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
If you delete a virtual drive with a valid MBR without erasing the data and then create a new virtual drive using the same set
of physical drives and the same RAID level as the deleted virtual drive, the old unerased MBR still exists at block0 of the new
virtual drive, which makes it a virtual drive with valid user data. Therefore, you must provide the force option to delete this
newly created virtual drive.
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx/vx|vall del
This command deletes a particular virtual drive or, when the vall option is used, all the virtual drives on the controller are
deleted.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v2 del
NOTE: This command deletes virtual drives. Data located on these drives will no longer be accessible.
perccli /cx/vx|vall del force
This command deletes a virtual drive only after the cache flush is completed. With the force option, the command deletes a
virtual drive without waiting for the cache flush to complete.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v2 del force
NOTE:
This command deletes the virtual drive where the operating system is present. Data located on these drives and the
operating system of the drive will no longer be accessible
Delete non-RAID disks
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following non-RAID disks delete commands:
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx del jbod [force]
perccli /cx[/ex]/sall del jbod [force]
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx-y del jbod [force]
This command deletes a particular non-RAID disk (listed as JBOD drive) or when the sall option is used, all the non-RAID disks
on the controller are deleted. The x stands for a number, list of numbers, range of numbers, or all numbers. The force option
should be used only if the user needs to delete a non-RAID drive with any partition.
Virtual drive show commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following virtual drive show commands:
perccli /cx/vx show
perccli /cx/vx show all
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx/vx show
This command shows the summary of the virtual drive information.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v0 show
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Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool