Hi guys, we did get the Intel i350 cards working. It turned out that BIOS is programmed to inspect the installed components (ram + cpus + hdds + pci cards etc) and calculate the POTENTIAL maximum wattage.... in our case, with all ram slots full, the BIOS calculates that the entire system could POTENTIALLY draw 504watts. This exceeds the smart-psu's rating of 502watts, hence the original error message is "by-design". We removed 4 ram modules.from our 4x r610s... now the Intel cards work just fine.
Hi Guys, Can any one confirm..... Is the R610 (latest firmware) incompatible with the Intel I350-T2 dual Gigabit network adapter. I've purchase an I350-T2 PCI-E card and installed it into one of our R610's.... now during boot-up (just after iDrac IP display) a warning message appears:  Warning: Power required exceeds  PSU Wattage. Check PSU and system config... Warning: Performance degraded. CPU and Memory set to minimum frequencies to meet PSU wattage. The server then reboots automatically with the minimum cpu clock of 1.6ghz  When I take the i350-T2 nic card out, the server boots normally, at the correct CPU clock. Now, I recon the warning about PSU wattage is misleading, The power stats with iDrac report that power consumption is well within PSU limitations.  I'm pretty sure this I350-T2  is InCompatible. Can any one provide the technical reason as to why?  Many Thanks. Alex.
Are R610 and I350 NIC compatible?