Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller Command Line Interface Reference Guide
- Contents
- Overview
- Accessing the command prompt
- Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool
- System commands
- Controller commands
- Drive commands
- Virtual drives commands
- Add virtual drives commands
- Delete virtual drives commands
- Delete non-RAID disks
- Virtual drive show commands
- Preserved cache commands
- Change virtual drive properties commands
- Virtual drive initialization commands
- Virtual drive erase commands
- Virtual drive migration commands
- Virtual drive consistency check commands
- Background initialization commands
- Foreign configurations commands
- BIOS-related commands
- Drive group commands
- BBU commands
- Enclosure commands
- PHY commands
- Logging commands
- PERC CLI command examples
- Getting a complete list of CLI commands
- Checking controller availability
- Viewing controllers
- Viewing free space information
- Viewing disk1 information
- Viewing controller, virtual disk, and drivers information
- Checking for preserved cache
- Deleting preserved cache
- Viewing expansion information
- Viewing expansion size
- Viewing the foreign configuration
- Importing the foreign configuration
- Viewing BBU information
- Viewing physical drive details for the specified slot in the controller
- Viewing the boot drive for the controller
- Setting virtual drive as boot drive
- Locating a drive
- Stopping a locate operation
- Snapdump commands
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Drive commands
This section describes the drive commands, which provide information and perform actions related to physical drives. The
following table describes frequently used virtual drive commands:
Table 8. Physical drives commands quick reference table
Commands Value range Description
set
● missing: Sets the drive status as missing.
● good: Sets the drive status to unconfigured good.
● offline: Sets the drive status to offline.
● online: Sets the drive status to online.
Sets physical drive properties.
show
all: shows all properties of the physical drive. See Drive
show commands.
Shows virtual drive information.
Drive show commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following drive show commands:
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx show
perccli /cx[/eall]/sall show
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx|sall show all
perccli /cx[/ex]/sall show jbod
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx show jbod
NOTE:
If enclosures are used to connect physical drives to the controller, specify the enclosure ID in the command. If no
enclosures are used, you must specify the controller ID and slot ID.
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx show
This command shows the summary of the physical drive for a specified slot in the controller.
Input example:
perccli /c0/e0/s4,5 show
perccli /cx[/eall]/sall show
This command shows the summary information for all the enclosures and physical drives connected to the controller.
Input example:
perccli /c0/eall/sall show
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx|sall show all
This command shows all information of a physical drive for the specified slot in the controller. If you use the all option, the
command shows information for all slots on the controller. x stands for a number, a list of numbers, a range of numbers, or all
numbers.
Input examples:
perccli /c0/e3/s0-3 show all
perccli /c0/e35/sall show all
NOTE: The perccli /cx/sx show all command shows tape drives information.
Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool 21