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Port Mapping - Dell FX2s Chassis with Cisco Nexus\FEX Switches
having some trouble with doing remote port mapping with dell FX2s chassis and fc430 blades\sleds.
the goal is to figure out what are the ports in nexus switches\cisco fex that the dell chassis 10Gb ...
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ESXi Secure Boot VIB VMware_locker_tools-light_12.0.6.20104755-20491463 does not have signed XML data
[root@VMkernelPortESXiHost:~] /usr/lib/vmware/secureboot/bin/secureBoot.py -
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Secure boot CANNOT be enabled: All vib signatures verified. Failed to validate loaded tardisks: Errors:
[ValueError]
VIB ...
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Dell PowerEdge t610 will not boot ESXI installer from USB
I downloaded the ESXI installer from VMWare for V8.
I checked and the MD5 matches with what's listed on the download.
I'm using a Mac to write the iso to a known working USB (using DD)
The server will ...
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ESXi: Changing Port for Management Network
I bought a 10 Gbps NIC and installed it in my Dell PowerEdge 540 that's running ESXi 6.7. I would like to use a port on the new NIC for my management network.
I swapped the ethernet cable to the new ...
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ESX hosts crash within same vcenter cluster
I have a vcenter cluster of 12 ESX hosts (ClusterA) and another cluster of 3 ESX hosts (ClusterB). All of these are a mix of poweredge r620s and r630s.
Some of the hosts have hardware errors that can ...
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Dell R530 Broadcom NetXtreme tg3 nic limited to 12 MBytes/sec
I have an older Dell R530:
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model PowerEdge R530
CPU 16 CPUs x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz
Memory 63.78 GB
it has 8 NIC's, 3 of which are tg3, Broadcom ...
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Dell R510 can't access Lifecycle controller
NB: I've checked How to upgrade iDRAC firmware and BIOS of Dell PowerEdge R510? -- they are much further along in that they have LifeCycle controller working and just had an issue with the filetype.
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UEFI boot sequence initially set to PXE first but always reset to local disk first after ESXi installation
I have some Dell PowerEdge R720 servers for testing. To make life easier, the UEFI boot is set to PXE first and in the PXE boot menu it'll default to boot from local disk if there's no input from the ...
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Cant make VmWare ESXI bootable
I am trying to boot Vmware ESXI on my dell PowerEdge 2950. But I can't seem to find an iso that works. when I use etcher I get missing partition table. Please help me
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Installing Dell R710 from Scratch
I am building a Dell R710 server from scratch. I am deploying a bootable USB on the internal usb port. The bootable usb contains esxi 6.x and I can't seem to configure the RAID controller from scratch....
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Installed 6.x ESXi on Dell R710 from bootable USB
I have a bootable USB plugged into the internal drive for ESXi, and when looking at the harddrive space, it only show the 32GBs on the usb. The question is, how do I use local server resources such as ...
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Installing ESXI on Dell PowerEdge 710
I'm trying to installing ESXI on my Dell PowerEdge 710 that has 6.6 BIOS version. I'm attempting to flash the software using the internal USB, and everytime it starts to install whether using BIOS or ...
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How to update standalone ESXi / PowerEdge server?
I have a small installation of ESXi 6.5 U2 on a PowerEdge T620 server. I installed this about a year ago and it's running 6.5 U2. I'd like to update to U3 (latest build), but I have a few questions ...
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Trying to assign static IP address, subnet, gateway and vlan id for esxi host through racadm
I am trying to prepare a script to assign Static IPv4 address for host. Usually I will take iDRAC console and I will update IP, subnet, GW and VLAN ID. But I have around 2500+ servers going forward to ...
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Dell poweredge R640 disable USB 3.0 possible?
Everything is in the title.
I want to install an old ESXI (5.5 version) on a DELL PowerEdge, but just after finishing the boot of ESXI every USB devices (Mouse + keyboard) seems to turn off and I can'...
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RAID5 FOREIGN DRIVE ISSUE [closed]
I have Dell PowerEdge R620 Server on which Vmware Esxi host is running but yesterday 2 HDD showing missing and foreign state.
Dell powerEdge R620 Foreign configuration found on adapter. Press any ...
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DELL ESXI host crashes - How to figure out faulty hardware
I have a ESXI host that has crashed several times due to hardware issues. Every time in the logs I see:
A bus fatal error was detected on a component at bus 64 device 2 function 0.
