- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Revision history
- PowerFlex Manager CLI
- Logging in to CLI
- Alerts commands
- Alert template commands
- PowerFlex CLI version
- Directory service commands
- Dispatch destination commands
- Dispatch policies commands
- Dispatch sources commands
- Event commands
- File commands
- File DNS server commands
- File FTP server commands
- File interface commands
- File interface route commands
- File NDMP server commands
- File NIS server commands
- File system commands
- File tree quotas commands
- File user quotas commands
- Group commands
- Login banner commands
- NFS export commands
- NFS server commands
- PowerFlex file services commands
- PowerFlex file node protection policy commands
- PowerFlex file nodes snapshot rules commands
- Roles commands
- SMB server commands
- SMB shares commands
- SMTP service commands
- PowerFlex storage node commands
- SupportAssist configuration commands
- Syslogs commands
- User management commands
- PowerFlex SCLI
- SCLI basics
- Acceleration pool commands
- Device commands
- abort_remove_sds_device
- activate_sds_device
- add_sds_device
- clear_sds_device_error
- modify_sds_device_capacity
- query_all_device_latency_meters
- query_device_latency_meters
- query_device_test
- query_sds_device_info
- remove_sds_device
- rename_device
- set_sds_device_external_acceleration_type
- set_sds_device_led
- set_sds_device_media_type
- start_device_test
- set_sds_device_path
- Fault set commands
- General CLI commands
- acknowledge_scanner_error_counters
- add_trusted_ca
- extract_root_ca
- list_trusted_ca
- set_license
- query_license
- query_disconnections
- query_remote_syslog
- query_oscillating_failure_counter_parameters
- remove_trusted_ca
- reset_oscillating_failure_counters
- set_cli_login_banner_acceptance_mode
- set_cli_login_banner_preemptive_acceptance
- set_login_banner
- set_oscillating_failure_counter_parameters
- set_remote_read_only_limit_state
- set_syslog_facility
- start_remote_syslog
- stop_remote_syslog
- test_remote_system_connectivity
- add_network_set
- modify_network_set
- query_network_set
- Protection domain commands
- activate_protection_domain
- add_protection_domain
- disable_fgl_metadata_cache
- enable_fgl_metadata_cache
- inactivate_protection_domain
- query_port_flapping_status
- query_port_flapping_unsupported_components
- query_protection_domain
- remove_protection_domain
- rename_protection_domain
- set_default_fgl_metadata_cache_size
- Remote system commands
- Replication commands
- abort_replication_consistency_group_snapshots_create
- activate_replication_consistency_group
- activate_replication_consistency_group_mappings
- add_replication_consistency_group
- add_replication_pair
- add_replication_peer_system
- add_sdr
- add_sdr_ip
- clear_broken_replication_consistency_group_alerts
- create_replication_consistency_group_snapshots
- enter_sdr_maintenance_mode
- exit_sdr_maintenance_mode
- failover_replication_consistency_group
- failover_test_start_replication_consistency_group
- failover_test_stop_replication_consistency_group
- freeze_apply_replication_consistency_group
- inactivate_replication_consistency_group_mappings
- modify_replication_consistency_group_rpo
- modify_replication_consistency_group_target_volume_access_mode
- modify_replication_peer_system_ip
- modify_replication_peer_system_port
- modify_sdr_ip_role
- modify_sdr_port
- pause_pair_initial_copy
- pause_replication_consistency_group
- print_recreate_replication_consistency_group_script
- query_all_replicated_volumes
- query_all_replication_consistency_groups
- query_all_replication_journal_capacity
- query_all_replication_pairs
- query_all_replication_peer_system
- query_all_sdr
- query_replication_consistency_group
- query_replication_pair
- query_replication_peer_system
- query_replication_peer_system_destination_volume_candidates
- query_replication_peer_system_protection_domains
- query_sdr
- query_sync_now_replication_consistency_group
- query_replication_destination_sdc_candidates
- query_replication_destination_storage_pool_candidates
- remove_replication_consistency_group
- remove_replication_pair
- remove_replication_peer_system
- remove_sdr
- remove_sdr_ip
- rename_replication_consistency_group
- rename_replication_peer_system
- rename_sdr
- resume_pair_initial_copy
- resume_replication_consistency_group
- restore_replication_consistency_group
- reverse_replication_consistency_group
- set_pair_initial_copy_queue_position
- set_replication_consistency_group_consistent
- set_replication_consistency_group_inconsistent
- set_replication_journal_capacity
- set_remote_replication_journal_capacity
- switchover_replication_consistency_group
- sync_now_replication_consistency_group
- terminate_replication_consistency_group
- unfreeze_apply_replication_consistency_group
- Return messages
- SDS device name changed
- Success
- No resources
- Timeout
- Already exists
- Communication error
- Wrong reconfiguration mode
- SDS add device “open” error
- SDS add device I/O error
