XenServer 6.2 installation on R720

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• Installation of CentOS on Dell R720 after you disable the RAID

  Hello

  I have this R720 Server I want to install CentOS 6.3. It has two 256 GB partitions that have been previously configured as a RAID-1 volume. I removed it because we must not RAID and just need performance when it comes to disk read/write. However, the CentOS installer does not recognize two physical disks. But if I configure the RAID-0 drives the installation program recognizes the discs. I do for the installation program to recognize the physical disks? Thank you.

  Mary Carmen

  What RAID controller do you use?  I assumes that you use the H710 PERC, which does NOT support non-RAID, so in order for everything to be presented to the operating system, you will first need to configure it in RAID.  If you don't want to use RAID (even as a RAID 0 drive), then you will need get another controller.  PERC H310 supports non-RAID (the other controller for the R720 options make too, but they won't work on Linux).

• Install RedHat v 5.5 on PE R720, disk drives not found during installation

  Hey community,.

  I am trying to install on a R720 5.5 HR.  It has 8 disks (500 GB) install, I set them up as two raid 0. First raid is two disk for the system, the second raid is configured with 6 other data in raid 0 disks.  I went through the raid configuration and the configuration of the life cycle.  They are configured to use the BIOS.

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  Cosky,

  With the R720, as well as all other 12th generation servers, the version of RedHat minimum supported is 5.7.

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• ESX4 or ESXi5 do not proceed with installation on servers Dell R720

  I'm getting below error when installing esx4 and esxi5

  Please advise...

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  Sunil

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• R720 can I connect drive sas/sata hard without controller card?

  I have a r720 without raid card.  When I plug a ssd or disc of 15 k / 10 k sas on the hotswap backplane, chassis recognizes the drive is connected (I get an orange light and lcd to alert that the disc is removed when I go out).  However, the bios and the operating system does not recognize any disks hotswap (they see only the optical drive connected to the ports on the motherboard sata.

  Do I need a controller card to use drives connected on the backplane, or is it possible to use backplane without controller card?  I didn't need raid functionality.

  Thanks in advance.

  -shane

  Hello Shane

  ntshane

  Do I need a controller card to use drives connected on the backplane, or is it possible to use backplane without controller card?  I didn't need raid functionality.

  Yes, you must have a controller connected to the bottom of basket. If you have purchased the system without a RAID controller should have a SAS cable that goes from the backplane to the slot of controller S110 chipset on the system board.

  You can use the S110 SATA controller on board for communication with backplane. Well, there are limits to the S110 controller, so may not suit your needs. You can probably buy LSI 9207 if you want readers to run in a non-RAID. The other options are a H710 PERC; which you can set the readers to the single drive RAID 0 s. In this State, they function as drives no RAID. You can also get a H310. The H310 supports the RAID mode, but we have added a few features to the H310 who do not find in previous versions of the card. In doing so, it reduced performance when operating in a mode non-RAID.

  The reason why I say that you'll probably want another controller than the S110 is because you mentioned that you have SAS disks. The S110 is a single SATA controller. In addition, the S110 is supported up to 4 discs.

  To access the BIOS RAID make sure the S110 is turned on in THE system BIOS. In the BIOS, go to SATA settings. In the menu choose the RAID mode. It will turn on the S110 controller. You can configure the drives in the BIOS S110 when booting with the CTL R. I do not know what operating system, you perform the installation, but the S110 is compatible with Windows.

  Thank you

• R710/R720 - Dell customized Image of VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 - megaraid_sas version specific?

  That I improve a R710 and two v5.5 (Dell image) to v5.5 U2 ESXi ESXi R720 using the image of Dell here:

  www.dell.com/.../DriversDetails

  The documentation "Upgrade Guide to ESXi 5.5 using Dell customized Image" here:

  www.Dell.com/.../manuals

  indicates that a specific version of the megaraid_sas driver must be installed.

  Is the version megaraid_sas that installs with the image of Dell U2 v5.5 not the right version?

  I just ran the upgrade on a R710 and it's the megaraid_sas version installed:

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  Thank you.

