PowerFlex Software

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This article details the procedure to troubleshoot power supply unit (PSU) issues that may arise on a PowerEdge Server.

Since the introduction of Clustered VMDK on VMFS datastores, applications like Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) no longer require Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) to use SCSI‑3 persistent reservations (SCSI3‑PR). Because of this, Broadcom does not offer RDM support for the NVMeoF protocol. Customers using RDMs with the SDC who want to move to NVMe/TCP must convert those disks to VMDKs on a VMFS datastore with the Clustered VMDK property. This conversion cannot be done with Storage vMotion, so applications such as WSFC will incur downtime. This KB 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.

PowerFlex allows authentication and authorization to be enabled for all SDCs connected to a cluster. Once authentication and authorization are enabled, older SDC clients and SDCs without a configured password are disconnected.

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Running command svm status connection is showing both CloudLink nodes as Inaccessible due to blocked port UDP 1194.

In the PFxM UI, there is an alert stating that events from the MDM are not being retrieved.

Upgrading to PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) 4.8 may cause the UI to load with the error "Failed to initialize" or be accessible but unstable.

PowerFlex Manager cannot interact with the PowerFlex system when a login banner is configured, disrupting automation tasks.

This article provides a resolution when remote access for the ESXi local user account root is locked for 900 s after failed login attempts. Connect to the iDRAC console to access the ESXi shell then run the reset command.

When performing many tasks related to CloudLink Agent on Linux machines, you use the SVM command. This command has several subcommands that are used to perform actions including registering, encrypting, reloading machines, and removing mount points.

The upgrade fails when SupportAssist is configured before running the upgrade for version 4.6.2.

Unable to unmap volumes from the SDC. "Error: MDM failed command. Status: The volume class provided does not match the expected volume class"

This article explains how to split a large Resource Group (RG) into smaller RGs while using the same Protection Domain (PD) in PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) or to split a large Service into smaller Services in PowerFlex Manager (PFxM).

For security reasons it might be necessary to change the password for the root user on a VMware ESXi host after installation. This article provides guidance to change the root password for the VMware ESXi host using VMware vSphere Client, VMware ESXi shell command, and VMware ESXi host System Customization menu.

PowerFlex/PowerEdge: How to Sanitize NVDIMM - Video

this article explains a rare occurrence if a bug were After Upgrade OS packages on MVMs still show old version and how to fix it

This article provides links to PowerFlex software technical documentation.

When PowerPath for Windows version 6.1 is installed on Windows Server 2016, validation alerts indicate that many drivers have dates earlier than the OS, because the PowerPath release predates the OS.

This article explains how to Standardizing Data VLAN Tagging After PFxM Upgrade and OS Conversion.

This article explains how to troubleshoot Resource Group (RG) in life cycle (LC) Mode because vCLS are not on shared storage.

This article explains how to troubleshoot the PowerFlex create template error because of template already exists.

This article explains how to troubleshoot being unable to upgrade Storage Only (SO) Resource Group (RG) after upgrading the PowerFlex Manager. This issue is because CloudLink must be upgraded before the Storage Only Node.

This article explains how to troubleshoot being unable to add the management Resource Group (RG) as an existing RG due to PFMC gateway MDS pod failing to receive traffic from the MDM Cluster.

Adding an existing Resource Group (RG) in PowerFlex Manager fails and reports that the RG is in a critical state.

During deploying Storage Only (SO) Resource Group (RG), some SDSs fail due to MTU mismatch between SDS interface and switches

This article explains how to understand the purple screen (PS) root cause.

This guide explains the deployment types available, depending on your deployment requirements, go to one of the following parts:

When deploying a Storage-Only Resource Group on PowerFlex 5.x, the deployment wizard fails at IP reservation with error IDENTITYPOOLMANAGER.3004. The root cause is IP pools sized only for the storage nodes, without accounting for the additional MDM virtual IPs required by the deployment.

Use this procedure to upgrade both the PowerFlex software and the PowerFlex nodes. Perform the storage software update first.