Written by I got a great deal on a couple of used Dell PowerConnect 5324 switches on eBay, and wanted to write down the steps I took to set them up how I liked them. Adding it to the List The first thing I did was add the Dell Service Code for each PowerConnect 5324 into my [...]
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“No controllers found” fix: set up Dell OMSA 6.4 32-bit on RHEL / CentOS 5.5 64-bit
This blog post builds on the same workaround explained in my older post about how to install the 32-bit version of Dell OMSA 6.3 on a 64-bit version of RHEL / CentOS 5.5 on a PowerEdge server so you can manage a PERC 4 RAID adapter. Dell’s newer OMSA 6.4 has the same issue that [...]
READ MORE »“No controllers found” fix: set up Dell OMSA 6.3 32-bit on RHEL / CentOS 5.5 64-bit
UPDATE: If you’d like to run the newer OMSA 6.4, please read this updated blog post. If you’d rather install OMSA 6.3, then please continue! If you’re running a 64bit version of RHEL 5.5 or CentOS 5.5 on a slightly older Dell PowerEdge server with a PERC 4 or earlier RAID adapter, then you’re going [...]
READ MORE »How to Configure or Reset a DRAC II Easily with a DOS Boot Disk
With the later DRACs, like the DRAC III or DRAC 4, configuration can be a nightmare. I’ve even written a couple blog posts on the later dracs because of their complexity. You have to install software, manage dependencies, edit repository information, etc. It’s not easy, but it’s managable. But I always prefer easy, so here’s [...]
READ MORE »How to Install Dell OMSA 5.5 on a Dell PowerEdge 2650 with CentOS 5 / RHEL 5
The current (as of this writing) versions of Dell’s OpenManage Server Administration software (OMSA) isn’t backward compatible with older hardware like the Dell PowerEdge 2650. However, if you want to install OMSA on a PE2650, you’re in luck. Using the Dell Linux Repository, you can have OpenManage 5.5 (which is plenty for most purposes) running on [...]
READ MORE »Reset a DRAC III using racadm on a Dell 2650 running RHEL 5.5 / CentOS 5.5
If you’ve ever tried to reset the password on a Dell Remote Access Card III (DRAC3), then you probably already know that trying to manage a DRAC III in a Linux environment can be frustrating – especially since current (as of this writing) versions of Dell’s OpenManage Server Administration software (OMSA) aren’t backward compatible with older [...]
READ MORE »Dell Warning: The current memory configuration is not optimal.
In a cabinet in a top secret location somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve got two Dell PowerEdge 2950s, each with four 2GB DIMMs installed. I purchased four additional 4GB DIMMs to upgrade the memory in both to a total of 16GB, and installed them in the servers last night, so that each server’s DIMM slots [...]
READ MORE »Dual Boot Windows 7 and Fedora 12 Linux with Dell Utility and Recovery Partitions
After successfully setting up a dual boot of Windows 7 (64-bit) and Fedora 12 on my new Dell Studio laptop, I wanted to record some of the tricks that were necessary to get it done. The laptop is a Dell Studio 1737 (why didn’t they call it 1337?) which came pre-installed with Windows Vista Home [...]
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