ECS: During install or part replacement unable to set the powercycleneed setting
Summary: During installation of the ECS or during part replacement, unable to set the value for powercycleneed.
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Symptoms
On installation the powercycleneed.config was not updated on the nodes to reflect the status.
Unable to set or get the powercycleneed command to set or get a value.
Example:
admin@node3:/opt/emc/sbin> sudo powercycleneed set none admin@node3:/opt/emc/sbin> sudo powercycleneed get
Cause
The powercycleneed.config on the nodes is not set correctly and do not have values in them.
Resolution
Reach out to ECS technical support for assistance referring to this KB.
Affected Products
ECS Appliance Gen 3Products
ECS Appliance, ECS Appliance Gen 3Article Properties
Article Number: 000081442
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 30 Sept 2025
Version: 4
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