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
BIOS-related commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following BIOS commands:
perccli /cx set bios [state=<on|off>] [Mode=<SOE|PE|IE|SME>] [abs=<on|off>]
[DeviceExposure=<value>]
perccli /cx show bios
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx set bios [state=<on|off>] [Mode=<SOE|PE|IE|SME>]
[abs=<on|off>] [DeviceExposure=<value>]
This commands sets the BIOS controller property to on or orr. The Mode sets the BIOS boot mode.
Only the following combinations are supported:
● perccli /cx set bios state=<on|off>
● perccli /cx set bios Mode-<SOE|PE|IE|SME>
● perccli /cx set bios abs=<on|off>
●
perccli /cx set bios DeviceExposure=<value>
Variable Description
SOE Stop on errors
PE Pause on errors
IE Ignore errors
SME Safe mode on errors
abs Enables|Disables the auto boot select
DeviceExposure Number of devices to be exposed: value range is 0–255
value 0 and 1 Expose all
value 2 255: Actual number of devices to be exposed
Input example:
perccli /c0 set bios abs=on
perccli /cx show bios
This command displays the value of the controller BIOS.
Input example:
perccli /c0 show bios
OPROM BIOS commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following OPROM BIOS commands:
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx set bootdrive=on|off
perccli /cx/vx set bootdrive=on|off
perccli /cx show bootdrive
The detailed description for each command follows.
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Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool