Dell EMC PowerFlex Rack Using PowerFlex Manager

Lifecycle mode

Lifecycle mode allows lifecycle management of node components in an unsupported configuration. In lifecycle mode, a service supports health and compliance monitoring, service mode, and non-disruptive upgrade operations. All other service operations are blocked.

Lifecycle mode controls the operations that can be performed for configurations with limited support, including the following:

• No switch configuration
• No switch connectivity
• Unsupported switch
• Invalid server inventory
• Missing network settings
• Unsupported server configurations
• Unsupported NIC or NIC teaming policies
• Network configuration without a PXE VLAN setting
• PowerFlex MDM cluster without virtual IP addresses
• VMware vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) virtual machines on local storage

PowerFlex Manager also puts a service in lifecycle mode if you select a minimal compliance version that includes firmware only for the service and/or the VMware NSX-T service is configured.