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Answer: Monitoring Dell/HP Servers Running ESXi (Free) #answer #it #programming

Answer: Monitoring Dell/HP Servers Running ESXi (Free) #answer #it #programming

Monitoring Dell/HP Servers Running ESXi (Free)

What are you all doing to monitor ESXi servers that run the free edition? With the lack of SNMP support, it seems fairly limited to me. What’d I’d like to be able to do is get some type of alert when a drive or other hardware fails. I’ve seen a few articles on getting OpenManage installed on an ESXi box (to rebuild an array), but it seems to be quite…

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Answer: "power limit notification" clobbering on 12G Dell servers with RHEL6 #answer #fix #programming

Answer: "power limit notification" clobbering on 12G Dell servers with RHEL6 #answer #fix #programming

"power limit notification" clobbering on 12G Dell servers with RHEL6

Server: Poweredge r620 OS: RHEL 6.4 Kernel: 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64

I’m experiencing application alarms in my production environment. Critical CPU hungry processes are being starved of resources and causing a processing backlog. The problem is happening on all the 12th Generation Dell servers (r620s) in a recently deployed…

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How to: How do I unlock Dell T610 case? #it #programming #development

How to: How do I unlock Dell T610 case? #it #programming #development

How do I unlock Dell T610 case?

I’ve just got a Dell PowerEdge T610 server. The case is locked and looks like it needs a flattish key to open. Two circular ended keys came with the server, but they fit the front of the case, not the side.

Is there a trick to it, or did I get the wrong type of key with it?

Answer [by . The key is…

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Resolved: How do I unlock Dell T610 case? #solution #answer #fix

Resolved: How do I unlock Dell T610 case? #solution #answer #fix

How do I unlock Dell T610 case?

I’ve just got a Dell PowerEdge T610 server. The case is locked and looks like it needs a flattish key to open. Two circular ended keys came with the server, but they fit the front of the case, not the side.

Is there a trick to it, or did I get the wrong type of key with it?

Answer [by . The key is…

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Fixed: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator - doesn't display storage devices #solution #development #programming

Fixed: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator – doesn't display storage devices #solution #development #programming

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator – doesn’t display storage devices

I’m running CentOS 5 on a Dell PowerEdge R200. I have installed OpenManage Server Administrator specifically to monitor the HDDs (x2 250GB RAID1) in the machine and alert of any issues or failures.

I have also installed the SAS 5/iR / 6/iR Device driver as the machine has SATA2 HDDs, being an R200.

However, I can’t get the…

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How-to: Should I use bios "Advanced ECC" in Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios with ECC DIMMs? #answer #development #computers

How-to: Should I use bios "Advanced ECC" in Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios with ECC DIMMs? #answer #development #computers

Should I use bios "Advanced ECC" in Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios with ECC DIMMs?

I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 with dual Intel Xeon E5503 CPUs. It has 96GB(12x8GB) of ECC DIMMs. In its BIOS, memory is configured for “Advanced ECC”.

My question is if my DIMMs are already ECC, does it make sense to enable this “Advanced ECC” mode in BIOS or should I switch to “Optimized”?

Dell describes these modes as…

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Resolved: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator - doesn't display storage devices #development #it #dev

Resolved: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator – doesn't display storage devices #development #it #dev

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator – doesn’t display storage devices

I’m running CentOS 5 on a Dell PowerEdge R200. I have installed OpenManage Server Administrator specifically to monitor the HDDs (x2 250GB RAID1) in the machine and alert of any issues or failures.

I have also installed the SAS 5/iR / 6/iR Device driver as the machine has SATA2 HDDs, being an R200.

However, I can’t get the…

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How to: Should I use bios "Advanced ECC" in Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios with ECC DIMMs? #programming #development #fix

How to: Should I use bios "Advanced ECC" in Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios with ECC DIMMs? #programming #development #fix

Should I use bios "Advanced ECC" in Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios with ECC DIMMs?

I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 with dual Intel Xeon E5503 CPUs. It has 96GB(12x8GB) of ECC DIMMs. In its BIOS, memory is configured for “Advanced ECC”.

My question is if my DIMMs are already ECC, does it make sense to enable this “Advanced ECC” mode in BIOS or should I switch to “Optimized”?

Dell describes these modes as…

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