Weirdness with Dell T110 II Server

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Post #402,157 by Andrew Grygus 5/29/15 2:12:50 PM Reply	Weirdness with Dell T110 II Server If the computer has two bootable SATA drives, even if they are not the same brand, and regardless of BIOS boot priority, which one the server boots on is entirely random, and not necessarily the same from one boot to the next. Dell tech support was not able to explain or fis this problem.
Post #402,159 by boxley 5/29/15 2:19:20 PM Reply	two controllers? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
Post #402,165 by Andrew Grygus 5/29/15 2:44:36 PM Reply	SATA0 and SATA1, on the same controller.
Post #402,181 by boxley 5/29/15 6:44:27 PM Reply	does sata need termination like scsi? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
Post #402,186 by Andrew Grygus 5/29/15 10:10:30 PM 5/29/15 10:12:11 PM Reply	No There can be only one device on a cable, so all devices provide termination. Edited by Andrew Grygus May 29, 2015, 10:12:11 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #402,163 by a6l6e6x 5/29/15 2:35:27 PM Reply	Have you seen this Russian site? Link: Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager. Any chance that the motherboard battery that powers the NVRAM needs replacing? It would let the NVRAM forget stuff. I am assuming that this is a still current design practice. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #402,164 by Andrew Grygus 5/29/15 2:43:59 PM Reply	Thanks, I forwarded that link to the VAR setting up that system. I'll let you know if he says it helped any.
Post #402,180 by Andrew Grygus 5/29/15 6:11:23 PM Reply	Well, he said he went over all that for hours . . . . . with Dell tech support. Tech support has written it up and submitted it as a bug.
Post #402,187 by Another Scott 5/29/15 11:27:41 PM Reply	This brute-force approach may be worth trying. http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1781407/change-boot-order-internal-hard-drives-computer.html#11435505 HTH a little. Good luck! Cheers, Scott.

Weirdness with Dell T110 II Server - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - May 29, 2015, 02:12:50 PM EDT

two controllers? -NT - (boxley) - (3) - May 29, 2015, 02:19:20 PM EDT

SATA0 and SATA1, on the same controller. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - May 29, 2015, 02:44:36 PM EDT

does sata need termination like scsi? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - May 29, 2015, 06:44:27 PM EDT

No - (Andrew Grygus) - May 29, 2015, 10:12:11 PM EDT

Have you seen this Russian site? - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - May 29, 2015, 02:35:27 PM EDT

Thanks, I forwarded that link to the VAR setting up that system. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - May 29, 2015, 02:43:59 PM EDT

Well, he said he went over all that for hours . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 29, 2015, 06:11:23 PM EDT

This brute-force approach may be worth trying. - (Another Scott) - May 29, 2015, 11:27:41 PM EDT

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