Dell PowerEdge 1750

Installing operating systems on Dell PowerEdge 1750 servers.

Status

- FreeBSD was installed
- BIOS Revision A05 Download

Possibilities

- Able to install Fedora 10 / 11
- Not able to install Fedora 12 / 13 ... (kernel error)
- Not able to install Ubunto
- Windows Server 2003 needs too long (30 % in 3 days)
- Not able to install Windows Server 2008

Solution

- Upgrade BIOS to Revision A11 Download

Everything works!

- No kernel errors
- Able to install several operating systems (Fedora 12/13, Ubuntu ...)

Mac Adresses of our Dell PowerEdge 1750 Servers

ifconfig eth0

1 – at top      == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:F9
2               == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:3C
3               == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:1E
4               == 00:0F:1F:65:EC:B1
5               == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:E4
6               == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:E2
7               == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:50
8               == 00:0B:DB:92:D6:72
9               == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:A0
10 – at bottom  == 00:0B:DB:92:D5:E0