Category: Dell PowerEdge
Dell PowerEdge R330, Dell PERC H730 Adapter, L2/L3 Cache error was detected on the RAID controller
The Dell PERC H730 Adapter, a 12 Gbit/s SAS controller, in a Dell PowerEdge R330 server, complained about “L2/L3 Cache error was detected on the RAID controller.” This server was using BIOS 2.16.0 in UEFI mode and the SAS controller ran firmware version 25.5.0.0018. Entering X to accept the current predicament went nowhere and nothing else […]
Read More → Dell PowerEdge R330, Dell PERC H730 Adapter, L2/L3 Cache error was detected on the RAID controllerAlert! iDRAC not responding, rebooting
I reviewed some used Dell PowerEdge R720. Yes, they’re EoL, a long time ago, but they are some really good workhorses.
Read More → Alert! iDRAC not responding, rebootingDell PowerEdge R320, JBOD, mfi(4), and gpart(8)
One of the old webservers at work, a Dell PowerEdge R200, crashed a couple of weeks ago. I suspect the six year old motherboard finally gave up.
Read More → Dell PowerEdge R320, JBOD, mfi(4), and gpart(8)FreeBSD/i386, stable/10, OpenSSL from ports, optimized assembly code, Dell PowerEdge 1950, Xeon X5450@3.00GHz, and BIOS 2.5.0
The strange combination of FreeBSD/i386, stable/10, OpenSSL from ports, optimized assembly code, Dell PowerEdge 1950, Intel Xeon X5450@3.00GHz, and BIOS 2.5.0, resulted in core dumps for all applications linked with OpenSSL from ports.
Read More → FreeBSD/i386, stable/10, OpenSSL from ports, optimized assembly code, Dell PowerEdge 1950, Xeon X5450@3.00GHz, and BIOS 2.5.0