A bus fatal error ...
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How to solve Fatal Error: 10 out of resources in DELL PowerEdge 2850?
I facing the problem since 2 days. I am trying to install VShere 6.0/5.5/5.0. But I cannot. It throws error
Error
Error Loading /s.v00
Fatal Error: 10 out of resources
My system Raid configuration ...
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vmware dell sensors missing
So Im unable to access my idrac via Its IP. I am working remotely so I cant access the server directly. I've also noticed that I am missing a few sensors (I presume this information is supplied by ...
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Dell r510 esxi raid 10 disk failure: lost config
I had a server go offline yesterday complaining of disk failure. I re-seated the disks in the set and all of the light went green. I rebooted the machine only to find that now it won't boot into esxi. ...
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How to update Dell customized VMWare ESXi 5.5 hosts
We've got two Dell R720 hosts running the Dell customized version of ESXi 5.5 they were installed with in 2014. I'd like to get these up to the latest patch level but am unsure how to do so. We are ...
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Upgrade Dell T320 Perc h310 Raid to h710 resulted in lost datastore
I am in trouble!
So we bought this server a year and a half ago. Its a Dell T320. It came with a Perc h310 Raid card. I'll be honest I messed up the install. I didn't know about the SD cards and ...
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ESXi build with SSD's and storage sharing with HDD
So the plan is to convert 4 boxed servers into all virtual servers with a new server. The 4 servers now don't require much horsepower to do much, so only looking at the Xeon E5-2470 (8C, 2.4ghz, iirc) ...
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Monitoring PERC 6/i in vMware ESXi 5.5
I currently have a Dell Poweredge 2950 running ESXi 5.5.
My datastore is four drives in RAID 5 configured in the PERC 6/i config utility on bootup.
My question is, what do I do if/when one of these ...
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esxi host remote driver update?
We have a Power Edge R410 Server which is running on VmWare ESXi. Recently my boss has been making an update from 5 to 5.1 and the datastore has been gone. We try to recover and seems like the problem ...
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How to solve performance problems with VMware ESXi 5.5 on old Dell PowerEdge 2900 hardware [closed]
I have a couple of old Dell PowerEdge 2900 servers that have come free and I would like to use them to host a mail server cluster.
They are a bit old, but have been running workhorses for a while, ...
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CPU clarification in vCenter
So i'm running a lab on a Dell PE R410 2 X 4C 2.26Ghz, this evening I saw that vCenter is showing that the processor is @ 2.27Ghz. It's not that big of a deal but was curious as to why there is that ...
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dell poweredge r900 hard drive max limit [closed]
Hey all I am in the market to buy a home server and ive been looking at different configurations and found the R900 having the best bang for the buck. However it concerns me that it states on dells ...
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Reset DELL iDRAC password without rebooting ESXi
For one of our machines we lost our root password for the iDrac7 Enterprise interface. The machine is running many virtual machines and turning them off would be a huge task.
So, my question is: Is ...
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Getting access to physical drives in ESXi v5.5 installation on Dell PowerEdge R710 with PERC 6/i
I've acquired a Dell PowerEdge R710 server a few days ago, which includes a PERC 6/i RAID controller. The server is now fitted with a SATA SSD, one SAS drive and four SATA HDD's, all of which I would ...
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Will VMware vSphere 5.5 work on a Dell Poweredge R300?
We just got a bunch of new Dell servers with current vSphere & vCenter versions (5.5, with possible future upgrade to 5.5U1). We'd like to add our older Dell R300 servers (Xeon 33xx series and ...
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Install ESXi for 2 servers on Dell Array
I have 2 Dell servers: PowerEdge R710, Dell PowerConnect Switch 6224 and an array: Dell EqualLogic PS4100.
I need to install ESXi on my 2 servers. (Im just learning about VMWare, SANs, I have only ...
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2950 internal backup SATA drive
We have a Dell 2950 II with 4 76GB drives in a RAID 10 configuration, running ESXi and 5 virtual machines. The RAID controller is Perc5/i. There is a low transaction rate, so this gives us minimal ...
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How to connect to server with ESXi through the Internet? [closed]
I have a samll lab I can practice on. I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 with ESXi 5.5 installed on it. I have a Dell Juniper JSRX210 H and a management laptop. I also have the Internet connection (I simply ...
