The T310 can be purchased with a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) that is older technology or the IDRAC.  The IDRAC also has different levels of functionality.  You would need the IDRAC Enterprise that is an upgrade add in card in order to get the GUI (Virtual Console) options on the server.  All the devices listed above have the similar options in the BIOS where you can set up an IP, they just have different levels of functionality.    As far as migrating the RAID 1 from the PE 2950.  Depending on the controller you have in the PE 2950, probably a PERC 5.  You can migrate the RAID 1 from the PERC 5 to the PERC 6.  Once you have the drives installed into the R710 (PERC 6/i) you will need to import the drive into the controller thru the controller BIOS.  You can enter the controller BIOS by hitting “Control + R” during the POST of the server.  Once inside the controller BIOS you would want to enter the “Foreign View” tab select and choose to “Import”.  (DO NOT CHOOSE CLEAR) that would wipe the data off both drives. You can replace a failed drive in the mirror with a shelf spare.  It is preferred to have a blank drive to eliminate any surprises.  When you insert the drive into the server it should come up “Foreign”.  You would need to clear the foreign on that drive and then set for rebuild if it does not start rebuilding automatically.  You would also do these tasks in the controller BIOS.   Let us know if you have any further questions or concerns. Dell | Social Outreach Services - Enterprise Please follow [NAME] on Twitter: www.twitter.com/DellProSupport
Hi allz, Today i have found a weird issue like at some cause my T310 server is not booting up (its got powerup). So i want to go through iDRAC to see what is happening to this server but when i put a cross cable in eth0 port (i knew that default iDRAC is set in eth0) and ping 192.168.0.120, its pingable but when put this IP into web broswer to my work station in same subnet IP then is nothing show up in the explorer for accessing web GUI. how can i access this web GUI via my laptop. also i have an old server PE2950 with 2 HDD raid1. in this server this server also not booting up, right now i need those data urgently. I have a R710 server with perc 6/i card. is it possible to import those hard into my R710 server to recover my data. if its not please help me how can i get those data without loosing anything. For mirroring (raid 1) purpose if my HDD1 got faulty,i need to replace the HDD hotswap, I have a spare HDD(not blank) with some data(not so important), is it possible to replace this spare HDD with the faulty HDD, for that if this will work my previous all data will be wiped? Regards, Rajib
Dell iDRAC issue in T310 and RAID 1 issue