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John Oliver | 1 Mar 2007 01:11
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Re: Remote access for x6xx, x7xx?

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 02:04:40PM -0600, Scott_Purcell <at> Dell.com wrote:
> These servers all used the ERA (Embedded Remote Access) for remote
> management.  It is essentially the same functionality as that provided
> by the DRAC III but integrated on the system board or on a daughter card
> in order not to occupy a PCI slot.  On the 2650, it was a standard
> feature present on all servers.  On the 1650 and the 1750 it was
> optional and enabled with a daughter card.  Your servers may or may not
> have this functionality, depending on how they were ordered.
> 
> The documentation here
> (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/RAC/index.htm)
> should cover all three of these systems.

OK...

Now, I'm looking for mgmtst-racadm-4.5.0-097.i386.rpm or the ISO of the
OM 3.3 CD (some of these systems are still running RH 7.3), and I cannot
find either :-(

But I'm slowly getting closer!

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Ray Van Dolson | 1 Mar 2007 01:26
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Any way to detect server model?

Trying to automate some kickstart decisions.  Is there any reliable way to
determine what type of server platform a particular installation is running
on?  Something visible either through dmesg or /proc, or some other utility?
Something that can be used from a shell script.

I suppose I could have the user pass the server model as an argument when
booting off the boot media and have kickstart read it out of /proc/cmdline,
but I prefer automation if possible.

Or any best practices/procedures you guys use.

Ray

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Thomas_Chenault | 1 Mar 2007 01:31
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RE: Any way to detect server model?

The model name of the server can be found in the output of `dmidecode'
in the `System Information' section.

Thomas

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Subject: Any way to detect server model?

Trying to automate some kickstart decisions.  Is there any reliable way
to
determine what type of server platform a particular installation is
running
on?  Something visible either through dmesg or /proc, or some other
utility?
Something that can be used from a shell script.

I suppose I could have the user pass the server model as an argument
when
booting off the boot media and have kickstart read it out of
/proc/cmdline,
but I prefer automation if possible.

Or any best practices/procedures you guys use.

Ray
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Ray Van Dolson | 1 Mar 2007 01:42
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Re: Any way to detect server model?

Thanks Thomas!  Exactly what I needed.

Ray

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:31:15PM -0600, Thomas_Chenault <at> dell.com wrote:
> The model name of the server can be found in the output of `dmidecode'
> in the `System Information' section.
> 
> 
> Thomas
> 

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Bahadir Kiziltan | 1 Mar 2007 10:17
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Re: PE1850 - CPU error?

Had the same issue on PE6850. Luckily I had an another PE6850 allow me
try and see by swapping CPUs but no luck. Then replaced the mainboard
and it's up and running since.

On 2/27/07, Tom Brown <tom <at> ng23.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 1850 running RHEL4u4 with 2 dual core CPU's - Box just keeled over and
> will now not boot.
>
> DRAC reports this
>
> PROC Machine Chk processor sensor transitioned to non-recoverable
>
> I presume that means CPU b0rked but can anyone confirm?
>
> thanks
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vincent | 1 Mar 2007 10:09

RE: PERC4/DC : Convert single-disk RAID0 to dual-disk RAID1 andpreserve data?


Thanks for your reply.
I'll be trying to obtain OMSA and install it on this server.. Any extra 
information on the 'reconfigure' OMSA cmd?

For the record, here's what I tried from the BIOS and where it failed to 
perform as expected:

* Attempt 1):
- Create a single RAID-1 logical drive from the BIOS, reboot, get into
   MegaRAID BIOS again.
- Force offline the 'second' disk drive, this changes the logical drive to
   'degraded'.
- Force online the 'second' disk drive, and attempt to rebuild it from the
   menu (this failed because the PERC saw that this drive had already been
   seen)

* Attempt 2):
- Create a single RAID-1 logical drive from the BIOS, reboot, get into
   MegaRAID BIOS again.
- Force offline the 'second' disk drive, this changes the logical drive to
   'degraded'.
- Attempt to rebuild it from the
   menu without forcing the second drive 'online'(this failed because the
   PERC said it could only rebuild 'failed' disk drives )

* Attempt 3):
- Create a single RAID-1 logical drive from the BIOS, reboot, get into
   MegaRAID BIOS again.
- Go to the 'reconstruct' menu and select 'second disk drive', launch
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Moritz Schüpp | 1 Mar 2007 11:43

SLES10 - Certification on PE860

Hi,

anyone knows why SLES10 is not Dell certified for the PE860 (but for
PE850 and most other 8th and 9th generation servers) and if it will be
certified some day?

See:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/os_certifications?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~tab=5

Thanks.

Kind regards,
Moritz

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John_Hull | 1 Mar 2007 13:33
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RE: SLES10 - Certification on PE860

The 860 is certified with SLES 10...that site is out of date, Here's a link to a YES bulletin:
http://developer.novell.com/yes/87504.htm 

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Hi,

anyone knows why SLES10 is not Dell certified for the PE860 (but for PE850 and most other 8th and 9th
generation servers) and if it will be certified some day?

See:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/os_certifications?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~tab=5

Thanks.

Kind regards,
Moritz

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Colvin, Joshua | 1 Mar 2007 15:43

RE: Anyone use RHEL4 with Quad core Xeons (PE 1950)?

Thanks Jeremy. I see Intel used RHEL3 u3 in their performance benchmarks for

the quad cores, so I don't have any reason to suspect problems. Thanks for the

info.

 

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Subject: RE: Anyone use RHEL4 with Quad core Xeons (PE 1950)?

 

I have a customer who just moved their Oracle server to this hardware on rhel4u4 64bit, the box is very stable.

I don't have any benchmarks on how it compares to their previous server as far as performance.

 

 

Best Regards,

Jeremy Eder
UNIX Administrator
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631.543.1000 x5334

 

 

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Subject: Anyone use RHEL4 with Quad core Xeons (PE 1950)?

Hi all,

I am wondering if anyone runs RHEL4 64-bit with quad core Xeons in a PE 1950. While

this seems like a higher performing setup than the dual cores, I want to make sure there

aren't problems running these as 64-bit under RHEL4.

Thanks!

Josh

 

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Jeremy Eder | 1 Mar 2007 15:35

RE: Anyone use RHEL4 with Quad core Xeons (PE 1950)?

I have a customer who just moved their Oracle server to this hardware on rhel4u4 64bit, the box is very stable.
I don't have any benchmarks on how it compares to their previous server as far as performance.
 
 

Best Regards,

Jeremy Eder
UNIX Administrator
INVISION.COM
631.543.1000 x5334

 

From: linux-poweredge-bounces <at> dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces <at> dell.com] On Behalf Of Colvin, Joshua
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:09 AM
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Subject: Anyone use RHEL4 with Quad core Xeons (PE 1950)?

Hi all,

I am wondering if anyone runs RHEL4 64-bit with quad core Xeons in a PE 1950. While

this seems like a higher performing setup than the dual cores, I want to make sure there

aren't problems running these as 64-bit under RHEL4.

Thanks!

Josh

 

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