Clearing Dell Logs
Ran into a reoccurring issue with Dell servers showing amber lights on the systems. When using Dell Server Administrator to research the errors it was found the Hardware logs were full. The only way we...
View ArticleEnable Virtualization on Dell Optiplex 755 to run Oracle VirtualBox 4
Recently I ran into an issue when working on creating a test cluster environment for Windows 2008 R2 with Oracle VirtualBox running on Fedora 16 64 bit on a Dell Optiplex 755. The issue was VirtualBox...
View ArticleUsing Dell SUU on RHEL 64 Bit
Part of many systems admins jobs is to update firmware and drivers on the servers. This is needed to keep systems stable and avoid nasty crashes and OS incompatibilities. The best time is when you...
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Using Dell racadm on RedHat / CentOS
Recently have had the pleasure of using part of the the Dell Server Administrator tools to manage their hardware on RHEL 5 and 6 servers. The servers had been built and shipped out but the DRAC’s were...
View ArticleHow to Restore Dell XPS 420 and Dell XPS 1530 to Factory
Recently ran in an issue where spyware and viruses was all a system could take and it was time to restore the system back to factory and start again. This post describes how to restore back to the Dell...
View ArticleHow To Retrieve System Information using dmidecode on Linux
You it is nice to be able to find out details about your system and Windows users have the nice GUI programs supplied by many of the manufacturers that allow them point and click access. Well, with...
View ArticleHow To Update Dell Firmware on Fedora 20
After a recent build on a Dell Laptop to Fedora 20 I found the need to update the BIOS on the laptop. With Windows this is a simple solution of downloading and installing. With Linux it is a bit more...
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How To Create a Bootable Disk to Update BIOS and Firmware Using Dell...
Recently came upon an issue during upgrading ESXi that required updated firmware and bios on Dell hardware. This posed a problem as ESXi was set to boot fron USB and there was no operating system...
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Removing Ubuntu and Installing Windows 10 on Dell Inspiron 15 3551
Found a great deal on a Dell Inspiron 15 3551 and forgot to look at the OS installed on it. After turning on and seeing and Ubuntu sticker on it I knew. For me not an issue, but for the customer this...
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