  Hello

  It lists the R720 and R710 systems supported and both link to the same page, so the customized version is the same for both servers. Is the version listed in the reference guide for A02

  megaraid_sas - 06.803.73.00

  Page 5 ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_software/esuprt_virt_solutions/vmware-esxi-5_Reference%20Guide6_en-us.pdf

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• R720: SWC0700: iDRAC is not ready [CF]

  Dopo a riavvio UN R720 mi ha dato he message in oggetto, che non riesce appunto indicating a way risposta dall'iDRAC.

  Ventole girano al massimo e quindi ho diversi malfunzionamenti has di operating system level, XenServer, che non riesce a completare boot it.

  Ho tried it ripristino sia con aggiornamento del firmware dell'iDRAC (sia da Linux che da Win7). It software di aggiornamento pero' mi dice che he not e sistema' compatibile.

  Ho anche SBUU injected, knew chiavetta USB, my startup El ho he following error del kernel:

  Unknown interrupt or fault at EIP 00000060 c04011ed 000011ec

  Some suggestions?

  Posso avere un preventivo di intervento?

  Grazie anticipatamente,

  Andrea

  Buongiorno, the sto contattando by mail.

• Dell PE R720 fully updated

  We  have  a new dell R720 I need to install xenserver 6.1 on it.
  
  However before that i need to fully update the firmware on the dell box 
  
  I searched online and found that there is a ISO that we can download to update the firmware 
  
  ftp.dell.com/secure//FOLDER01087307M/1/cdu_2.2_core_702.iso
  
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  I though it will automatically update the firmware for all devices on the Dell Box and then prompt me for XenServer CD
  
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  I thought when i downloaded the cdu_2.2_core_702.iso it will auto update everything.
  
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  I thought this will be something like HP smart CD .
  
  
  

  See Kitab,

  What you need to do is to start on the BUU (Build and update utility), then when you get to main menu, insert the diskette SUU (Server Update Utility) and select the update of the firmware in the menu.

  SUU - www.dell.com/.../poweredge-r720

  Who will provide the repository for you and the server up-to-date.

  Let me know how it goes.

• Installation of the OS: look at a two disk but it is the same storage

  Hello world

  I have a UCS (1e) 2.1 with 2 interconnection fabric.  Each fabric have a CF port that is connected to an FC fabric Qlogic 5600.  The Qlogic, there is an old Xyratex F5402e with 2 port connected to the Qlogic.  I configured a Zone including a profile of the UCS and 2 storage ports.  On my box, I configured a logical "mapped" 150 GB disk blade profile on 2 ports of storage (C0P0 and C1P0).  When I start the blade, he sees my Xyratex without problem.

  When I try to install a Citrix Xenserver on this profile (on the blade server), installation view 2 discs of 150 GB, instead of 1.  I'm sure I missed something but don't know what.  If I remove one of the storage port in the Zoning of Qlogic, the installation will consider just 1 disk.  But I need my 2 ports of storage for redondancy.

  Is there something I need to know in the part of the UCS for the connection of the SAN?

  I understand that you use UCS with this kind of old equipment to the result of a problem like that, we will go after our tests in a more official SAN (5500 Nexus and maybe storage Emulex).  But a few moments, we need to test the functionality of the UCS before going to production.

  Thank you for your support!

  DM

  Hello Dom,

  You must install the MPIO in the Ocean for the redundancy in the SAN world and see only a single disc even with two different paths for target.

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  Richard

• Drive Samsung R720 Blu Ray not recognized in Windows 7

  I have BD E DS4E1S on Samsung R720, Windows7 32 bit. I have installed the Cyberlink software provided with the computer to play the BlueRay disc and it worked fine until about a month ago. Then, I received some updates for Windows 7 and Cyberlink and now when I insert disc BlueRay is unclear, said no. DISK. I did factory restore and reinstalled Cyberlink suite on the same installation CD but it did not help and I still can't play Blue Ray discs.

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  Hi Sidnokarb,

  See the article after some troubleshooting for your question:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982116/en-us

  I hope this helps!

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• PCI - R720 & C410x device

  Hello

  I'm trying to connect the GPU card to a Poweredge R720 thanks a C410x PCIe expansion chassis. After many try (update of the BIOS, UEFI switching, several OS reinstalled, disconnect the power supply of the BMC, iPass cable swaping upgrade, etc...), I'm not able to view any GPU card in the list of pci devices...

  The installation is very simple:

  C410x with GPU <-->cable <-->PowerEdge R720 iPass with card PROBLEM

  Is there a specific configuration in the BIOS? Something else?

