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
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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