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 3

Products

ECS Appliance, ECS Appliance Gen 3
Article Properties
Article Number: 000081442
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 30 Sept 2025
Version:  4
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