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
Table 21. Additional documentation resources for your system (continued)
Task Document Location
For information about installing the
operating system, see the operating system
documentation.
www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals
For information about updating drivers and
firmware, see the Methods to download
firmware and drivers section in this document.
www.dell.com/support/drivers
Managing your system For information about systems management
software offered by Dell, see the Dell
OpenManage Systems Management Overview
Guide.
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
For information about setting up, using,
and troubleshooting OpenManage, see the
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s
Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals >
OpenManage Server Administrator
For information about installing, using, and
troubleshooting Dell OpenManage Enterprise,
see the Dell OpenManage Enterprise User’s
Guide.
https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about installing and using Dell
SupportAssist, see the Dell EMC SupportAssist
Enterprise User’s Guide.
https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools
For information about partner programs
enterprise systems management, see the
OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems
Management documents.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
Working with the Dell
PowerEdge RAID controllers
For information about understanding the
features of the Dell PowerEdge RAID
controllers (PERC), Software RAID controllers,
or BOSS card and deploying the cards, see the
Storage controller documentation.
www.dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals
Understanding event and
error messages
For information about the event and error
messages generated by the system firmware
and agents that monitor system components,
go to qrl.dell.com > Look Up > Error Code,
type the error code, and then click Look it up.
www.dell.com/qrl
Troubleshooting your
system
For information about identifying and
troubleshooting the PowerEdge server issues,
see the Server Troubleshooting Guide.
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
Documentation resources 67