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Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System CLI Reference Guide

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Categorical list of commands

The following table helps you find a command within a category of functionally related commands:

NOTE: A command might appear in more than one category.
Table 1. Commands by categoryCategorical list of CLI commands
Category Commands
CLI and users

create user

delete user

exit

help

meta

set cli-parameters

set password

set prompt

set user

show cli-parameters

show sessions

show users

whoami

LDAP and user groups

create user-group

delete user-group

set ldap-parameters

set user-group

show ldap-parameters

show user-groups

whoami

Disks, disk groups, pools, tiers, and spares

abort scrub

add disk-group

add spares

clear disk-metadata

delete pools

dequarantine

erase disk

expand disk-group

remove disk-groups

remove spares

rescan

scrub disk-groups

set disk-group

set pool

show disk-groups

show disks

show pools

show tiers

trust

Full disk encryption

clear fde-keys

set disk

set fde-import-key

set fde-lock-key

set fde-state

show fde-state

Volumes, initiators, hosts, and mapping

create volume

create volume-set

delete initiator-nickname

delete volumes

expand volume

map volume

release volume

set initiator

set volume

show initiators

show maps

show ports

show unwritable-cache

show volume-names

show volume-reservations

show volumes

unmap volume

Volume groups

add volume-group-members

create volume-group

delete volume-groups

remove volume-group-members

set volume-group

show volume-groups

Host groups

add host-group-members

add host-members

create host

create host-group

delete host-groups

delete hosts

remove host-group-members

remove host-members

set host

set host-group

show host-groups

Snapshots, volume copy, and rollback

abort copy

copy volume

create snapshots

delete all-snapshots

delete snapshot

reset snapshot

rollback volume

set snapshot-space

show snapshot-space

show snapshots

show volume-copies

Scheduled tasks

create schedule

create task

delete schedule

delete task

set schedule

set task

show schedules

show tasks

Notifications (alerts and events)

clear alerts

set alert

set email-parameters

set snmp-parameters

set syslog-parameters

show alert-condition-history

show alerts

show email-parameters

show events

show snmp-parameters

show syslog-parameters

test

System configuration and utilities

activate certificate

activate firmware

add ipv6-address

check firmware-upgrade-health

clear cache

clear dns-parameters

create certificate

create certificate-signing-request

create chap-record

delete chap-records

ping

remove certificate

remove ipv6-address

reset dns-management-hostname

reset host-link

restart mc

restart sc

set advanced-settings

set chap-record

set controller-date

set disk-parameters

set dns-management-hostname

set dns-parameters

set enclosure

set host-parameters

set ipv6-network-parameters

set iscsi-parameters

set network-parameters

set ntp-parameters

set protocols

set system

set volume-cache-parameters

show advanced-settings

show audit-log

show cache-parameters

show certificate

show certificates

show chap-records

show configuration

show controller-date

show controllers

show disk-parameters

show dns-management-hostname

show dns-parameters

show enclosures

show expander-status

show fan-modules

show fans

show firmware-bundles

show firmware-update-status

show frus

show inquiry

show ipv6-addresses

show ipv6-network-parameters

show iscsi-parameters

show license

show network-parameters

show ntp-status

show power-supplies

show protocols

show provisioning

show redundancy-mode

show sas-link-health

show sensor-status

show shutdown-status

show system

show system-parameters

show versions

show workload

shutdown

Service utilities

clear events

clear expander-status

restore defaults

set led

show service-tag-info

API specific meta
Remote systems

create remote-system

delete remote-system

remote

set remote-system

show remote-systems

Peer connections and replication

abort replication

clear replication-queue

create peer-connection

create replication-set

delete peer-connection

delete replication-set

query peer-connection

recover replication-set

replicate

resume replication-set

set peer-connection

set replication-set

show peer-connections

show replication-sets

show replication-snapshot-history

suspend replication-set

Statistics

reset all-statistics

reset controller-statistics

reset disk-error-statistics

reset disk-group-statistics

reset disk-statistics

reset host-port-statistics

reset pool-statistics

reset volume-statistics

show controller-statistics

show disk-group-statistics

show disk-statistics

show host-phy-statistics

show host-port-statistics

show pool-statistics

show tier-statistics

show volume-statistics

Metrics

query metrics

show metrics-list

start metrics

stop metrics

SupportAssist

check support-assist-connection

check support-assist-updates

send support-assist-logs

set support-assist

set support-assist-authentication

set support-assist-connection

set support-assist-contact

set support-assist-proxy

show support-assist

show support-assist-contact

show support-assist-telemetry-status

Security

reset ciphers

set ciphers

show ciphers


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