PowerFlex custom node

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.

Information about customer replaceable unit (CRU) videos for Dell Technologies VxFlex Ready node products

PowerFlex Manager: RKE2 upgrade fails repeatedly due to "405 Not Allowed" error while creating the upgrade payload During the PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) upgrade, the process fails repeatedly, looping at the point of creating the upgrade payload folder in the http-share. The failure occurs with an HTTP 405 Not Allowed error.

This article describes a cause for hostd service on ESXi to be non-responsive, and cause the server to become unresponsive to management operations from vCenter. The particular scenarios where this happens is when NFC operations such as backup or replication jobs are performed on disks with an IO filter attached.

This article explains how to perform the WSFC conversion at a high-level. It also covers converting an Oracle RAC environment from RDMs to shared VMDKs on NVMe/TCP, even though Oracle RAC does not require SCSI3‑PR. Oracle RAC can run on an SDC‑based VMFS datastore, but because PowerFlex does not support Clustered VMDK on SDC‑based VMFS, SCSI3‑PR‑dependent applications cannot use that configuration. Oracle RAC explanations are also high-level.

This article explains an issue where the keycloak-0 pod reports a health check failure due to database connectivity problems caused by an incorrect DNS configuration. This issue impacts authentication services managed by keycloak

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.

SupportAssist stops sending CloudIQ alerts; Network loss between SupportAssist and Secure Remote Services causes it.

iDRAC SNMP or syslog target, or both should point to the snmp load balancer IP on the out of band network. In certain scenarios, the OOB SNMP load balancer IP is missing from the config.

This article describes the basic steps required to collect support data from a Kubernetes-based PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) system and the PFMP installer.

PowerFlex Manager generates a 2-year default self-signed SSL certificate when it is deployed. You can replace this default SSL certificate by generating a CSR, having it signed by a trusted certificate authority and uploading the signed certificate to PowerFlex Manager. If you are not using a trusted certificate authority and must renew the default self-signed SSL certificate, then you can use the following instructions.

The user Cannot log in to scli after changing the PFxM SSL certificate. After changing the self-signed SSL certificate to a custom-signed SSL certificate, logging in to scli no longer works.

The PowerFlex gateway Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate expires every 90 days. This affects the Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for PowerFlex deployments that use this certificate.

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

Unable to apply PowerFlex license, receive error code ASMCOMMONS.0070.

PowerFlex Manager 4.x may show false alerts—CONFIGURED_SPARE_CAPACITY_SMALLER_THAN_LARGEST_FAULT_UNIT, STORAGE_POOL_UNBALANCED, NOT_ENOUGH_FAULT_UNITS_IN_SP due to a known software issue pending fix.

SDC is failing to start scini service with insmod error: "could not insert module ../scini.ko: Required key not available." UEFI Secure Boot is enabled or the kernel parameter module.sig_enforce is set on the SDC host. This configuration is not supported for PowerFlex deployment.

Scli login fails with "Error: Failed to connect to MDM 127.0.0.1:8611" Scenario

This article explains the procedure to perform a clean Shut Down or Startup of a PowerFlex system running in ESXi or Two Tier Environment.

This article contains the initial steps to take on all PowerFlex performance-based issues when observing performance degradation, low Input Output Operations Per Second (IOPs), low MB per sec, or high latency.

Applying for a license from PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) fails with the error "The license key is invalid or does not match this version (ASMCOMMONS.0049)."

SDS remains disconnected after generating a new certificate due to an OS conversion.

The UI login page loads, but entering credentials shows an error; Pod remain running while authentication stalls at the SSO stage

Slow, non‑SSD storage on the cluster VMs leads to etcd latency over one second, triggering repeated pod restarts, node NotReady states and loss of PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) UI access.

Dell Samsung Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) PM1653 and PM1655 solid state drives may report excessive Sense Key faults 0x3, 0x11, 0x0, or 0x4, 0x29, 0x4. These faults have the potential to cause unexpected drive issues.

This article provides links to PowerFlex custom node technical documentation.

PowerFlex version 3.6 and above detects when a port or socket frequently disconnects (flapping) and proactively disqualifies the path, preventing general disruption across the system. Customers must investigate the source of the interruptions with their internal team.

Procedure to update firmware to mitigate an issue of NVDIMM batteries losing charge on PowerFlex custom (R650, R750) nodes.

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

This article explains the steps to reset the PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) admin password, or any account in the PFMP.