Reference Guide

Working with the PERC Command Line

Interface Tool

This chapter describes the commands supported by the PERC command line tool (CLI) and their syntax.

CAUTION: The order in which you specify the command options should be the same as that given in the User

Guide examples; otherwise, the command will fail.

CAUTION: Avoid using the PERC CLI in scripts that are frequently polled. Due to the overhead of PERC CLI

basic commands negatively impact performance.

NOTE: The PERC Command Line Interface (CLI) Tool is not case sensitive.

NOTE: The PERC CLI Tool does not support the Snapshot feature.

Topics:

• System commands

• Controller commands

• Drive commands

• Virtual drives commands

• Foreign configurations commands

• BIOS-related commands

• Drive group commands

• BBU commands

• Enclosure commands

• PHY commands

• Logging commands

• PERC CLI command examples

• Snapdump commands

System commands

In the following sections, syntax is read as follows:

Table 1. System commands reference table

Variable Description

all Displays information on all controllers present on the host.

cx Specifies the controller where x is the controller index.

ex The enclosure ID.

.<file extension> Specifies the file required for a particular command.

sx The drive slot ID of the controller.

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