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
Table 9. Dimmer switch command options
Options Value range Description
dimmerswitch or
ds
on|off Turns the dimmer switch option on or off.
type
1. Unconfigured
2. Hot spare
3. Virtual drive
4. All
Specifies the type of drives that the dimmer
switch feature is applicable. By default, it is
activated for unconfigured drives, hot spare
drives and virtual drives.
defaultldtype
● auto: Logical device power savings are
managed by the firmware.
● none: No power saving policy.
● max: Logical device uses maximum power
savings.
● maxnocache: Logical device does not cache
write to maximize power savings.
Specifies the default logical drive type that is
created by the dimmer switch option; set to none
automatically.
properties
● disableldps: Interval in hours or
time, example: disableldps=hh:mm
interval=hh
● SpinUpEncDrvCnt: Valid enclosure number
(0 to 255).
● SpinUpEncDelay: Valid time in seconds.
● SpinDownTime=30-1440(min)
● Sets the interval or time in which the power
saving policy for the logical drive is turned off.
● Specifies the number of drives in the
enclosure that are spun up.
● Specifies the delay of spin-up groups within
an enclosure in seconds.
● Sets the time of the drive to spin down on no
activity of the drive.
Drive security commands
The PERC Command Line supports the following drive security command:
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx show securitykey keyid
This command shows the key ID of the controller.
Input example:
perccli /c0/s4 show securitykey keyid
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx set security=on
This command sets the security key on JBOD or Non-RAID disks.
Input example:
perccli /c0/e2/s4 set security=on
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx show jbod
This command shows the summary of the non-RAID disks/JBOD drive for specified slot in the controller.
Input example:
perccli /c0/e2/s4 show jbod
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Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool