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
Options:
RW - Access is Read Write
RO - Access is Read Only
Blocked - Access is Blocked
RmvBlkd - Remove Blocked Access
perccli /cx/vx set bootdrive=<on|off>
Sets or unsets a virtual drive as the boot drive.
NOTE: Set bootdrive is applicable only in legacy BIOS mode.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v0 set bootdrive=on
perccli /cx/vx set cbsize=0|1|2 cbmode=0|1|7
This command sets the cache bypass size and cache bypass mode on a virtual drive.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v0 set cbsize=0 cbmode=7
Options:
cbsize:
0 — 64k cache bypass
1 — 128k cache bypass
2 — 256k cache bypass
cbmode:
0 — Enable intelligent mode cache bypass
1 — Enable standard mode cache bypass
7 — Disable cache bypass
perccli /cx/vx set ds=<Default|Auto|None|Max|MaxNoCache>
This command changes the power-saving properties on a virtual drive.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v0 set ds=Default
Options:
Default — Controller default power saving options are applied
Auto — Power savings is managed by firmware
None — Power savings is disabled
Maximum — Maximum power savings options are applied
MaxNoCache — Maximum power savings with no caching of writes are applied
perccli /cx/vx set iopolicy=<cached|direct>
This command sets the I/O policy on a virtual drive to cached I/O or direct I/O.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v0 set iopolicy=cached
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Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool