Dell 1855 - Qlogic Card

[Mark Watts]

> We've just fitted 2 of our 1855 Dell Blades with Qlogic Fiber Channel
> Daughter Cards (supported and purchased from Dell supplier) and are
> getting the following message when switching the Blade on
>
> Unsupported daughter card detected. This bios only supports only Avocent
> PCIBus extendable cards. Do not use any other daughter card in this
> system. Remove the daughter card and restart the system.
>
> I'm unable to get into the BIOS.. Can anyone assist

How old are these blades? It may be that you need a bios upgrade before you 
can use the daughter cards, although I know that bios A04 should work (we've 
got blades with that revision and those cards).

Mark.

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Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS
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