PowerEdge 2950 SAS disk capacities

n a RAID-5 and expect to see a 3TB volume in an OS? Cheers, Mark. - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE Senior Systems Engineer, Secure Managed Hosting www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gnu

Re: Memory required for Dell SC1425 1U server?

mentation was written. (Note that you can only have dual-ranked dimms in slots 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B, leaving the last 2 empty, to get 16GB: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/sc1425/en/it/j3350c60.htm#wp1056051) Either way, I believe you need ECC Registered ram, not unbuffered. (Most Dell P

PowerEdge 1950 PCI Errors

a bad Quad-Card, both or neither? Cheers, Mark. - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, IPR Secure Managed Hosting www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: OMSA 6.3 missing PowerEdge 1855's

is in the 6.2 tree, unless I'm mistaking what that directory is for. I admit I haven't actually tried putting 6.3 on an 1855... Mark. - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, IPR Secure Managed Hosting www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key:

OMSA 6.3 missing PowerEdge 1855's

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is there any reason why the 1855 blades are missing from OMSA 6.3 when the 1850's are still there? - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, IPR Secure Managed Hosting www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solution

[OT] Precision 670 CPU Options

wondering how to tell if I can use them. Cheers, Mark. - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, IPR Secure Managed Hosting www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gnu

Re: For you other Linux "recyclers" out there

actually the most reliable of the bunch... and it's nice >> to see they can still serve a purpose. As long as that purpose isn't >> memory or processor intensive. J Still got some 2550's on web-serving duty, and a 350 on DNS server duty. Solid boxes (well maybe not the 35

Re: Mix SAS and SATA on PERC 6i ?

he model numbers of the drives against the manufacturers website? You could try: omreport storage connector controller=0 2950's were sold with 8x2.5" or 6x3.5" hdd bays IIRC. I'm not sure if it reports connectors that aren't in use. Mark. - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE M

Re: perc sas 6/ir not showing up in OMSA

i). >> >> It says "no controllers found" >> >> which is stange as OMSA under the heading of "slots" describes the adaptor >> perfectly > > Try to reinstall srvadmin-storage-populator RPM. > You owe me cookie in case it will work. My vote i

Re: PowerEdge 840 || Adaptec

hese cards (they're also known as CERC cards). Mark. - -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, IPR Secure Managed Hosting www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Re: 1950 full length cards?

www.multitech.com/en_US/PRODUCTS/Families/MultiModemISI/ This isn't going to fit in any Dell 1U server that I know of - I had trouble getting a simple dual-port FC card in a 1950 once... I suspect you'd need to be looking at something closer to the 4U servers Dell sells, where they have

Re: Find which pdisks make up a vdisk with omreport

spares. > > I'm assuming that the controller wouldn't allocate this hot spare to an > array that has disks with different sizes, or is there a command to > allocate it to the specific vdisk0. A 146GB hot-spare can be used in an array made from 146GB *or smaller* disks. The rever

Re: Dell OpenManage

for help > regards > > ___ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Seni

Re: SUU failure on CentOS 5.5

Bleh, missing libstdc++5. Typical! Thanks. On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 11:09 -0400, Shaun Qualheim wrote: > I have. Try running /mnt/bin/Linux/invcol by itself. Does it > complain about anything missing (lockfile maybe?) > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Mark Wa

SUU failure on CentOS 5.5

] exiting SUU application ... Anyone seen this before? -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a

RE: Where did the RAM go ..

tes : Total Installed Capacity Available to the OS Value : 15992 MB 392MB "missing" in this case. Google doesn't turn up much, although I suspect in my case its related to being a 32bit kernel. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Servi

Re: Where did the RAM go ..

