VxFlex Ready Node

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This article provides links to PowerFlex software technical documentation.

This article explains how to troubleshoot the issue of being unable to exit service mode during a gateway upgrade.

Dell PowerFlex Appliance remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

To create the SSH keys for a PowerFlex node, switch, OS Admin, OS User, use this procedure to manually generate the SSH keys that is of RSA type and ensure the key is generated without pass phrase.

Use this procedure to create credentials for root and non-root users in PowerFlex Manager.

For security reasons it might be necessary to change the password for the root user on a VMware ESXi host after installation.

This article explains how to troubleshoot PowerFlex Upgrade failure due to failure to create the /opt/platform/platform directory on the upgrading MVM.

This article explains how to solve the migration failure from PFxM 3.x to PFMP 4.x due to a 3.x PFxM backup failure caused by ElasticSearch data.

This article covers the procedures to configure system logs/syslogs and audit logs.

PowerFlex Manager enables you to register a notification receiver for pushing alert and event messages through webhooks to a target system,for example, BigPanda.

Use this procedure to configure and maintain audit logs of a user in a separate file commands.log in SVMs and PowerFlex storage-only nodes and transmit them to the remote servers

For the SNMP alerts to be forwarded to such a site like BigPanda, the load balancer IP address of the management virtual machine is configured on each of the resources individually.

Generate logs to troubleshoot your network switch.

Use this procedure to enable SupportAssist using the connect directly mode or using SCG

For the Dell PowerSwitch and Cisco Nexus switches, syslog can be transmitted through TLS and audit logs. Ensure TACACS (terminal access controller access-controller system) is used for the audit logs.

Use PowerFlex Manager to manage software and firmware IC compliance.

Use this procedure to manage the alerts, configure bulk alerts, granular alerts, and multiple syslog destinations in iDRAC.

This article explains how to clear device errors from the PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) when a Dial Home (DH) SIO03.02.0000005 is triggered.

Use this article to manage events and alerts.

Use this procedure to configure SNMP on a Cisco Nexus or a Dell PowerSwitch switch.

SDS gets decoupled - the system might experience DU occasionally if more than one SDS decouples concurrently or in case the SDS decouples during a rebuild.

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This article describes the procedure to access single user mode on the Secure Connect Gateway for resetting the root password.

Dial home alert is logged when AMS reports issues with Physical Disk.

Even though the VLT enabled topology provides a loop-free environment in the VLT domain, some non-VLT member ports can end up in a loop scenario. Rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP) and rapid per-VLAN spanning tree+ (RPVST+) modes of spanning tree protocol in VLT are supported to provide a solution for this scenario. Depending on the network topology, the primary node of the VLT domain can be designated as the root bridge.

Dell Virtual Link Trunking allows Layer 2 information to be shared across the two nodes. For this purpose, the same VLT domain-id should be configured on both VLT nodes. For rapid convergence and optimal service, the same VLT MAC address should be configured on both the nodes using the vlt-mac command (optional). In the absence of vlt-mac configuration, if the primary VLT node goes down, the VLT port channel on the secondary node flaps, causing slight traffic disruption.

This article explains how to Resynchronize a Compliance file or OS repository that is in an error state.

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

This article explains when it is safe to ignore PowerFlex UI non-compliance when hardware component updates are necessary. The compliance flag in PFxM is a best-practice target matrix. If support and engineering guide the customer community to update hardware to fix issues in the field, such as stated in a KB article, Dell Technical Advisory (DTA), or Dell Security Advisory (DSA), deviation is allowed, supported, and acceptable.