tell me that I don't have just the weight of the heavier paper in my office.

  You must configure AND initialize the virtual disk (table)... tick all the boxes advanced and Initialize during the creation of the VFD.

  You can also use a version of "server Wizard" (obsolete) that does not support the hardware in your server.

• Upgrade memory PowerEdge 2900 III

  All 3 poweredge 2900 people use the same type of ram? I have a dell poweredge 2900 III and am looking at an upgrade of ram which is listed as compatible with the first generation, the PC2-5300F. I was wondering if this does not work for my 2900 gen 3.

  Also, can someone shed some light on what the maximum capacity of RAM for the 2900 III.

  Thank you guys!

  Hello.

  The PC2-5300F which is a fully Buffered DIMM is which was delivered with all the 9th Gen Dell servers and should be compatible across all revisions of 2900. What is the size of the memory you are looking for? In my view, that the maximum RAM capacity on the 2900 III server is 48 GB.

  I hope this answers you questions.

• Replacement of 73 GB drives with 300 GB drives on a PowerEdge 2900 server

  I have a 8 years, PowerEdge 2900 OS hard drives are almost full (73 GB of mirrored disks @ 95% full), I would like to replace it with a 300 GB drives to buy me another year.  I have an image of the disc, but when I put the new disks in the Raid Controller said missed me the VFD.

  How can I get the Raid Controller to recognize new readers, if I can put the image on them?

  FBCJohn,

  The VD was missing when you deleted the 73 GB drives, what he lived.  The reason why you see VD lack is due to the fact that VD configuration information are stored on the disks and the controller. When the controller see that he did not drive with the corresponding configuration such that it has, it will show missing VD.

  The easiest way for them to just be seen by the controller would be to simply create a new VD with older readers. Then reinstall OS and reimage.

  If you plan on trying to maintain the existing VFD and then let me know and we can go from there, because the process is more complex.

  Let me know.

• PowerEdge 2900 III support xeon x 5470?

  I was wondering if someone can clear this up for me. Can the poweredge 2900 III helps the xeon x 5470 cpu?

  The confusion around this for me comes from the dell documentation, I found on the poweredge 2900 III server that has she supports the xeon 5400 BUT at 3.16 GHz cpu series. The xeon x 5470 3.33 GHz is rated.

  However I saw many times poweredge 2900 III running of x 5470. a quick search pulled up from a few ebay listings for this server with the same cpu. Could there was an update of the bios that allowed support for this processor, and dell documentation is just outdated?

  So, due to conflicting information I see before I go and spend money, can anyone provide me a concrete answer on the question of whether I can run this processor or not?

  Expired documents. The data sheet is dated September 11, 2007, the X 5470 was released in 2008. So there was a BIOS update to add support OR it has not been listed everything simply because it did not yet exist.

  1. There are systems with this CPU.

  2. they are sold by dealers known for this computer.

  It can work in an III, and I recommend the update of the BIOS (and other firmware system) at the latest prior to installation.

• Update of firmware and drivers controller PowerEdge 2900

  Hello

  I have server PowerEdge 2900. Current configuration I see on OMSA:

  BIOS version 2.3.1 (former)

  Controller PERC 6 / i integrated.
  Version of the firmware is up to date.
  Firmware Version 6.0.2 - 0002
  Minimum Firmware Version 6.3.0 - 0001
  4.05.01.64 driver version
  6.1.7601.17577 Storport driver version

  I need to upgrade the firmware of the controller and make the Windows updates on this server. My questions:

  What is the correct order for the upgrade:

  1. Windows updates
  2. BIOS,
  3. ESM firware,
  4. Bottom of basket SAS firmware,
  5. Disk controller
  6. Firmware of the controller,
  My questions would be:
  How can I verify ESM and bottom of basket SAS version of the firmware on my server, maybe I do not need to update those?
  On the Dell support site, I could find only:

  Dell Server BIOS, 2.7.0Dell SAS Backplane Firmware, v.1.05, A01Dell BMC Firmware, v.2.50, A00Dell PERC 6/i Integrated, v.6.3.1-0003, A14
  

  and how to find software to update the drivers:
  4.05.01.64 driver version
  6.1.7601.17577 Storport driver version
  ?
  The Dell supports any automatic tool to collect and install the drivers and firmware required on a single server of Windows (except ITA)?
  Server is very critical, thanks,

  Yes, it's safe.  It can be run from within the OS, or you can start on SBUU and serve Suu repository for update packages.

  In most cases, it is easier to update of Windows, but it is not necessary.

  1. Windows updates
  2. BIOS,
  3. Environmentally sound management software (Yes, must be updated to BIOS).
  4. Bottom of basket SAS firmware (also needed),
  5. Controller driver (did you mean driver here? pilot, when it is available, it should be updated before... If current firmware to run 2008R2, new drivers are available through Microsoft Update - if available)
  6. The controller firmware
  7. The hard drive firmware
  8. NIC, DRAC, etc..

  When / if get the support.dell.com site update files, use Packages to update for the format of Microsoft Windows.

• PowerEdge 2900 & RHEL5 - OMSA complain the warning of storage component.

  I recently installed RHEL5 on our new PowerEdge 2900 III (int. Perc6i controller).  After all the updates, I get this warning in the OMSA:

  The current version of the driver 00.00.03.10 (megaraid_sas) is older than
  required driver version 00.00.03.13 (megaraid_sas) for a controller
  model 0x1F0C: 1 controller (PERC 6 / i integrated)

  Now, I downloaded the 00.00.03.16 version of the megaraid_sas driver, and when I followed the instructions of the .tgz update I get:

  [root@zimbra PERC6i Driver] # rpm - ivh dkms - 2.0.13 - 1.noarch.rpm

  Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
  the dkms package - 2.0.17 - 1 (which is newer than dkms - 2.0.13 - 1) is already installed
  file /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller to install dkms conflicts - 2.0.13 - 1 with the dkms package file - 2.0.17 - 1
  file/usr/sbin/dkms install dkms conflicts - 2.0.13 - 1 with the dkms package file - 2.0.17 - 1
  file /usr/share/man/man8/dkms.8.gz to install dkms conflicts - 2.0.13 - 1 with the dkms package file - 2.0.17 - 1
  [root@zimbra PERC6i Driver] #.

  And when I go to install the real driver I get:

  [root@zimbra PERC6i Driver] # rpm - ivh megaraid_sas - v00.00.03.16 - 1.noarch.rpm
  Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
  package megaraid_sas - v00.00.03.16 - 1 is already installed
  [root@zimbra PERC6i Driver] #.

  My question is, what Miss me to get the OMSA stop the warning?  Looks like I got everything in order...

  Thank you for your time...

  -Rob

  
  

• PERC 6 / i driver 2.24.0.64 PowerEdge 2900 running Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

  Anyone know where I can find the Perc 6 / i driver 2.24.0.64 for a server PowerEdge 2900 running Windows Server 2008 (64 bit)?  It is not part of the package of latest firmware and I am getting an error on OpenManage Admin I have to upgrade to it.  Any help would be great.  Thank you

  Jeff

  http://downloads.Dell.com/FOLDER89865M/6/DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A03_R210510.exe