PowerFlex Software

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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.

This knowledge article describes how to set up a Bring Your Own (BYO) Hypervisor for the PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) in a Rack or Appliance Deployment use case with PFMP versions 4.6.x, 4.8.x, and 5.x.x.

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.

During maintenance operations on the PowerFlex Management Cluster (PFMC), the SDS node fails to exit and remains in Protected Maintenance Mode (PMM), as MDM rejects the request and returns the error SDS_MAINTENANCE_MODE_EXIT_FAILED with the message "The wrong maintenance mode type was chosen for this SDS".

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.

This article explains the meaning of Dial Home Symptom code SIO02.04.0000009 and how to troubleshoot it.

This article provides information about the tasks such as logging in to policy manager, administrator account password reset, and configuring the system settings.

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

SupportAssist is connected; however AIOps (formerly known as CloudIQ (CIQ)) shows the 'Last Contacted' time as days or weeks ago.

This article explain how to replace a failed drive in a deployed node. PowerFlex Manager supports the replacement of SSD and NVMe drives for PowerFlex storage-only nodes and hyperconverged nodes.

This article explains how to Calculate Spare Capacity

This article explains the calculation for storage pool free capacity in PowerFlex.

There is a security vulnerability in the log4j files that are contained on both the PowerFlex Gateway and Presentation Server. This article describes the steps to take to work around the issue.

How to get the Firmware version and other details of any device on a Dell PowerEdge server using racadm.

vMotion between ESXi hosts fails due to configuration mismatch of VHV setting.

This article explains how to configure "Certificate Chain of Trust" required for scli when using custom signed PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) SSL certificates.

This article explains how to reboot different node types for PowerFlex systems.

iDRAC logs show MEM7114 critical memory events that can be false‑positive DIMM errors. The root cause is a BIOS firmware defect that misreports memory faults, particularly when C‑States are enabled.

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

This article explains how to troubleshoot Oscillating counters failure.

Container Storage Modules (CSM) Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for PowerFlex pods are stuck in CrashLoopBackOff state with error "could not find given NAS server by name."

This article explains how to troubleshoot the alert PFX00102.0000206) The disk space diagnostic failed.

Top PowerFlex Software and Hardware Dial Home Alerts; PowerFlex

Dell iDRAC Service Module (dcism) versions earlier than 6.1 contain a defect: when the OS-to-iDRAC pass-through is lost, iSM enters Limited Functionality Mode and retries the connection in an unbounded loop. Every retry runs firewall-cmd --reload twice. The result is thousands of full firewalld reloads per day on the affected node, causing MDM disconnects, SDS decouples, and SCLI login failures.

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)."

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

Upon logging into the 4.5.x PFxM UI, the "Login" button cannot be clicked.

Overview of the dial-home alerts logged for Storage pool Capacity Utilization.

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