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
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following HBA-related commands:
perccli /call show
perccli /cx download bios file=<filepath>
perccli /cx download file=<filepath>
perccli /cx/ex/sx start locate
perccli /cx/ex/sx stop locate
perccli /cx/pall show
perccli /cx show
perccli /cx show all
perccli /cx show freespace
perccli /cx show sasadd
perccli [verbose] -h| -help| ?
perccli /cx restart
perccli v
perccli /call show
This command shows information on all the controllers present on the host.
Input example:
perccli /call show
perccli /cx download bios file=<filepath>
Use this command to update the BIOS component on all supported controllers.
Input example:
perccli /c1 download bios file=<filepath>
perccli /cx download file=<filepath>
Use this command to flash the firmware with the .rom file to a specified adapter from the provided file location (file path is the
absolute file path).
Input example:
perccli /cx download file=<filepath>
perccli /cx/ex/sx start locate
Use this command to turn on the drive LED flash to locate physical drives.
Input example:
perccli /c1/e10/s12 start locate
perccli /cx/ex/sx stop locate
Use this command to turn off the drive LED flash to locate physical drives.
Input example:
perccli /c1/e10/s12 stop locate
perccli /cx/pall show
This command shows the basic PHY layer information on a specified adapter.
Input example:
perccli /c1/pall show
Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool
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