Recent content by mholland88

There was some firmware recently released on Dell's web site to address eject failures on the tape drives. Listed below are the file names for the latest firmware. DDS4: DDS4_Update.EXE VS80: R62854.EXE

The HP tape drive you have uses 20/40 gig tapes, same as all the other DDS4 tape drives out there. The 20 gig is the only amount guarantied. Anything over that all depends on your setting and your data, some files actually get bigger when compressed. Here is a an article from backup exec that...

Depending on the exact error, there is a patch for the Server Administrator versions 1.2 and 1.21. Without this patch the server will report CPU core Voltage problems, within 7 reboots. Once you run the patch reboot the box and the error will never come back. File name: SAIS470-471BWin.exe...

The Perc 3 could either be Adaptec or AMI/LSI. If you see Ctrl M during post it is an AMI/LSI controller. If you see Ctrl A, it is an Adaptec controller. Depending on if you need the ASPI driver or the OS driver both can be found on the Dell web site. If you need the ASPI drivers download...

I have ran into this exact same error message on a Terminal server box. By luck I stumbled upon a fix. I had to tell IE to re-run the connect to the Internet setup wizard and that fixed it. FYI: The OMCLEAN utility is now posted on the website in the Server Admistrator 1.4 download. Just...

By default the ERA will work in the Bios, but in order for it to do console redirection in the OS, you must have the RAC software installed, with is part of the Server Administrator package. If you do have this already installed, look for a file call racdun.pbk. Double click on the file enter...

I am sure you have solved your issue by now, this is just to let other people know. When you are installing NT 4.0 with any SCSI controller you have to press F6, when you see "Setup is inspecting your hardware" Then load the SCSI driver. In your post you mentioned you have a 50 pin...

You last post make a lot more sense now. It has been a long time since I updated a firmware on the Perc II. I do not remember all the steps it goes through. I have never had it hang at that point during a firmware flash. You used the right firmware, otherwise it would of errored out in the...

Did the firmware update every complete on the Raid Controller? Or did it lock up during the flash? If it locked during the firmware flash the raid card is dead, there is not anyway I know of to recover it. If the raid controller is timing out with a base port error during post, with no hard...

Another option, If you have any of the DOSA (Dell Openmanage Server Assistant)cd, version 6.7 or up, you can boot the server with it and choose System Tools, then Array Manager, then expand the Array tree till you find the raid controller, right click on it and choose recondition. **Warning...

I do not know if you have already found the answer, but try pulling the drives and see if the controller post fine with out the drive. If it does it sound like a hard drive went back and is hanging the bus. You can pull one HD at a time till you find the culpret or move the SCSI cable onto the...

In theory it will work, if your SCSI card can see the drives then normally you are fine. For the termination, the cards at the ends of the PV handle that. For the splitting options, it depends on what type of cards in the PV you have, if they are ESM or SMM, they can either be split bus or...

Check out Dell's Hints and Tips web site, it has all about managing and creating users in AD. Go to http://support.dell.com enter your type of system, or just choose one of the Power Edge line, then choose Solutions, and then Hint and Tips, then under the Windows 2000 section in Windows 2000...

Yes 18 gig drives will work fine on a Perc 2/SC, just make sure your Raid controllers firmware is at the latest 3.13.

Motive is the manufacture of Dell's Resolution Assistant. Resolution Assistant is no longer used in Dell Server Support, but it is used in the other lines of business Desktop and Portables. Here is a link to what it is: http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?DN=1033021