50984 > > Swap:16383 92 16291 > > So where did 3GB disappear to ? > > Many thanks, > Is this a 32bit PAE kernel, or x86-64 kernel? I have recollections of 32bit kernels using the space below 4GB for PCI devices. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Seni

RE: PERC S300 on PET110

ler doesn't work with it. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a

RE: PowerEdge 1950 LCD display

; can be delicate. > > Cheers, > > David. > > -Original Message- > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com > [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Mark Watts > Sent: 13 April 2010 14:53 > To: Weilnau, Wayne > Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists &g

RE: PowerEdge 1950 LCD display

o this server should do the same. Any other ideas? I see a little reset(?) switch that looks like it needs a paper clip to use - is that a real system reset or does it do the LCD by any chance? Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com Qin

PowerEdge 1950 LCD display

? Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

OMSA 5.5.0 and SSL

Is there any way to change the SSL Ciphers offered by OMSA? We're being warned about it offering weak ciphers by an audit tool. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GP

Re: CentOS install can't find /dev/sda?

s with no issues (I have 1950's with 5.4 as well). Steve - which PERC card are you using? Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatt

Re: php_warn

> 240 > implicit_flush => On => Off > include_path => .:/usr/local/lib/php => .:/usr/local/lib/php > log_errors => On => On > > any help how to resolve this issue. > Thanks > > ___ > Linux-PowerEdge maili

Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config

Irritatingly, a reboot of the server has made the foreign state "go away". What's annoying is even removing/reinserting the drive didn't clear this, only a reboot did. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com

Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config

On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:47 -0700, Stephen Dowdy wrote: > Mark Watts wrote: > > OK, here's what I have: > > > > - Running system with a single-disk RAID-0 (disk 0:0:0) > > - Spare disk of same model/capacity, from another PERC5 (disk 0:0:1) > > > > I wan

RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config

n the PERC bios to clear any configuration present on the disk - clearing the foreign config on a different PERC doesn't seem to do that in quite the way you expect. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering custo

Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config

w does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with the drive? Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc

clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config

Manufacture Year : 2005 SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1 Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc

RE: Raid expansion on PERC 4/DC

gt; > Jens Perfect, I shall give it a go (after a backup of course!) Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description:

Raid expansion on PERC 4/DC

I currently have a PERC 4/DC with a 3-disk RAID 5 on it. I've got space for 2 extra drives in the chassis - can I add another two drives and expand the array onto them? Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Deliv

Re: support.dell.com out to lunch?

rks a charm. Mark. [1] I've only used it on CentOS/RHEL. To download it, view the driver list for your server and expand the "Systems Management" tab. You're looking for the "Dell Server Updates" ISO, which should have "SUU" in the filename. -- Mark W

RE: PERC 5i RAID Level Migration

On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 17:49 +, Mark Watts wrote: > On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 13:36 +, jens_he...@dell.com wrote: > > Yes it is possible, but only via OMSA. > > > > http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/6.2/en/OMSS/vdmgmt.htm#wp123376

RE: PERC 5i RAID Level Migration

-poweredge-boun...@dell.com > [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Mark Watts > Sent: 19 January 2010 14:29 > To: linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: PERC 5i RAID Level Migration > > > Is it possible to convert a single disk RAID-0 volume into a 2 disk > RAID-1 m

PERC 5i RAID Level Migration

Is it possible to convert a single disk RAID-0 volume into a 2 disk RAID-1 mirror, without data-loss, with a PERC 5i? Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux

Re: PE2950, RHEL5.4 OMSA 6.2 - no go?

I installed, rebooted then did: # yum -y install \ srvadmin-all \ srvadmin-storelib-sysfs \ srvadmin-storelib-libpci Restarting now allows me to get output from "omreport storage controller" Mark. -

RE: OpenManage 6.2 not seeing PERC 5/i on a PowerEdge 1950.

admin-storelib-libpci Restarting now allows me to get output from "omreport storage controller" Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.

Re: OpenManage 6.2 not seeing PERC 5/i on a PowerEdge 1950.

On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 16:05 +, Mark Watts wrote: > I've got a PowerEdge 1950 (CentOS 5.4) with OpenManage 6.2.0 installed > on it. I've used the SUU 6.2 ISO to upgrade all firmware on the box. > Anyone have a clue as to why OpenManage can't see the RAID card? Typica

OpenManage 6.2 not seeing PERC 5/i on a PowerEdge 1950.

=128K] Expansion ROM at fc40 [disabled] [size=32K] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable- Capabilities: [e0] PCI-X non-bridge device Anyone have a clue as to why OpenManage can