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Can I run a newer Windows Server OS on an old server equipment that is not supported? I want to know because I have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 and I have a full copy of Windows Server 2016 Standard. I want to know if its possible.
- View all supported OS for PowerEdge 2950 drivers. Network - Driver: Intel Intel PCI-E 10Gig and 1Gig Family of Server Adapters, v.12.5.5, A04 - [Detail].
- Apr 17, 2018 - The latest version of Windows Server they support on the 2900 is Windows. This is purely for research only and not part of our enterprise network. Asked for drivers and refused the drivers from the CD (made from downloaded files of Dell). Within 40 minutes (add download time of another 10 minutes).
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Dell's official stance is it isn't supported.http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/4/drivers/supportedos/poweredge-2900
The latest version of Windows Server they support on the 2900 is Windows Server 2012 R2. Change default download manager.
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Yes. It is possible to run Windows 2016 Server OS on older systems like Dell PowerEdge 2900.
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Let me share our research with you. We had installed and tried, successfully, 2016 server DC edition on two older servers, one without the supporting processor (on IBM x3550 7978) for EPT and another with supporting processor (Dell R310) for EPT (as per MS documentation). This is purely for research only and not part of our enterprise network.
How to:
- IBM x3550 type 7978 (Xeon E5345 x 2 (2.53GHz), 32G RAM, 4x146G SAS)
- The processor supports virtualization but doesn't have SLAT / EPT
- Configured RAID, as usual
- Clean install from USB - completed without any issues.
- Configured server roles - HYPER V not supported.
- Windows update - very smooth, ran in back ground for about one hour, wanted to restart multiple times.
- Containers - Configuration, networking and monitoring of Windows 2016 core, IIS and a Nano server - completed smoothly.
- Special note - Did not hang anytime during the installation / configuration. Total time taken is around 5 and half hours.
- Dell R310 (Xeon x3450 x 1 (2.53GHz), 8G RAM, 3x1T +1x2T SATA).
- Configured RAID, as usual.
- Booted from USB – did not detect the hard drives at all.
- Tried the System Configuration (F10). Asked for drivers and refused the drivers from the CD (made from downloaded files of Dell).
- Changed the RAID configuration by setting all disks to non-RAID.
- Did not boot from the USB directly. Had to select HDD-USB from the boot menu (F9). Ignoring all critical messages proceeded with the installation. Did not detect any hard drives.
- In Bios, changed the boot option from RAID to ATA and proceeded with installation from USB. Viola, it had detected all 4 HDDs and recognized them as Primary drives and can’t install on any of them. I had deleted all of them and installed on one of the drives.
- After rebooting, as part of the installation, a message came up saying ‘there was a critical error in the disk configuration. Press F1 to continue, F2 to system setup.’ Proceeded with F1. This was repeated at every reboot, which means you can’t use this server in a data center where the rebooting has to take you to OS level without human intervention.
- I’d removed cables to HDDs, changed FVS jumper from test mode (2-3) to default (1-2), reconnected HDD cables and rebooted. Booted directly to OS without any messages.
- Another pain in the form of Windows updates. 3 updates started, 6% downloading for over 3 hours. Rebooted and found 2 updates already installed and third (KB4013720) failed. Tried for 2 more hours without any result. Setting Windows defender to off also did not help.
- Changed Windows update service in Services from Automatic to Manual and stopped the service. Switched off Windows defender, manually downloaded the updates from catalog.updates.microsoft.com. Started Windows update service and installed updates one by one. Apart from the failed one, there were several more updates all installed within 40 minutes (add download time of another 10 minutes).
- Stopped Windows Update service.
- Added Hyper-V successfully. Checked the functioning of few VMs and found working.
- Time taken – 3 working days completely (1 day only devoted to trouble shooting of Updates)
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Hi all,Hp Ethernet Controller Driver Windows 10
We have to upgrade a client's old Dell 2950 Poweredge, first of all imaging the machine, then swapping out the current 6 SAS disk RAID array for higher capacity disks, then restoring the image to the new array.
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Does anyone have similar experience doing a similar thing with the same server, and can they recommend an imaging utility that is known to work?
Thanks