PowerFlex: 3.0.1 Unable to add new SDC in the PowerFlex Cluster. New SDC does not show up in Frontend tab.

Trying to add a new SDC

Unable to add new SDC in the PowerFlex Cluster. New SDC does not show up in Frontend tab.

We ran the command :-
esxcli system module parameters set -m scini -p "IoctlIniGuidStr=GUID_GOES_HERE IoctlMdmIPStr=MDM IP Addresses"

However after running the command the new SDC did not show up in the Frontend Tab in the GUI
Also running the command "scli --query_all_sdc" does not list the newly added SDC in the output.

1. Verify that the MDM IP addresses used in the above command were pingable.
2. Also tried using Virtual IPs as well as data IPs of all three MDMs.

Issue seen in AMS environment. Can be seen in non-AMS as well.

scli --query_all command output showed that the MDM restricted SDC mode was enabled and "approve IPs" option was selected. This is an additional security feature.

Run an additional command which is not documented in the procedure in the AMS deployment guide.

scli --add_sdc --sdc_guid <SDC GUID> --mdm_port 6611

Once the SDC is added using the above command, you will see a new entry with N/A under the Frontend tab


Right click on N/A, Click on Settings, Click on Configure Approved IP Addresses.
Enter the SDC IPs that you want the IOs to flow through.
Once the IPs are entered, you will see the Entry with all the IPs you had entered and it will show as connected (green check).