PowerFlex rack HW

This article provides links to PowerFlex software documentation.

This article provides links to PowerFlex rack technical documentation.

This article describes the basic steps required to collect support data from a Kubernetes-based PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) system and the PFMP installer. Support data is collected using a standalone, single-file utility, pfmp_support. As such, the utility's executable can be copied to and run on the host from which support data is to be collected. Using this utility does not require a functioning PFMP. As such, support data can be collected during PFMP installation or when the PFMP UI is inaccessible.

This section provides the PowerFlex Manager 3.X compatibility details for PowerFlex rack components.

This procedure describes how to add another IP address subnet for use by the MDM cluster. This addresses scenarios where the MDM cluster uses a single network, or when an existing network must be replaced by a different one or to simply add another network (to an already multiple-network cluster). The MDM supports up to eight networks.

The guide explains that devices may show error notifications within PowerFlex version 3.6, typically caused by hardware or communication faults, requiring the errors to be cleared from the UI.

Retrieve the OS device paths in a Linux-based or ESXi based SVM server PowerFlex system with NVMe devices configured.

Retrieve the OS device path for a specific virtual drive (VD) in a Linux-based, Windows, or ESXi running PERCCLI server PowerFlex system with an H730p/H740p controller.

Retrieve the OS device paths in a Linux-based or ESXi based Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) server PowerFlex system with an HBA330 controller.

Configure network throttling to control the flow of traffic over the network.

get_info.sh - collect diagnostic information from a PowerFlex host and pack it into a support bundle

After MDM switchover, SDSs cannot reconnect and MDMs crash.

The SDCs in an Oraas RAC server has constant disconnection issues to the SDSs and MDMs of the VxFlex system.

Upon a new login try (UI/REST/CLI/GW), an old session gets deleted - the client will not get connected. Scenario This will be common in cases that the user is running scripts that require multiple logins, or in cases that the user performs multiple logins but does not implement "logout" and the session remains connected with no purpose until it times out.

When a vMotion clone of a VM guest is submitted, it takes a lot longer than expected. Scenario Due to an environmental configuration issue, there was contention on the vMotion configured NICs that conflicted with iSCSI and VxFlex SDC traffic, causing reduced performance.

Errors are present whenever rebooting the SDC. IO times out from PowerFlex Gateway.

ESXi vmkernel.log is filled with Unit Attention: Power-on Reset occurred errors.

Collecting logs using the Installation Manager (Gateway) times out and fails on SDCs running on ESXi v7.x.

Unable to add dax device to an SDS node.

In PowerFlex Manager 4.0, performing a Linux Compute Only deployment using a SLES 15 SP3 ISO gets stuck during the OS installation phase.

Multiple SDS nodes may intermittently panic with a NO_RESOURCES assertion in spef_SynchronizeExtentDataWithIoCommitPhaseCk during high internal SPEF resource utilization.

New nodes are added to an existing cluster, and frequent disconnects are observed.

Issue Description A client host reports I/O errors when a disconnected SDS reconnects to the system.

PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) crashes after restarting network services using "systemctl restart network."

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.

Generating a PowerFlex license fails when using the UI's 'Installation ID'.

This article explains how to reclaim space on the Management Virtual Machine (MVMs).

ESXi and Compute Only (CO) upgrades may fail with PowerFlex Manager 3.8.0.

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.

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.