Dell PowerEdge Questions


DESKTOP ICONS DOES NOT APPEAR ON CLIENT PCs
Hello IT Pros! Pls help me solve this problem. My Icon do not appear on the client PCs anytime Users log onto the Server(Dell PowerEdge 2600. It happens that you have to manually bring the Icons to the screen anytime the PCs are Booted or Re-booted. This problem persisted and I’v no clue to te [...]

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2010  9:41 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2600 Server, Desktop management
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20 pts.

Cannot access shared drives on a server with virtual server
I have a poweredge small business server with one virtual server on it. However I can not access my shared drives on the virtual server from the host server. But I can access those shared drives from any other place, but not the host server. Please help!!!

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2010  4:37 AM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge Performance, Shared drives, Virtual Server, Virtual Server Administration
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5 pts.

using a poweredge 600sc for a normal web surfing computer
i got a real nice dell poweredge server with windows server 2003 , i got it online but dont want to use it for a server. I just want to use it for web browsing because of its speed. Can i get past the security of a server to stop asking permission for every site [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2009  1:26 AM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 600SC, PowerEdge, PowerEdge servers
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10 pts.

Windows Server 2008 installation
how to installation server 2008 in my dell power edge 1850 server..  

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2009  5:37 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 1850, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Installation
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20 pts.

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.

Answer Question   |  October 20, 2009  1:52 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 2950, Dell PowerEdge Power Requirements
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16,755 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.

Answer Question   |  October 16, 2009  4:56 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 6400, RAID 5, Server configuration
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16,755 pts.

Windows XP Pro on Dell PowerEdge 2950
Does Dell poweredge 2950 support an install of windows xp professional?

Answer Question   |  September 23, 2009  3:24 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 2950, Server operating systems, Windows XP Professional
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16,755 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.

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2009  4:55 AM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 6850, Dual NICs, Dual NICs Routing, Windows Server 2003
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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

Answer Question   |  September 2, 2009  3:19 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2600, Windows Server 2003 SP1
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1,710 pts.

locked out dell poweredge 800
i locked myselfout of windows serveris there a way to get past the password without backup disk

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2012  8:46 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 800, Windows Server Security
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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 [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2009  3:53 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge T100, RAID, RAID 1, RAID configuration, SBS 2003
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16,755 pts.

SQL Express used for SSIS?
Can sqlexpress be used for SSIS

Answer Question   |  August 20, 2009  12:18 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 750, SQL Express, SSIS
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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.

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2012  2:48 PM
Blade servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell servers, HP BladeSystem, HP Servers, IBM BladeCenter H, Server Selection, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Servers
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16,755 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, [...]

Answer Question   |  May 19, 2009  2:15 PM
Active Directory, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2800, Dell PowerEdge SC440, Virtual Disk, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
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10 pts.

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

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  3:36 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 1950, RAID 1, VMware, VMware ESXi 3.5, VMware ESXi error messages, VMware ESXi Installation, VMware on Dell PowerEdge
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16,755 pts.

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?

Answer Question   |  January 27, 2009  3:32 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Moving Virtual Machines, Virtual Machines, Virtualization and hardware, VMware, VMware ESX 3.5
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16,755 pts.

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?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2009  3:28 PM
datastore, Dell PowerEdge, SATA, VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX DataStore
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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 [...]

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2009  3:16 PM
Backup, Backup & recovery, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 4400, Rebuild Disks, Windows 2000 Server
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16,755 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2008  8:32 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 1800, Dell PowerEdge Performance, Server Performance, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Performance
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40 pts.

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

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2008  9:33 AM
Dell PowerEdge, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 7.x, SQL Server import/export, SQL Server migration
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40 pts.