Setting up iDRAC from front LCD panel without computer being on.

You are able to set up Dell's iDRAC6 from the front LCD panel without ever turning the computer on from the front LCD panel.

From the home screen you'll see Setup|View
Choose Setup

DRAC|Set Error  and if you hit right once you'll see Set Home
*if you see BMC, you have a system without iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise...sorry
Choose DRAC

After Choosing DRAC, determine if you're using DHCP or Static. Since I'm going with Static
Choose Static
Enter IP address that matches your gateway.  For example, if Gateway(Gtw) is 192.168.1.1, your IP address better start with 192.168.1.xxx.
I've chosen 192.168.1.122
Do this by selecting the character to change, hitting enter so the character blinks, adjust to desired value. Be careful not to set .100. when you are desiring .001., the display always shows 3 digits. When completed scroll right till next option
Enter Subnet(Sun), for a home user 255.255.255.0 works.
When completed scroll right till next option
Enter Gateway(Gtw). for me, i'm using 192.168.1.1
When completed scroll right till next option
Set DNS1.
Change values to 008.008.008.008 if you care, or leave 000.000.000.000
When completed scroll right till next option
Set DNS2
Change values to 008.008.004.004 if you care, or leave 000.000.000.000
*these values are Googles DNS servers
When completed scroll right till next option
You should now be given an option to SAVE
DO SO

Your changes are now in effect but make sure you double check that the values were saved. You can now log into your iDRAC system at whichever IP address you chose.  If you had a problem double check your gateway.

Fixing Error : The event log has overflowed and needs to be cleared.

I recently bought 2 Dell R710 Servers and needed to start testing them to see if they were functional or had issues to be resolved before trying to sell them.  When looking at the bios I confirmed the R710 's had Dual Xeon 5530 's running at 2.4 GHz with 2.66 GHz turbo.  However I didn't see anything mention about hyper-threading within the BIOS.  I remembered an easy way to see how many real cores/HyperThread cores you have is to run the MpMemory test which uses every core to put your RAM through its paces. So I loaded it up, went to custom scan, selected all the short tests, not just the default of 7/8, hit enter and got an error.

The event log has overflowed and needs to be cleared.
No existing memory related problems were found
Test(s) Failed

Here's how I went about fixing it.

Creating a virtual machine (vm) on ESXi 5.5 for Windows Server 2012 (Part 2)

Creating a virtual machine (vm) on ESXi 5.5 for Windows Server 2012 (Part 2)

Provisioning the resources for our VM.

If you were born around the 80s you probably remember playing Oregon Trail where you're going out on your own and need to make sure you bring enough supplies for you to survive.  Those were called your provisions and it's the same thing here.  You need to assign resources for everything your server needs to have to be able to run on its own. Just a reminder on how to get to the VM properties: Right click the vm and goto Edit Settings.  ESXi agrees with me and also puts the most important resource to worry about first.