wow, if it wont even go into bios, thats not good. I would try this:either:1. power off system, ssh/putty into the idrac ip and run: racadm racrest (this will reboot the idrac, you wont lose any settings) wait 5 mins, then power up the system. I would be surprised if this resolves it, but its a quick test. OR 2. power off the system, disconnect power, move the nvram_clr jumper on the motherboard (this clears the nvram), reconnect power cords, wait for idrac to spin up, about 4 mins, then power on the system. You should see this message during bootup "Caution! NVRAM_CLR jumper is installed on system board."After the system shows this message, you can power it off (if it starts booting to the OS, power it off)With the system powered off, move the jumper back to where it was, then power up the system again to see if it resolved the boot issue.  Page 136 of the guide shows the location of the jumpers. [URL]#IworkforDell
I have a 2950 for which I created a USB DOS boot disk in order to upgrade the BIOS. I didn't see USB in the boot options, so I selected Virtual Floppy in the BIOS Boot Order, not knowing that option was for the DRAC interface management (?) When the system boots, it goes to RAID initialization, and after recognizing the drives, it sits there. The system is still responsive; num lock button still toggles off and on. If I select any of the F keys, it will show "Entering (Boot Menu, Setup,...), but it never enters those modes. Of course, it doesn't boot to the USB drive. How can I get into this machine's setup or circumvent the RAID initialization in order to get to the BIOS and change the boot order? I've saved the DOS files to a CD and attempted to boot from that, but same thing. The boot order is currently set as follows: 1. Virtual Floppy 2. CD 3. HDD Thanks if you can help.
Dell Poweredge 2950 set to Virtual Floppy won't boot past RAID initialization