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.

This article explains how to enable ssh for MDS node to have a successful upgrade.

Isilon/PowerScale node panics

The CloudLink support matrix provides information about the supported hypervisors, platforms, key protectors, products, and PowerFlex versions for CloudLink.

Log entries report corrected errors from a Dual In-line memory module (DIMM) and CMCI storm messages, causing CPU usage that stalls the SDS raising latency and decoupling SDS.

A severe Power System Test 0210 (PST0210) alert shows a POST failure that halts BIOS; the OS is pingable briefly then stops after ~5 minutes, due to a faulty non‑volatile memory module (NVDIMM).

When a process or kernel module initiates communication over the network, a local port is allocated from the ephemeral port range as part of the socket.

iDRAC logs RED097 because the Non‑Volatile Memory express (NVMe) firmware image is missing or disabled, the system selects wrong 5CM3G package instead of 5V3P7, aborting storage‑only upgrade.

After upgrading the OS to SLES 15 SP4, the PowerFlex Gateway (GW) stops communicating with the MDM. The same behaviour might occur on OSs that are upgraded to a version released after 2022.

The guide outlines Remote Proactive Services (RPS) eligibility, supported PowerFlex 4.5 or later versions, pre‑upgrade checks, file and jump‑box preparation, and licensing considerations for the upgrade.

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

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

Only Panduit G5/G6/G7 Power Distribution Unit (PDU) has Logs Available. Every Generation Before This Does Not Have This Feature.

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 the alert PFX00102.0000207 - The PowerFlex management platform message bus health diagnostic failed.

This article explains how to remove orphaned sdnas-gw NATS consumer

Many users have CA policies that prohibit IP addresses in the certificate SAN (Subject Alternative Name) and only FQDNs (Fully Qualified Domain Names) 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 doesn't 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.

Unable to Add Existing Resource Group when one or more nodes are in BIOS mode.

This article explains steps to do OS Conversion while node in BIOS mode

During vTree migration, SDS nodes running PowerFlex 3.6.7 may panic, resulting in a Data Unavailability (DU) event. In earlier PowerFlex versions, the migration process may become stuck indefinitely and fail to complete.

Lifecycle mode allows lifecycle management of node components in an unsupported configuration. In lifecycle mode, a service supports health and compliance monitoring, service mode, and nondisruptive upgrade operations. All other service operations are blocked.

Dell PM1735a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) drive failing in PowerEdge servers.

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.

During normal use multiple devices in the VxFlex system go into error state, and data unavailability(DU) happens.

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

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

After every reboot of an AIX LPAR running the PowerFlex Storage Data Client (SDC), the scini device is not configured automatically and the PowerFlex disks are missing until cfgmgr is run by hand. The root cause is the predefined-device (PdDv) cfgscini log directory pointing to /opt, which is not yet mounted at rc.boot phase 2, so the cfgscini device method fails with return code 11. Relocating the log directory to /var (a filesystem mounted at phase 2) restores automatic configuration of the scini device at boot. This is a boot-time configuration issue only; it is not caused by ODM corruption or an invalid client GUID.

Incorrect system time on a server may lead to critical issues such as certificate validation failures, authentication errors, and upgrade failures.

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