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• PowerEdge R720 memory error limit is reached

  I have a PowerEdge R720 XenServer 6.2 running. We received this error for the second time in the last 3 weeks: 'limit error persistent correctable memory MEM0005 reached for DIMM1, DIMM2, DIMM3, DIMM4, DIMM5, DIMM6, DIMM7, DIMM8 reinstall memory'.

  Two weeks ago, when we got this error the first time, we have turned off the server and made sure all the memory has been properly installed (it was). We turned the server back on and the error disappeared. Since this is a production box required HA, we did not take a lot of time to run additional diagnostic tests.

  The error came back this morning. Does anyone have an idea of how we can solve this problem? Thank you

  WeadonJ,

  The error you receive is indicating that memory is operational, but it is an early indicator of an incorrigible error possible future. My suggestion would be to reinsert the DIMMs, and then run the diagnostic on them to see if there is something that appears.

  I suggest you start from this diagnosis for the memory test. - http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/555/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=TRWYD&fileId=3332974416&osCode=CXS03&productCode=poweredge-r720&languageCode=EN&categoryId=DI

  Also, what revision is BIOS and ESM/Drac sitting at? Are up to date?

  Let me know what you find.

• 5.1 ESXi does not connect after installing - R720 Dell

  I installed ESXi 5.1 update 1 on a Dell R720 server. The installation was made using ISO provided custom in the Dell site.

  After installation I can't connect or ping to the machine.

  After SSH-ing to the host via the console I could see that the host can ping to its own IP address, but not of its front door.

  Is this a problem with the network Dell drivers?

  Information: There are 4 network cards. All are Gigabit Ethernet of Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 cards.

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  Hello

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• Reference Dell M620 and M820 ESXi 5.1 installation

  I'm relatively new to VMware on Dell hardware. The closest thing that I believe to a custom image is 'VMware ESXi 5.1 update 1 Image Recovery"(http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/driverdetails?driverid=RD5JN). I assumed it to be ESXi 5.1 update 1 with favorite Dell specifc driver packages. I had planned to use this new installs feeling that it would include the latest drivers for my Dell M620 and M820s and would be preferable to base VMware image.

  1. It is the support for the installation of these blades?
  2. The description says « Ce ISO image should only be used to restore/reinstall VMware ESXi on image for SD Card/USB Key on the supported Dell platforms. »
     • I am confused by the specification 'only' restore/reinstall and not install.
     • Also confused by the mention of the only card SD and USB to the apparent exclusion of standard hard drives.

  I installed with it as a test and it looks good, but I'm uncomfortable with the description. I would be grateful for any additional information or insight to those who support ESXi in Dell stores.

  Hi vmproteau,

  Here are my answers to your question based on my experience. I have no experience with the M620 or M820 I manages around 240 M610, 60 R710, the R720 10, so I am familiar with Dells ESXi 5.1 servers update 1.

  (1) Yes, I would recommend using the ISO provided Dell printer if you are not familiar with creating your own package with the necessary drivers and firmware.

  (2) this ISO standard will include all drivers for supported Dell servers and some customizations of Dell and can be used for new installations regardless of the storage (SD, USB or HD Local) option. I would like to look out for is mainly to make sure that you update the firmware on all of your blades with the most recent available by Dell that ESXi is very picky with the pilot and also incompatible firmware Dell CMC with thanks to a few mistakes from time to time.

  Kind regards

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• Reference Dell OME 1.3.0 missed last BIOS DELL R720

  We use the OME Dell version 1.3.0.1533 and we have an urgent need to upgrade the BIOS of 10 servers R720 version 2.2.3.

  The source of the catalog is ftp://ftp.dell.com/catalog/catalog.cab and is correctly updated.

  OME has successfully upgraded to DRAC and controller of life cycle to the latest version which has been released in the first days of may, but does not detect the update of the BIOS to version 2.2.3 which was released May 30.

  Ho can I force a catalog update to include the update of the BIOS?

  Thanks in advance.

  Best regards

  Luca

  Thank you all for your quick responses.

  I tried with the repository Manager, but the installer was not, as it can not detect .net 4.5.1 despite the fact that it is installed in the system.

  The final solution was to create an ISO with the updated BIOS for 32-bit Windows and start in the lifecycle controller to perform the upgrade.

  Thanks again.

  Best regards

  Luca