PowerFlex: Error Parsing CSV: The amount of NVDIMMM devices mismatches the amount of its acceleration pools

Summary: When uploading a PowerFlex CSV file with multiple NVDIMM Acceleration Devices assigned with the Acceleration pool defined once. You receive the following error. "Error Parsing CSV: The amount of NVDIMM devices mismatches the amount of its acceleration pools. Please make sure the number of NVDIMM devices matches the number of its acceleration pools." ...

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Instructions

Scenario:  User configures CSV to deploy a PowerFlex cluster using the PowerFlex Gateway/Installer

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User selects configured CSV and clicks "Upload installation CSV"

User receives the following error

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Reason for Error
The error points to a configuration issue with the configuration for the CSV "comma separated value" configuration for the number of acceleration devices compared to the defined Acceleration Pool List.  The CSV file had 3 Acceleration devices defined but only defined the Acceleration Pool once.   For the configuration to validate.  You need a 1 to 1 configuration definition for dax to acceleration pool.

Problem
Example Config that would trigger this error.

NVDIMM Acceleration Device List
/dev/dax0.0,/dev/dax1.0,/dev/dax2.0

NVDIMM Acceleration Pool List
AccPoo101

 

Solution
Configuration that passes validation 

NVDIMM Acceleration Device List
/dev/dax0.0,/dev/dax1.0,/dev/dax2.0

NVDIMM Acceleration Pool List
AccPoo101,AccPoo101,AccPoo101


Validation

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Article Properties
Article Number: 000216219
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 06 Sept 2023
Version:  2
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