Reference Guide

Virtual drive consistency check commands.......................................................................................................... 40
Background initialization commands........................................................................................................................41
Foreign configurations commands................................................................................................................................ 43
BIOS-related commands..................................................................................................................................................44
OPROM BIOS commands..........................................................................................................................................44
Drive group commands.................................................................................................................................................... 45
Drive group show........................................................................................................................................................ 45
BBU commands................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Enclosure commands........................................................................................................................................................47
PHY commands..................................................................................................................................................................48
Logging commands........................................................................................................................................................... 49
PERC CLI command examples.......................................................................................................................................50
Getting a complete list of CLI commands............................................................................................................. 50
Checking controller availability.................................................................................................................................50
Viewing controllers......................................................................................................................................................50
Viewing free space information................................................................................................................................ 51
Viewing disk1 information...........................................................................................................................................51
Viewing controller, virtual disk, and drivers information....................................................................................52
Checking for preserved cache ................................................................................................................................ 53
Deleting preserved cache .........................................................................................................................................54
Viewing expansion information ............................................................................................................................... 54
Viewing expansion size.............................................................................................................................................. 55
Viewing the foreign configuration........................................................................................................................... 55
Importing the foreign configuration........................................................................................................................56
Viewing BBU information.......................................................................................................................................... 56
Viewing physical drive details for the specified slot in the controller............................................................ 58
Viewing the boot drive for the controller.............................................................................................................. 60
Setting virtual drive as boot drive...........................................................................................................................60
Locating a drive............................................................................................................................................................ 61
Stopping a locate operation.......................................................................................................................................61
Snapdump commands.......................................................................................................................................................61
Chapter 4: Getting help............................................................................................................... 64
Recycling or End-of-Life service information.............................................................................................................64
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag.............................................................................................. 64
Receiving automated support with SupportAssist .................................................................................................. 65
Chapter 5: Documentation resources.......................................................................................... 66
4
Contents