Dell/PowerEdge R310

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Dell PowerEdge R310

We have these in eqiad, for example fluorine is a R310.

category: low performance misc server as requested in RT:2350

mgmt

racadm subcommands in R310:

 help [subcommand]    -- display usage summary for a subcommand
 arp                  -- display the networking ARP table
 clearasrscreen       -- clear the last ASR (crash) screen
 closessn             -- close a session
 clrraclog            -- clear the RAC log
 clrsel               -- clear the System Event Log (SEL)
 config               -- modify RAC configuration properties
 coredump             -- display the last RAC coredump
 coredumpdelete       -- delete the last RAC coredump
 fwupdate             -- update the RAC firmware
 getconfig            -- display RAC configuration properties
 getniccfg            -- display current network settings
 getraclog            -- display the RAC log
 getractime           -- display the current RAC time
 getsel               -- display records from the System Event Log (SEL)
 getssninfo           -- display session information
 getsvctag            -- display service tag information
 getsysinfo           -- display general RAC and system information
 gettracelog          -- display the RAC diagnostic trace log
 ifconfig             -- display network interface information
 netstat              -- display routing table and network statistics
 ping                 -- send ICMP echo packets on the network
 racdump              -- display RAC diagnostic information
 racreset             -- perform a RAC reset operation
 racresetcfg          -- restore the RAC configuration to factory defaults
 remoteimage          -- make a remote ISO image available to the server
 serveraction         -- perform system power management operations
 setniccfg            -- modify network configuration properties
 sshpkauth            -- manage SSH PK authentication keys on the RAC
 sslcertview          -- view SSL certificate information
 sslcsrgen            -- generate a certificate CSR from the RAC
 testemail            -- test RAC e-mail notifications
 testtrap             -- test RAC SNMP trap notifications
 usercertview         -- view user certificate information
 vflashpartition      -- manage partitions on the vFlash SD card
 vflashsd             -- perform vFlash SD Card initialization
 vmdisconnect         -- disconnect Virtual Media connections

RAID setup

There is "PERC S100 Virtual Disk Management". but that is WINDOWS-ONLY SOFTWARE RAID on the chipset. Don't use it.

Press Control+R during boot to enter.

If you don't get an Ctrl+R option during boot, go to BIOS (hit F2), go to SATA settings and switch from ATA mode to "RAID mode".

After enabling that you need to confirm it TWICE by hitting Y when getting this message:

Warning: Detected mode change from ATA mode to RAID mode on the embedded
         SATA controller.
         Data loss will occur!

Press <Y> to confirm the change, press any other key to cancel.

Now you should get the CTRL+R option to get into PERC management.

In there you need to:

• delete virtual disks
• initialize physical disks (for PERC)
• create virtual disks
• select type RAID 1 (which we typically want)
• select Caching Policy (Read or Read/Write)
• continue Booting

manuals

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R310 Systems Hardware Owner's Manual

Other issues

Dell R310 Advertising Multiple MAC Addresses