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This article provides links to PowerFlex software documentation.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000307994

This article provides links to PowerFlex rack technical documentation.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000211966

PowerFlex announces that any new or existing PowerFlex rack and appliance systems with active ProSupport contracts, are eligible for remote upgrades through Dell Technologies starting August 04, 2025. These upgrades are in PowerFlex ProSupport contracts.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000353428

Generating a PowerFlex license fails when using the UI's 'Installation ID'.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000200698

This article explains how to reclaim space on the Management Virtual Machine (MVMs).
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000348682

ESXi and Compute Only (CO) upgrades may fail with PowerFlex Manager 3.8.0.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000200466

Using PowerFlex Manager Deployment or Upgrade will fail in Diskless nodes due to the backplane. When performing deployments on diskless Compute Only (CO) nodes, if the backplane shows as non-compliant PFxM attempts to upgrade and it Fails.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000200302

This article explains using the Boot Optimized Storage Solution - S2 (BOSS-S2) configuration utility to import a foreign virtual disk, a feature only when the controller detects a foreign disk.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000249178

The guide explains converting a hard drive to non‑RAID by iDRAC, then claiming it for a PowerFlex Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) cluster and assigning cache or capacity roles.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000248864

When you add an existing resource group, PowerFlex Manager checks to see whether there are any vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VMs on local storage. If it finds any, it puts the resource group in lifecycle mode and lets you migrate the VMs to shared storage.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000248849

The user is checking performance using FIO (also seen with vdbench) and reports high latency during a rebuild.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000244398

This article explain how to fix the restore operation failure when password is not encoded as mentioned in the admin guide
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000464562

The ScaleIO Data Server (SDS) panics at startup, producing stack traces and causing a single‑point‑of‑failure state; a Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) rule set is suspected, on version 3.5.1.1.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000244393

PowerFlex upgrade from 3.6.0.6 to 4.5.2 fails, logs show “Failed to fork wrapper” and “Get Installed Components command was not successful” on nodes, caused by low memory and vCPU resources for SVMs.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000244324

This article details the requirements to use the partial network automation feature in PowerFlex Manager.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000188309

Storage‑Only Resource Group (RG) deployment fails with missing MDM IPs, connection timeouts and ARP errors; the cause is unconfigured port channels required by Partial Network Automation (PNA).
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000244319

Upgrade is blocked because a decommissioned vCenter remains in a compute‑only resource group on PFxM 3.6, preventing PowerFlex Management Platform from complying with the intelligent catalog.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000242480

The Collects Logs feature collects the logs from all the system nodes although only a few were selected.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000242474

The PowerFlex Gateway upgrade operation fails to upgrade the MDM cluster.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000199583

ESXi SDC crashes with PSOD.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000199582

Due to a flaw in the SSD (SSD) firmware, the SSD will no longer respond after approximately 3.2 years of continuous operation.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000199065

Due to changes in the code for the log4j remediation in PowerFlex Manager 3.8.0.8187, backups may fail.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000198214

This article provides instructions on how to check the vm.overcommit_memory and vm.overcommit_ratio settings and how to modify the settings to match best practices.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000198177

Top PowerFlex Software and Hardware Dial Home Alerts; PowerFlex
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000184617

This article explains the step by step procedure to restore PFMP from a backup file
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000464566

Memory errors and CMCI storm entries in logs cause load, SDS stalls and decoupling; a failing Dual In-line memory module (DIMM) triggers interrupts, EDAC CMCI rate exceeds threshold, causing storm.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000197735

PowerFlex 3.x UI is inaccessible, receive a 404 error when trying to open it. PowerFlex 3.x is reachable from the CLI.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000233376

This article explains how to troubleshoot the alert PFX00056.0000001 - The Events and Alerts service is unavailable - NATS is down.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000446689

This article explains how to troubleshoot the alert "PFX00102.0000209 - The ETCD certificate is about to expire."
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000446686

When spare capacity in PowerFlex is smaller than the size of the largest Fault Set, PowerFlex alerts the user. Increasing the spare capacity helps clear this alert.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000223578