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
Deleting preserved cache
Syntax
perccli /c0/v1 delete preservedcache
Description
Deletes the available preserved cache.
Result
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = Virtual Drive preserved Cache Data Cleared
Viewing expansion information
Syntax
perccli /c0/v0 show expansion
Description
Displays virtual drive’s expansion information with and without array expansion.
Result
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = None
EXPANSION INFORMATION :
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VD Size OCE NoArrExp WithArrExp Status
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0 1.635 TB N - - -
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VD - Virtual drive | OCE - Online Capacity Expansion | WithArrExp - With Array Expansion
NoArrExp - Without Array Expansion
Example
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = None
EXPANSION INFORMATION :
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VD Size OCE NoArrExp WithArrExp Status
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Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool