PowerFlex Software

This document highlights minimum, recommended, and latest code versions for Dell Technologies Enterprise and Data Center Infrastructure products. Dell carefully evaluates and monitors code deployment data to ensure that product releases meet our stringent expectations to provide our customers with reliable products and solutions.

This article provides links to documentation for PowerFlex Rack, PowerFlex Appliance, PowerFlex Custom Node, VxFlex Ready Node, PowerFlex Software, PowerFlex for AWS, PowerFlex for Azure and CloudLink.

Use this procedure to recover users' lost passwords for the management VMs.

This article explains troubleshooting and manual installation/removal/configuration of the ESXi SDC.

The PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) upgrade fails when SupportAssist is configured before running the upgrade.

PFMP fails to upgrade the PowerFlex System resource from 3.x to 4.5 (also applicable to other PFMP versions below 4.8).

This article shows the PowerFlex release matrix, and guidance on how to correlate the various packages.

The PowerFlex system reports frequent MDM disconnections. The issue was observed in a PowerFlex Rack 15G cluster in this particular scenario.

How to disable IPv6 in Linux for PowerFlex 4.x MVMs. Do not apply this procedure to non-MVMs.

This article outlines the response from PowerFlex Engineering to the security issues described in VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2026-0006

This article explains the procedure to open a Service Request (SR) using the Dell support page. Get help fast for your Dell device. No more waiting on hold. No more tech headaches. Dell makes it simple to fix problems, schedule repairs, or get support—right from your device or our support website.

How to update the firmware on a G5, G6, and G7 Panduit PDU.

This article introduces how to reset a PDU, a Panduit PDU, a G5 PDU, a G6 PDU, and a G7 PDU.

17G Nodes may not power on during NDU due to a bug linked to a specific firmware version which can be solved by cold reboot

Explore the Dell End of Service Life (EOSL) and End of Life (EOL) list for converged infrastructure, storage, and storage networking products. Access End-of-Life documents for hardware, software, and firmware release and service dates

Many users have CA policies that prohibit IP addresses in the Certificate Subject Alternative Name (SAN) and only Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) are allowed. The lack of IP addresses in the certificate conflicts with PowerFlex Manager logic when it comes to the zipper or yum repositories that we use. PowerFlex 4.8 has a new feature to support stringent rules for certificates. This is a new security mode within package manager. Now, when creating a custom certificate or the Powerflex appliance certificate, the customer can choose between Standard and Stringent modes. The Standard Mode does not require DNS, but includes IPs and FQDNs, and the Stringent mode in which PowerFlex Manager converts the ingress IPS to FQDNs and then builds the repo URLs.

This article explains how to troubleshoot the dial home alert SDC_MULTIPLE_DISCONNECTIONS_FROM_SDS -SIO01.07.0000007

This article explains how to troubleshoot the alert PFX00102.0000207 - The PowerFlex management platform message bus health diagnostic failed.

The article outlines VMware Security Advisory (VMSA) 2025‑0013, which lists four critical ESXi 7.0 8.0 flaws and gives update guidance, needed RCM IC versions and upgrade routes.

Storage Only nodes deployment may fail during LIA installation because ISM package generates an incorrect firewall rule which can be fixed by editing the Malformed firewall rule

Upgrade from version 4.8.0.1 to 5.1.0.2 due to database unclean shutdown which can be fixed using the script attached to this article

After upgrading Powerflex from 5.1.0.1 to a 5.1.0.2 CloudIQ continues to display the pre-upgrade PowerFlex Manager details because supportassist get discoonected which can be fixed by restarting the CloudIQ colelctor pod

During PowerFlex‑orchestrated ESXi patch upgrades, certain ESXi nodes experience root account lockouts and upgrade failures because the thin‑deployer pod caches a root password that is out‑of‑sync with the os_admin_password stored in the PowerFlex PostgreSQL database.

As of June 30, 2024, CentOS 7.9 is end of support, patches are no longer available to update CentOS for new security vulnerabilities. Dell PowerFlex product team provides extended support for select critical or high vulnerabilities through June 2025. Customers are encouraged to move to PowerFlex 4.6 or later and then migrate their systems to SLES as soon as possible.

This knowledge article describes how to set up a Bring Your Own (BYO) Linux PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) for Appliance Deployment with PowerFlex 4.x. This environment is only supported using a Request Process Qualification (RPQ) approval.

This article provides links to PowerFlex software technical documentation.

This article explains step by step how to do an NVMe device replacement and do the RDM config in the SVM to be correctly mapped to the ESXi host

This article explains how to fix RG displayed incorrect switch mapping during the upgrade.

This article point to the step by step the procedure to power off a PowerFlex appliance from the admin guide

The guide outlines PowerFlex Upgrade Team service eligibility, supported PowerFlex 4.5 or later versions, pre‑upgrade checks, file and jump‑box preparation, and licensing considerations for the upgrade.