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
perccli /cx set batterywarning=<on|off>
perccli /cx set bgirate=<value>
perccli /cx set bootwithpinnedcache=<on|off>
perccli /cx set cachebypass=<on|off>
perccli /cx set cacheflushint=<value>
perccli /cx set ccrate=<value>
perccli /cx set coercion=<value>
perccli /cx show cc|consistencycheck=[off|seq|conc][delay=value] [starttime=yyyy/mm/dd
hh] [excludevd=x-y,z]
perccli /cx set copyback=<on|off> type=ctrl|smartssd|smarthdd|all
perccli /cx set eghs [state=<on|off>] [eug=on|off>] [smarter=<on|off>]
perccli /cx show ds(dimmerswitch)=<on|off type=1|2|3|4>
perccli /cx set foreignautoimport=<on|off>
perccli /cx set jbod=<on|off>
perccli /cx set loadbalancemode=<on|off>
perccli /cx set maintainpdfailhistory=<on|off>
perccli /cx set reconrate=<value>
perccli /cx set ncq=<on|off>
perccli /cx set patrolread|pr {=on mode=<auto|manual>}|{off}
perccli /cx set perfmode=<value>
perccli /cx set personality=RAID|HBA|eHBA
perccli /cx set pi[state=<on|off>] [import=<on|off>]
perccli /cx set prcorrectunconfiguredareas=<on|off>
perccli /cx set prrate=<value>
perccli /cx set rebuildrate=<value>
perccli /cx set restorehotspare=<on|off>
perccli /cx set smartpollinterval=<value>
perccli /cx set stoponerror=<on|off>
perccli /cx set usefdeonlyencrypt=<on|off>
perccli /cx set time=<yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss|systemtime>
The following table lists and describes the properties for the show and set commands.
Table 3. Properties for show and set commands
Property name Set command range Description
abortcconerror on|off
Aborts consistency check when it
detects an inconsistency.
activityforlocate on|off
Enables/disables drive activity,
drive activity locates function
for systems without SGPIO/SES
capabilities.
backplane
● 0: Use autodetect logic of backplanes, such as SGPIO and
I2C SEP using GPIO pins.
● 1: Disable autodetect SGPIO.
● 2: Disable I2C SEP autodetect.
● 3: Disable both the autodetects.
Configures enclosure detection on
a non-SES/expander backplane.
expose on|off
Enables device drivers to expose
enclosure devices.
batterywarning on|off
Enables/disables battery warnings.
bgirate
0 to 100 Sets background initialization rate
in percentage.
cacheflushint
0 to 255, default value 4 Sets cache flush interval in
seconds.
ccrate
0 to 100 Sets consistency check rate in
percentage.
coercion
● 0: No coercion
● 1: 128 MB
● 2: 1 GB
Sets drive capacity in coercion
mode.
consistencycheck
See Consistency check. See Consistency check.
10 Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool