Hi,
I have to configure DRAC for Dell poweredge 1950 and 2950 servers. The servers are running with ESX and there are many VM's on each of these servers. I could do this configuration for Dell PowerEdge R410 and 610 servers online using the front panel LCD screen. Is there a similar way where online we can do the configuration for Dell poweredge 1950 and 2950 servers? Or the only way is to reboot the server and configure during the boot up?
Thanks in advance.
Hi All,
We faced with severe issues with iDRAC7 v1.50.50 and found out that critical update was released according to http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/3204.dell-remote-access-controller-drac-idrac.aspx
But the problem is we can't update our Linux servers (both R720s and M620s) using bmcfwul utility:
iDRAC7 Firmware Upgrade Utility Version: 1.30.10.21427
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Firmware Version Current Image
12G iDRAC7 BASE V1.00 Firmware Version 1.50.50.34 1.56.55.05
Detecting USB Device timeout
USB Device is not found
Detecting USB Device timeout
USB Device is not found
Detecting USB Device timeout
USB Device is not found
Failed to access Virtual USB Device
But if we trying to upgrade from v1.51.51 - everything goes fine!
Also it's possible to update 1.50.50 to latest version through DRAC WEB GUI, but it requires vFlash card installed - and we do not have it on all chassis.
Does anyone was faced with similar issues on Linux?
Hi All,
Yesterday the Heartbleed vulnerability was disclosed (http://www.heartbleed.com). I was wanting to know if any of the following Dell products may be vulnerable to this and what versions?
Thanks!
We have 4 M1000E chassis's and I have them in a group, now I'm seeing this access denied error and I'm not sure what it means or what it is saying.
Also I can't seem to get hotlinking images to work, the upload has a terrible size limit of 64KB(WHAT?) and all I can do is post a link to it on imgur.
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This my first time trying to deploy BIOS and Drivers updates to all our Dell clients at my firm. I have followed the instruction to setup SCUP 2011 and was able to deploy Dell updates to SCCM 2012 R2 Software Updates. DSIA was successfully deployed to all the test clients using SCCM Software Center.
With DSIA installed, the test clients are still unable to see any BIOS update or drivers that I have published and deployed to the collection. Have anyone been through this issue or know how I can fix this problem?
Windows PowerShell
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PS U:\> $query = "SELECT * FROM Dell_OEMComputerSystem"
PS U:\> Get-WmiObject -Namespace "Root\Dell\sysinv" -Query $query
Get-WmiObject : Fehler beim Laden des Anbieters
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ Get-WmiObject -Namespace "Root\Dell\sysinv" -Query $query
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
PS U:\>
Can anyone answer the below:
Please advise for the Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis whether or not it is designed or modified to use cryptography (this includes any cryptography used in the local or remote management of the goods). Please explain your answer and include the key lengths of any symmetric or asymmetric algorithms used and the type of algorithms used, if any. Please also explain whether the cryptographic capability is an option, and if so, whether this option is active by default, or what is required to activate this option.
I have 2 updates that are not pushing to the E7240 Clients:
Does anyone have the same issue and know how to fix it?
Hello,
Dell Linux Repository 14.04.00 (yum repository) is now available for update latest BIOS, firmware’s on PowerEdge servers and upgrade OMSA 7.4.0.
This release brings in the following enhancements and features:
Enhancements and Features:
To know more and download details, please refer the following Dell Wiki page: http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/OMSA
Symbolic link for Linux Repository 14.04.00 (YUM Repository) : http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/Linux_Repository_14.04.00/
Please continue posting your feedback on theforum.
-Change Management Team.
I don't have the GUI for OMSA available and I want to collect logs from the system. Does anybody know the command line options for gathering controller logs and system event logs from OMSA?
We have a new R420 server with iDRAC 7 Enterprise and Vflash. We have an 8GB SD card in it. I've never used one before and I can't seem to find an answer to my question. This is going to be a regular physical server at one of our remote locations. I would like to have an ISO of Server 2008 R2 on the card so that we can boot from it if there was ever a need to reinstall the OS on the server. Can this be done? If so, how do I get it working? The GUI only allows uploads of 2GB per file. The ISO is just over 3GB. I'm also curious as to what else people use this card for on their servers? What other kind of software do you keep on it?
Anybody have any recommendations for 1TB or 2TB drives to populate an MD1000?
In another thread I saw mention to stay away from 340SS and 640SS Seagate drives.
