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Dell PowerEdge 2950 power requirements

Can anyone point me to the power usage of a dell poweredge 2950? i have 25 that i plan on installing and want to make sure i dont overload the power supply. I have read that each server averages 750w but i know this can vary. Software/Hardware used: Dell poweredge 2950

asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Dell PowerEdge 6400 alarm settings

My dell poweredge 6400 had a drive fail in raid 5 config. How do i disable the alarm that goes off when this happens. Software/Hardware used: Dell PowerEdge 6400

Answer Question   |  Oct 16 2009  4:56 PM GMT
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 6400, RAID 5
asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Windows XP Pro on Dell PowerEdge 2950

Does Dell poweredge 2950 support an install of windows xp professional? Software/Hardware used: Dell Poweredge 2950, windows xp pro

asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Routing between two nics on the same server connected to different networks

I have a need to route traffic from 172.16.32.0 network to 159.60.51.84 network.  I can't seem to access a website from the 159 network from the 172 network. static routing doesn't work for me. Any help would be great. Software/Hardware used: Dell power edge 6850 and Windows 2003 standard

View Answer   |  Sep 6 2009  4:55 AM GMT
Dual NICs Routing, Dual NICs, Windows Server 2003
asked by Lzamora

  5 pts.

Dell Poweredge server 2600 orage flashing light

using a dell poweredge 2600 running windows server 2003 and recently the light in front that is normally blue is flashing orage. Any ideas what it means? Thanks Software/Hardware used: Dell poweredge 2600, windows server 2003

asked by JimmyIT

  1260 pts.

locked out dell poweredge 800

i locked myselfout of windows serveris there a way to get past the password without backup disk

asked by Solow1

  10 pts.

Dell Poweredge T100 RAID 1 setup

I have a new Poweredge T100  It is running SBS 2003 R2. It is supposed to be set up for RAID 1. In MyComputer, I can only see the OS Dive (C:) and DATAPART (D:). I see no indication of RAID or mirrored drives. How can I tell if the RAID 1 is set up correctly. At this point I see no indication of...

View Answer   |  Aug 26 2009  3:53 PM GMT
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge T100, SBS 2003
asked by ITKE

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SQL Express used for SSIS?

Can sqlexpress be used for SSIS Software/Hardware used: DELL 750 Poweredge server

View Answer   |  Aug 17 2009  12:18 AM GMT
SQL Express, SSIS, Dell PowerEdge 750
asked by Lianv

  10 pts.

Blade servers for a small business?

Anyone have any good advice or servers they have used in a small business environment. Looking at Dell, HP, Sun and maybe IBM. Not looking to break the bank. Any guidance is appreciated.

View Answer   |  May 29 2009  2:48 PM GMT
Blade servers, Dell servers, HP Servers
asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Problem with Server (Win 2003 Std Edition) demotion.

Hi, I use a Dell Poweredge SC440 as the server in my office. It runs Win 2003 Server Standard Edition as the OS. Recently, we bought a new server dell poweredge 2800 which we are now using. my problem is this: I wanted to demote the SC440 so it can be used as a workstation, but the active directory...

View Answer   |  May 15 2009  2:15 PM GMT
Active Directory, Virtual Disk, Windows Server 2003
asked by Coolruler

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VMware ESXi install error on Dell PowerEdge 1950

trying to install ESXi on a Poweredge 1950, with a 2 drive RAID 1, PERC 5i controller configuration, but when the ESXi image boots I get the following error: 'Unable to find a supported device to write the ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to' Can anyone help User submitted question

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2009  3:36 PM GMT
VMware ESXi Installation, VMware, Dell Poweredge 1950
asked by ITKE

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Moving Virtual Machines off and on server - VMware ESX 3.5

I have 3 virtual machines on 1 Dell Poweredge server that is running VMware ESX 3.5. I want to increase the storage space on this server so is it possible to move the VM's off this server while i make the changes and reinstall ESX and add the VM's back?

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2009  3:32 PM GMT
VMware ESX 3.5, VMware, Virtual Machines
asked by ITKE

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VMware ESX 3.5 not able to create a new datastore

I am trying to create a new virtual machine on the VMware ESX 3.5 server. The server is a Dell Poweredge with a 1TB SATA disk. I am not able to open the datastore screen and create a new datastore. Any advice?

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2009  3:28 PM GMT
VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, datastore
asked by ITKE

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Disk failed in RAID 5 Dell Poweredge 4400 can i create new container

I have a server Dell Poweredge 4400. Windows 2000 server running a RAID 5 with 4 disks. One of the disks has failed due to a container being deleted. If I create a new container and put the remaining 3 drives in it will I lose the data on them? Any suggestions for a proper recovery/rebuild?

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2009  3:16 PM GMT
Backup, Dell PowerEdge 4400, Dell PowerEdge
asked by ITKE

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Something is slowing down my server Dell PowerEdge 1800

Almost every day something starts running on the server and performance slowly grinds to a stop causing me to have to reboot. I look at the processes and the only ones showing up are store.exe and system. There are no Events in the Event Viewer to shed some light as to what is hanging up the...

View Answer   |  Oct 21 2008  8:32 PM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Server Performance, Dell PowerEdge
asked by TNangler

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Transferring SQL 7 DB to SQL 2005 DB

Hi to all, I have a Dell PowerEdge server having an SQL 7 DB on it and I want to transfer these DB to the new IBM Server having an SQL 2005 Server Standard Edition. I am not experienced enough to database administration. Can someone guide me thru this pls. Thanks, Bert

View Answer   |  Oct 9 2008  9:33 AM GMT
SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 7.x, SQL Server migration
asked by Bertski

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Backups to disk across GB ethernet - what's your speed limit?

We don't have a SAN yet. We're trying to improve backup and disaster recovery time windows so we have been testing backups to disk using the following: Windows 2003 Server Dell PowerEdge server 2GB RAM 2xXeon P4's Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 (backup file size set to 1GB each) SATA hardware RAID...

View Answer   |  Nov 5 2004  3:20 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Windows Server 2003, RAID
asked by CanesThing

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