- SDS add device size problem
- SDS actively attach to this MDM
- SDS already attached to this MDM
- SDS active attach to other MDM
- SDS already attached to other MDM
- SDS not found
- Volume not found
- SDC not found
- Volume already mapped to SDC
- Volume already mapped to all SDCs
- Volume not mapped to SDC
- Volume mapped to all SDCs
- Too many mappings
- Invalid volume ID
- Invalid SDS ID
- Invalid SDC ID
- Host not found
- Duplicate host name
- Address and port in use
- Too many SDSs in Protection Domain
- Too many SDSs
- Too many volumes in protection domain
- Too many volumes
- SDS name in use
- Volume name in use
- Duplicate SDS device name
- Duplicate SDC IP address
- SDS not under removal
- SDS being removed
- Volume mapped
- Use MDM IP address
- Command only in cluster
- Command only in single mode
- Command error when cluster degraded
- Too many devices
- SDS device not found
- License too long
- License error
- Unknown license version
- License not set
- Configuration exceeds new license
- License capacity exceeded
- License expired
- Installation ID mismatch
- Customer ID mismatch
- Unsupported license version
- Volume decrease not supported
- SDS device being removed
- Cannot remove last SDS device
- Device not under removal
- SDS already adding device
- Invalid device ID
- Too many protection domains
- Protection domain name in use
- Protection domain not found
- Protection domain has SDSs
- Not enough SDSs in storage pool
- Remove in progress
- No network test results
- Network test in progress
- SDS device already active
- SDS device wrong test mode
- SDS device wrong test state
- SDS device test in progress
- Volume allocation “busy” error
- Capacity highly unbalanced
- Volume creation failed
- Invalid password
- No permissions
- Too many storage pools in protection domain
- Storage pool already exists
- Storage pool not found
- Storage pool has devices
- Storage pool name already exists
- Invalid storage pool ID
- Protection domain has storage pools
- SDC has mappings
- Too many volumes in V-Tree
- Too many snapshots in V-Tree
- No volume to delete
- Too many devices in storage pool
- Volume not found for consistency group
- Too many IP addresses
- Cannot remove last SDS IP address
- SDS IP address not found
- Volume size too large
- Capacity too low for snapshot
- IP address belongs to other SDS
- Invalid port
- LIA package not installed
- LIA multiple packages installed
- LIA command failed
- LIA invalid password
- LIA operation not permitted
- LIA file is too large
- LIA wrong ID
- LIA disk does not exist
- SDS IP address not found
- Bad threshold value
- Storage pool has volumes
- Protection Domain and Storage Pool mismatch
- SDS IP address already exists
- IP role already set
- Cluster ID mismatch
- Device already exists
- Volume size is illegal
- SDC must be disconnected
- Invalid percentage
- Wrong receive group
- Mismatched SW ID
- Invalid license issuer
- Number of parallel messages is too low
- Number of parallel messages is too high
- Network test size is too high
- Network test length too long
- Network test must limit either time or size
- Not enough SDSs in protection domain for test
- Not allowed in Storage Pool with devices
- License capacity mismatch
- Exceeds system capacity limitations
- SDC mapped to too many volumes
- Not enough devices in storage pool for removal
- Invalid network limits
- A device is currently being removed
- A device is already active
- RAM cache wrong state
- More than one mapping not allowed
- At least one SDS failed
- A device is in incorrect test state
- A device test is in progress
- Enterprise features not enabled
- Volume already mapped to an SDC
- SDS already exists and is being removed
- Invalid spare percentage
- Invalid background device scanner bandwidth limit
- Zero padding with background device scanner data comparison mode
- IP address already assigned to another SDS
- Capacity too low for thin volumes
- Too many Storage Pools in the system
- Remote access to the MDM is blocked
- Cannot add a partitioned device
- Cannot add a mounted device
- Device header mismatch
- Device has user content
- Missing storage device media type
- Invalid media type
- Media type mismatch
- Invalid external acceleration type
- External acceleration type mismatch
- Metadata feature cannot be configured on the acceleration device
- Metadata feature is not enabled on the storage pool
- Metadata feature is already enabled on the storage pool
- Metadata feature is not enabled on the devices
- Metadata is already enabled on devices
- Insufficient capacity for accelerating metadata
- NVMe host and SDC commands
- Understanding the effect of network latency on NVMe over TCP latency counters
- add_sdc
- remove_host
- rename_host
- check_sdc_authentication_status
- generate_sdc_password
- query_all_approved_sdc
- query_host
- query_all_hosts
- query_potential_nvme_hosts
- query_all_sdc
- query_restricted_sdc_mode
- query_sdc
- query_sdc_volume_limits
- reset_sdc_sds_connections
- set_restricted_sdc_mode
- set_sdc_authentication