Hey all, I'm updating the iDRAC firmware on my PowerEdge R710 Foglight FxM and FxV appliances from 1.80 to 1.96. I have one appliance that is effectively unused so I'm using it to test on.
The entire environment is remote so I do not have access to use physical media. I'm installing via the iDRAC web console from a VM Windows Server 2008R2 with IE9 that is in the same vlan as the appliances. I typically use this same VM to hold FxM/FxV installations. When I attempt to upload the firmimg.d6 it says that the "File upload is in progress" and I'm not confident that it will finish, although the page is still active. It has been running today for 3 hours 20 minutes so far.
I assume that this is significantly longer that one would expect? Is there anywhere I can check progress, or see a log of errors?
Thanks. Josh
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) Service Module is a lightweight optional software application that can be installed on Dell 12G Server or later. The iDRAC Service Module complements iDRAC interfaces – Graphical User Interface (GUI), RACADM CLI and Web Service Management (WSMAN) with additional monitoring data. You can configure the features on the supported operating system depending on the features to be installed and the unique integration needs in a work environment.
The iDRAC Service Module architecture uses IP socket communication and provides additional Server Management data (OS/device driver) to iDRAC and presents one-to-many consoles with access to Systems Management data through OS standard interfaces.
For more information, see the following video tutorials.
Installing iDRAC Service Module on Microsoft Windows OS
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Configuring iDRAC Service Module
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Hi, first off.....what is the difference between all these products?
I am getting an error when trying to log into OMA, I can access the web GUI using https://hostname:1311, but am unsure what to type in for Hostname/IP address and username and password...
Second, DRAC works very well on servers so that is a server is frozen I can still reboot it / shut it down, etc. using DRAC, is there a way to do this for desktops? We have fairly new Optiplex desktops (790, 980, 990, 9010, etc.)
Any other Dell tools that would be useful?
How do I get phone support for these products?
Thanks
Hi,
I have a server that I would like to reuse. However, the original OS was found to have viruses, malware, etc. The server was a complete mess and has been verified as a system that was attacked by hackers.
I want to reuse the server and not through it in the garbage. Therefore, I would like to WIPE the BIOS and all FIRMWARE and replace it using known good media. I don't want to simply load a new OS on this hardware until I take the steps to verify that the BIOS and Firmware of the server is clean.
The Server is a Dell PowerEdge R720.
Can you please let me know the procedure to reload all of the firmware and BIOS? I need to know where to get the FIRMWARE and BIOS and what the procedure is to delete it and load the new trusted BIOS and firmware.
Maybe like an SUU DVD can help?
I have about 50 servers I need to update the SSL certs on. I attempted to open the keystore included with Dell OpenManage to import it and then distribute it to the servers but it seems the keystore passwords are dynamically generated and not accessible. I tried replacing the $KeyStorePass variable with the actual keystore password for a new keystore but that doesn't seem to work either.
Is there any other way to do this without having to touch every single server?
Secondary question, If I have to touch every single server can I import an existing cert that I have both the cert and private key for without having to generate a new CSR from each server?
Hoping someone here can shed some light on my problem.
We have bought a new PowerEdge R520 with 4x 3TB drives. We want to install Windows Server 2012 on the server, ideally creating a single RAID5 virtual disk, with partitions of approx 200GB (open to recommendations here) for the Windows installation (C: drive) and the rest for data (D: drive, approx 7.8TB).
The problem I get is that when I work through the OpenManage System Builder CD/DVD and install Windows Server 2012, it gets to the stage where it asks which disk I want to install to, but it already seems to have split the disk into a 2TB and 6TB partitions (which would lose me 1.8TB on my data disk).
Am I doing something wrong? Can I do what I want to do with a simple straightforward install?
More info:
Using the System Builder I created a single RAID5 virtual drive using all the disk and this shows up correctly at just under 9TB. And nowhere do I manually set any partitions up.
I'm aware I could probably create two virtual disk at the setting up RAID stage - a small virtual disk (of about 200GB) and the rest of the space as a second virtual drive. But I was hoping a single virtual disk with 2 partitions would be more flexible allowing me to use diskpart to re-size if necessary.
I downloaded the latest OpenManage CD/DVD so that I had the option of selecting Windows Server 2012 (though from what I've read I could have just selected Windows Server 2008)
This is the first time I've setup a server with UEFI and I'm not sure if this is part of the issue.