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#have a windows PC | #have a windows PC | ||
#download the RUFUS | #download the RUFUS | ||
#download the latest BIOS 6.6.0 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER05012843M/1/R710-060600C.exe | |||
#use the window PC, run RUFUS | |||
##select FreeDOS | |||
##Check the 2nd, 3rd and 4th check boxes | |||
##make the bootable disk | |||
#in Dell R710, F11 to boot manual (if UEFI, switch to BIOS) | |||
#Select "Hard Drive C:" | |||
##Select USB | |||
#then it will go to DOS | |||
#run the R710-060600C.exe | |||
#follow the instruction | |||
Revision as of 21:32, 24 June 2022
The archive data server is build upon an relic Dell R710 rack server, which was bought around 2010 and haven't been using for long time. It was a format ANASEN DAQ computer. The server has 8 TB of storage.
Users home directories and data and code of finished experiments will be stored in the server.
Network
IP : 128.186.111.52 Alias : newton.physics.fsu.edu
Spec.
Dell R710 rack server (11th gen, around 2010)
OS : lubuntu 20.04
storage: 5 x 2 TB RAID 5 = 8 TB
Max hard disk size supported : 2 TB
Update BIOS
- prepare an empty USB stick
- have a windows PC
- download the RUFUS
- download the latest BIOS 6.6.0 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER05012843M/1/R710-060600C.exe
- use the window PC, run RUFUS
- select FreeDOS
- Check the 2nd, 3rd and 4th check boxes
- make the bootable disk
- in Dell R710, F11 to boot manual (if UEFI, switch to BIOS)
- Select "Hard Drive C:"
- Select USB
- then it will go to DOS
- run the R710-060600C.exe
- follow the instruction