PERCCLI in Windows
PERCCLI in WindowsDuration: 00:01:55 (hh:mm:ss)
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Perform the following procedures to install and use PERCCLI in Windows operating systems:
Download the Windows PERCCLI utility from the Dell support site. Select your system, then Drivers & Downloads filtering by category SAS RAID or by using the keyword PERCCLI
Extract the self-extracting downloaded file, and copy the perccli.exe and perccli64.exe files to C:\Windows\System32 directory
From the command prompt, run any of the following example PERCCLI commands:
PERCCLI commands require Administrative rights in Windows operating systems.
perccli, the executable may be perccli or perccli64.
| Command |
Action |
|---|---|
perccli show |
This shows a summary of controller and controller-associated information. The summary includes the number of controllers by index. |
perccli /cx show termlog /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: If the controller index was 0 the command would be "perccli /c0 show termlog" |
Creates the RAID controller log ( |
perccli /cX /eall /sall show all > disks.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: perccli /c0 /eall /sall show all > disks.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log with all information for all slots on the controller |
perccli /cX show eventloginfo > eventloginfo.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: perccli /c0 show eventloginfo > eventloginfo.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log with history of the log files |
Download the Linux PERCCLI utility from the Dell support site. Select your system, then Drivers & Downloads filtering by category SAS RAID or by using the keyword PERCCLI
percli RPM, run rpm -ivh <percli-x.xx-x.noarch.rpm>, or to upgrade the percli RPM, run rpm -Uvh <percli-x.xx-x.noarch.rpm>./opt/MegaRAID/perccli../perccli.From the terminal window, run any of the following example PERCCLI commands:
perccli, the executable may be perccli or perccli64.
| Command |
Action |
|---|---|
./perccli show |
This shows a summary of controller and controller-associated information. The summary includes the number of controllers by index. |
./perccli /cX show termlog /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: If the controller index was 0 the command would be "./perccli /c0 show termlog" |
Creates the RAID controller log ( |
./perccli /cX /eall /sall show all > disks.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: ./perccli /c0 /eall /sall show all > disks.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log with all information for all slots on the controller |
./perccli /cX show eventloginfo > eventloginfo.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: ./perccli /c0 show eventloginfo > eventloginfo.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log with history of the log files |
Download the VMware PERCCLI utility from the Dell support site. Select your system, then Drivers & Downloads filtering by category SAS RAID or by using the keyword PERCCLI
Extract the VMware_PERCCLI_xxxxx_x.x-xxx.xxxx.tar.gz to /vmfs/volume/datastore1 on the host
View the list of installed VIB packages using the following command: esxcli software vib list
Install the VIB package using the command: esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volume/datastore1/vmware-perccli-xxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.vib --no-sig-check where /vmfs/volume/datastore1 is the path detail of the VIB.
You can remove the installed VIB by using the command: esxcli software vib remove -n=vmware-esx-perccli.vib --force
Run perccli by browsing to the following location: cd/opt/lsi/perccli
From the terminal window, run any of the following example PERCCLI commands:
perccli, the executable may be perccli or perccli64.
| Command |
Action |
|---|---|
./perccli show |
This shows a summary of controller and controller-associated information. The summary includes the number of controllers by index. |
./perccli /cX show show termlog logfile=log.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: ./perccli /c0 show termlog logfile=log.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log ( |
./perccli /cX /eall /sall show all > disks.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: ./perccli /c0 /eall /sall show all > disks.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log with all information for all slots on the controller |
./perccli /cX show eventloginfo > eventloginfo.txt /cX specifies the controller where X is the controller index Example: ./perccli /c0 show eventloginfo > eventloginfo.txt |
Creates the RAID controller log with history of the log files |
See your PERC User's Guide or CLI Reference Guide for information about the specific commands that the controller supports. For PERC adapter documentation, go to Storage Adapters and Controllers, select your specific storage controller, and click the Documentation tab and then Manuals and Documents section.
In each manual, command lines are listed by category, for example:
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