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
Locating a drive
Syntax
perccli /c0/e32/s0 start locate
Description
Locates a drive and activates the physical disk activity LED.
Result
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = Start Drive Locate Succeeded
Stopping a locate operation
Syntax
perccli /c0/e32/s0 stop locate
Description
Stops a drive locate operation and deactivates the physical disk activity LED.
Result
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = Stop Drive Locate Succeeded
Snapdump commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following commands for snapdump state, save count, collection, and deletion.
NOTE: The PERC H345 controller can hold a maximum of one snapdump at a time.
perccli /cx show snapdump
perccli /cx set snapdump state=on|off
perccli /cx set snapdump [ savecount=<value> | delayocr=<value> ]
perccli /cx get snapdump [ id=[ all | <value> file=<filename>] ] [norttdump]
perccli /cx delete snapdump force
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx show snapdump
This command shows the snapdump information on the controller.
Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool
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