Dell PowerFlex Manager 4.6.x CLI Reference Guide

Syntax

cli --start_device_test ((--device_id <ID> | ((--sds_id <ID> | --sds_name <NAME> | --sds_ip <IP> [--sds_port <PORT>]) (--device_name <NAME> | --device_path <PATH>))) | (--sds_id <ID> | --sds_name <NAME> | --sds_ip <IP> [--sds_port <PORT>]) | (((--protection_domain_id <ID> | --protection_domain_name <NAME>) --storage_pool_name <NAME>) |--storage_pool_id <ID>)) | (((--protection_domain_id <ID> | --protection_domain_name <NAME>) --acceleration_pool_name <NAME>) | --acceleration_pool_id <ID>)) (Options) (Control) 
  [--i_am_sure]

Parameters

--device_id <ID>

Device ID

--sds_id <ID>

SDS ID

--sds_name <NAME>

SDS name

--sds_ip <IP>

IP address associated with the SDS

--sds_port <PORT>

Port associated with the SDS

--device_name <NAME>

SDS storage device name or file

--device_path <PATH>

SDS storage device path or file path

--protection_domain_id <ID>

Protection domain ID

--protection_domain_name <NAME>

Protection domain name

--storage_pool_name <NAME>

Storage pool name

--storage_pool_id <ID>

Storage pool ID

--acceleration_pool_name <NAME>

Acceleration pool name

--acceleration_pool_id <ID>

Acceleration pool ID

--i_am_sure

Skip the safety questions for command execution. (For example: “This could damage the stored data. Are you sure?”)

Options

Choose several:

--io_type_write

Use write I/O type (default is read). If the storage device is in use, only read testing can be performed.

--io_pattern_squential

Use sequential I/O pattern (default is random).

--io_size_kb <SIZE>

The read or write I/O size in KB. Range is 4-512 KB. Default: 8 KB.

Control

Choose several:

--test_time <TIME>

Maximum test run time in seconds. If not specified, the test will be limited by I/O size only.

--io_total_size_mb <SIZE>

The total size of the test reads or writes in MB. Range is 1-32768 MB, which specifies the total I/O size in MB. Default: 128 MB

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Use defaults