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
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx stop locate
This command stops a locate operation and deactivates the drive’s LED.
Input example:
perccli /c0/e56/s1 stop locate
Prepare to remove drives commands
The PERC CLI supports the following commands to prepare the physical drive for removal:
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx spindown
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx spinup
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx spindown
This command spins down an unconfigured drive and prepares it for removal. The drive state is unaffiliated and it is marked
offline.
Input example:
perccli /cx/e34/s4 spindown
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx spinup
This command spins up a spun-down drive and the drive state is unconfigured good.
Input example:
perccli /cx/e34/s4 spinup
Dimmer switch commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following command to change the dimmer switch setting. The dimmer switch is the
power saving policy on the drives.
Change drive power settings commands
perccli /cx set dimmerswitch|ds=<on|off type=1|2|3|4>
This command changes the power-saving properties on a controller for drives. See dimmer switch in the following table for
values.
Input example:
perccli /c0 set ds=on type=1
Below is the list of combination of dimmer switch commands:
perccli /cx set ds=off type=1|2|3|4
perccli /cx set ds=on type=1|2 [properties]
perccli /cx set ds=on type=3|4 defaultldtype=<val> [properties]
perccli /cx set ds [properties]
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