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Dell PowerEdge R710 ESXi installation [on which disk should I install?]
Im very new to the whole virtualization thing. I have a server that I can learn on, its Dell PowerEdge R710. I tried to install ESXi 5.5 on it.
I booted from my CD with ESXi 5.5 I downloaded from ...
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Poor Disk Performance on VMs; Host using PERC H310 RAID 5
I have a Dell R620 running 5 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA 3Gbps 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drives in a PERC H310 controller (which I am beginning to regret buying).
I am getting awful read/write speeds on Linux ...
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What is a reliable stress-test tool for Dell R820 running VMware ESXi? [closed]
We have a Dell PowerEdge R820 running VMware ESXi that has had multiple CPU errors over the past two months. It was originally having an IERR on CPU1 and now is showing CPU Check errors for CPU3. I ...
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Dell 1850 What version ESX can I use?
What version of ESX can I run on dell 1850? I have a chance to build a test lab with four 1850 servers and would like to run the latest version if I can.
Thanks
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VMware ESXI 5, adding a new physical SSD and use in Host Cache Configuration
I have a DLL R515, and i just added an SSD to it.
In vSphere, if i go to Configuration -> Storage Adapters -> and my "Dell PERC H700 Integrated" controller i see that there is a new row which says ...
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Should I install vanilla ESXi or the Dell customised version on a new cluster of R620
Pretty much as the title says, clearly there a pros from having the Dell customisations but what are the cons? Will it still work with VMware Update Manager and similar. This is for a cluster of many ...
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VMware eSXi 5.1 on Dell R420 Poweredge [closed]
I am very new to VMware and its setup. Recently, my company purchased a Dell R420 server which has VMware eSXi 5.1 factory installed. It comes with 2 LOM NIC ports at the rear and from the Dell ...
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Dell PE 2950 PERC 6/i Controller. How to add 2TB local SATA as a Raw Disk Mapping to ESXi 5.1 VM
Dell PE 2950, PERC 6/i Controller.
- ESXi 5.1 installed/Boot from USB drive
- 2 x 1 TB SAS drives in RAID 1 - Datastore1
- 1x 2TB SATA drive set as RAID 0
We wish to host all our VMs from ...
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Capacity Expansion on PERCH700 RAID-10
I have Dell Poweredge R710 server with PERC H700 Integrated RAID controller. Currently there are 4 SAS 300GB disks in RAID-10 array exposing single volume of 600GB. Server is running VMware ESXi 5.1.
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Dell r900 and SFP+ HBA
I'm trying to pair up the parts and pieces to get an already purchased Dell Equallogic PS6010E going, with a couple existing Dell r900 servers for ESXi 5.0,and keep running into show-stoppers.
The ...
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Disconnected Network Adapter on VMware - only power cycle solve this
I have a weird issue:
On a VMware 5.1.0 installed on a Dell R620, the network adapter gets disconnected.
Hitting the 'D' button for additional info, shows the following.
I tried to reset the iDrac ...
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What does message "chassis marginal" mean from VMware ESXi 4.1 SNMP trap on a Dell PowerEdge R710 server?
Wanted to post this here in case anyone else has this issue.
We have a Dell PowerEdge R710 running VMWare ESXi 4.1, we got an SNMP trap message
via Nagios monitoring:
SERVICE CHECK: theServerName;...
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Dell Poweredge R710 Vmware Stand-by Mode slow to boot back up
I currently have Vmware ESXI 5 cluster with Dell Poweredge R710 hosts. I was told that its possible when a host goes into stand-by to have a "quick-boot" when it comes out. At this time I am waiting 7+...
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Dell PowerEdge R210 running VMware ESX 4.1 losing access to local disks
Every month of so, one of my server running VMware 4.1 became unresponsive. The only way to get it back up was to do a hard reboot. When this happened I could connect to VMware but was not able to do ...
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ESX 3i Drive Assertion Fault on otherwise working system
The graphic (below) shows the fault I am seeing in VMWare Infrastructure Client, the drive0 light is also flashing. Not sure why, the other drive lights are green. Can't see any errors in the logs and ...
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VMware ESXi 5 licensing and hardware recommendation [closed]
I need to get visualization development machine where I will have a bunch of linux virtual machines that are not resource hungry. I expect that I would have around 10-15 virtual machines with 2-4 G ...
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