- set_sdc_volume_limits
- set_approved_sdc_ips
- add_nvme_host
- modify_nvme_host_max_paths
- modify_nvme_host_max_sys_ports
- modify_nvme_host_os_full_type
- set_manual_nvme_host_connectivity
- reset_manual_nvme_host_connectivity
- set_manual_nvme_mapping_connectivity
- reset_manual_nvme_mapping_connectivity
- rebalance_nvme_host_connectivity
- query_nvme_discovery_info
- clear_nvme_reservation
- add_host_group
- assign_host_to_host_group
- query_all_host_groups
- query_host_group
- modify_host_group
- rename_host_group
- remove_host_from_host_group
- remove_host_group
- set_auto_update_sdc_with_mdm_ip_addresses
- restart_connections_to_realign_net_path
- SDC operations
- Add an external SDC to an existing PowerFlex system
- Performing SDC operations
- Update the SDC driver with IP address changes
- Detecting new volumes
- Query volumes using drv_cfg
- Query tgt objects using drv_cfg
- Query GUID using drv_cfg
- Query MDMs using drv_cfg
- Loading a configuration file using drv_cfg
- Adding an MDM using drv_cfg
- Modifying an MDM IP address using drv_cfg
- Permanent device loss state
- Run the SDC driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server with multipath enabled
- SDC authentication
- Manual SDC configuration/verification
- SDS commands
- abort_remove_sds
- add_sds
- add_sds_ip
- disable_sds_rmcache
- enter_maintenance_mode
- exit_maintenance_mode
- enable_sds_rmcache
- enter_protected_maintenance_mode
- exit_protected_maintenance_mode
- modify_sds_ip_role
- modify_sds_port
- query_all_sds
- query_sds_connectivity_status
- query_sds
- query_sds_connectivity_status
- query_sds_network_test_results
- query_sdc_to_sds_disconnections
- remove_sds
- remove_sds_ip
- rename_sds
- set_drl_properties
- set_fgl_metadata_cache_size
- set_sds_network_limits
- set_sds_rmcache_size
- show_certificate
- start_sds_network_test
- update_sds_original_paths
- set_sds_device_path
- SDT commands
- Snapshot commands
- Storage pool commands
- add_storage_pool
- disable_background_device_scanner
- disable_persistent_checksum
- enable_background_device_scanner
- enable_persistent_checksum
- modify_compression_method
- modify_persistent_checksum
- modify_zero_padding_policy
- query_inaccessible_user_address_space
- query_storage_pool
- remove_storage_pool
- rename_storage_pool
- reset_scanner_error_counters
- set_capacity_alerts_threshold
- set_rebalance_mode
- set_rebalance_policy
- set_rebuild_mode
- set_rebuild_policy
- set_rebuild_rebalance_parallelism
- set_rmcache_usage
- set_rmcache_write_handling_mode
- set_storage_pool_external_acceleration_type
- set_storage_pool_media_type
- set_checksum_mode
- set_protected_maintenance_mode_policy
- test_inaccessible_data
- System commands
- abort_upgrade
- add_certificate
- add_standby_mdm
- allow_commands_during_upgrade
- create_mdm_cluster
- finalize_upgrade
- generate_certificate
- generate_mdm_certificate
- generate_mdm_csr_file
- modify_cluster_virtual_ips
- modify_management_ip
- modify_spare_policy
- modify_virtual_ip_interfaces
- query_all
- query_cluster
- query_performance_parameters
- query_properties
- query_remote_read_only_limit_state
- query_system_limits
- query_upgrade
- refresh_mdm_cluster_capabilities
- remove_standby_mdm
- rename_mdm
- rename_system
- query_all_system_networks
- query_system_network
- add_system_network
- rename_system_network
- remove_system_network
- replace_cluster_mdm
- replace_mdm_security_files
- set_component_authentication_properties
- set_management_client_communication
- set_performance_parameters
- start_upgrade
- switch_cluster_mode
- switch_mdm_ownership
- generate_mdm_mno_csr
- replace_mdm_mno_certificate
- query_all_network_sets
- query_network_set
- modify_network_set
- rename_network_set
- remove_network_set
- Volume commands
- add_volume
- clear_scsi2_reservation
- clear_scsi3_reservation
- map_volume_to_host
- unmap_volume_from_host
- modify_volume_capacity
- overwrite_volume_content
- query_all_volumes
- query_volume
- query_volume_sdc_meters
- query_volume_sdt_meters
- remove_volume
- rename_volume
- set_volume_rmcache_usage
- set_volume_mapping_access_mode
- set_volume_access_mode_limit
- query_auto_provisioned_destination_volume_suffix
- modify_auto_provisioned_destination_volume_suffix
- add_snapshot_policy
- add_source_volume_to_snapshot_policy
- align_snapshot_policy_to_current_time
- lock_auto_snapshot
- modify_snapshot_policy
- pause_snapshot_policy
- query_all_snapshot_policies
- query_snapshot_policy
- remove_snapshot_policy
- remove_source_volume_from_snapshot_policy
- rename_snapshot_policy
- resume_snapshot_policy
- unlock_auto_snapshot
- V-Tree commands
Dell PowerFlex Manager 4.6.x CLI Reference Guide
SDC operations
PowerFlex uses different methods to add external SDCs to an existing PowerFlex system, depending on the operation system of the server. For existing SDCs, many operations use the drv_cfg command line, which is a local utility that affects only the client on which the SDC is running.
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