Dell PowerEdge T30 Notes
I recently bought a Dell PowerEdge T30 for a small customer. I can’t guarantee yours will arrive the same way, but here are a some notes on what it did …
Set Optiplex vPro Manageability Option
Almost four years ago, I blogged about how to buy an OptiPlex with vPro from the Dell Outlet. Unfortunately the last time I checked, Dell no longer publishes the detailed …
Dell PERC 5/i Battery Needs Replacing
On a Dell PowerEdge 1900, I was noticing in the OpenManage Alert log that the disk cache policy kept “bouncing” between Write Through and Write Back.
Manage and Monitor Dell PERC RAID under Linux
I’ve repurposed an old Dell PowerEdge 1500SC with a PERC 3/SC RAID card for use as a Linux phone server running Asterisk. Unfortunately, the only version of Dell OpenManage that …
Monitor Dell DRAC 5 Using SNMP
I want to use the SNMP checks in GFI MAX Remote Management to monitor my Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), version 5. The Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator Version 6.2 SNMP …
PowerEdge 1500SC: Bogus Memory and Linux Errors
Sometimes the trickiest errors are the ones you should ignore. I’m running PBX in a Flash, based on CentOS 5.2, on a Dell PowerEdge 1500SC. Back in February, I got …
Windows 7 UAC Blocks DRAC II Web Console
You have an old Dell server with a DRAC II remote access card. You just installed Windows 7 and you want to control the DRAC II from that desktop. You’ve …
Fixing DRAC 5 Error: Remote Access Controller initialization failure
I recently got a good eBay deal on a DRAC 5 remote access card for my Dell PowerEdge 2900 server. Well it seemed like a good deal until I installed …
Monitor Bandwidth with PRTG and a PowerConnect 2824 Switch
The previous post described basic setup of the Dell PowerConnect 2824 switch. One of the reasons I bought this switch is its ability to “mirror” a port. This allows a …
Setting Up a Dell PowerConnect 2824 Switch
I recently purchased a Dell PowerConnect 2824 switch for use at a client site. The switch has some great features for the price, but the setup instructions are very wrong. …