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
System show commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following system show commands:
perccli show
perccli show all
perccli show ctrlcount
perccli show help
perccli -v
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli show
This command shows a summary of controller and controller-associated information for the system. The summary includes the
number of controllers, the host name, the operating system information, and the overview of existing configuration.
perccli show all
This command shows the list of controllers and controller-associated information, information about the drives that need
attention, and advanced software options.
perccli show ctrlcount
This command shows the number of controllers detected in the server.
perccli show help
This command shows help for all commands at the server level.
perccli -v
This command shows the version of the PERC Command Line Tool.
Controller commands
Controller commands provide information and perform actions related to the specified controller, such as the /c0 controller.
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the controller commands described in this section.
Show and set controller properties commands
Table 2. Controller commands quick reference table
Commands Value range Description
show <properties>
See Properties for show and set commands. Shows specific controller
properties.
set <properties>
See Properties for show and set commands. Sets controller properties.
show
all: Shows all properties of the virtual drive. freespace:
Shows the freespace in the controller. See Controller show
commands.
Shows physical drive information.
This section provides command information to show and set controller properties.
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Working with the PERC Command Line Interface Tool