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PowerFlex: SDS panic with Command took too long (TGT_MSG_TYPE__ADD_DEV) while Clear Device Error attempt
Software Defined Storage (SDS) process panic while Clear Device Error attempt runs under certain underlying disk conditions.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000185002
PowerFlex 3.X: Credentials are not updated when "Update Service Details" is run.
Credentials are not updated when "Update Service Details" is run.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000184515
PowerFlex: SVM OS Conversion Fails When MDM Authentication Is Enabled SDS_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED
The PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) runs an SVM OS conversion (CentOS to SLES) and fails to complete.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000412338
PowerFlex: How To Convert Untagged DATA Networks On Access Mode To VLAN tagged Interfaces After Upgrade And OS Conversion
This article explains step by step how To Convert Untagged DATA Networks On Access Mode To VLAN tagged Interfaces After Upgrade And OS Conversion.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000444848
PowerFlex: OS conversion failure Due to missing MDM packages: Could not remove mdm
In PFMP 4.8, when using the UI to perform a "Replace Node OS" operation, it fails due to missing MDM packages.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000420088
PowerFlex 4.X: OS Conversion Failure Due To Unconfigured Standby MDM
OS conversion for a Resource Group (RG) completes and causes DU when the system has fewer Standby Managers or Tie-Breaker MDMs than expected.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000446474
PowerFlex 4.X: OS Conversion Failure Due To Missing Virtual IPs
OS conversion for a Resource Group (RG) completes and causes DU when an MDM cluster has fewer virtual IPs than MDM DATA IPs.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000446482
PowerFlex: Dial home alert for disconnections between SDC and SDS
Dial home alert is logged when there is a disconnection between SDC multiple SDS.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000185174
PowerFlex 3.0: SDS panics when inflight checksum is enabled
SDS process might crash during regular I/O operations, and process panic is reported in the SDS traces.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000185114
PowerFlex: Top Dial Home Events and Alert with Recommended Action
Top PowerFlex Software and Hardware Dial Home Alerts; PowerFlex
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000184617
PowerFlex 3.x Update Service Details does not change OS credentials
When changing an existing password or creating a new password in PowerFlex Manager from the resource pane, the password may not get updated on all hosts.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000184516
PowerFlex: iDRAC Vulnerability CVE-2024-6387 Remediation for OpenSSH Regression
Scanners report an OpenSSH version on iDRAC, its banner shows 9.6p1, leading to false positives. The root cause is a race‑condition flaw (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)‑2024‑6387) in OpenSSH.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000269870
PowerFlex: Gateway Resource Disconnected from MDM System Due to Expired CERTIFICATE
The gateway pod disconnects from the Metadata Manager (MDM), causing actions like volume creation to fail; the issue is an expired gateway TLS certificate that was not refreshed after renewal.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000223960
Dell End-of-Life Product List for Converged Infrastructure and Storage
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
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000185734
PowerFlex: Multiple Pods Keep Restarting Due to Insufficient Resources
PowerFlex Manager Platform 4.x shows MVM nodes NotReady, pods restarting and UI hanging; a defect in versions 4.5‑4.6 under‑allocates CPU and memory, requiring 28 vCPUs and 64 GB RAM.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000321671
PowerFlex: How to Use Internal HTTP Share for RCM IC and ISO Uploads
This article explains how to use the internal HTTP share for 4.x PowerFlex Manager Release Certification Matrix (RCM), Intelligent Catalog (IC), ISO uploads.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000220681
PowerFlex: How to Understand the MDM Cluster
This Article explains the details of an MDM cluster in a PowerFlex solution.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000249312
PowerFlex 4.X: Etcd Database Slowness Causes PFMP Cluster Instability
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.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000222971
PowerFlex: How to Power On\Off a Powerflex Appliance
This article explains step by step the procedure to power off a PowerFlex appliance
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000350572
PowerFlex: Watchdog Timer Expired Error ASR0000
ASR0000 appears when the hardware watchdog timer expires after iDRAC Service Module communication ends, caused by loss of iDRAC‑host OS connectivity, such as a powered‑off host or a degraded module.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000219431
PowerFlex: Operating System (OS) Support Matrix
Lists supported Linux and Windows OS releases—Ubuntu LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE SLES—and maps them to PowerFlex versions, showing supported components (MDM, SDC, SDS, SDR, SDT).
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000272738
PowerFlex: SDS device stuck in "Remove-pending" state after removal operation
SDS devices stay in "Remove-pending" state for a long time after issuing a device removal command. This problem can manifest after removing one or more SDS devices.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000183050
PowerFlex 3.5: How to manually upgrade PowerFlex Manager
Offline upgrade of PowerFlex Manager How to manually upgrade PowerFlex Manager without Secure Remote Services.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000183041
PowerFlex 3.6 End of Support June 30, 2025
This Article is to raise customer awareness that PowerFlex 3.6 and its subcomponents, like PFxM 3.8, is going End of Standard Support (EoSS) on June 30, 2025.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000334125
PowerFlex: How to Upgrade CISCO Nexus Switches from NX-OS 9.3.x to NX-OS 10.x
Use the procedures in this section to upgrade the Cisco Nexus switches from NX-OS 9.3.x to NX-OS 10.x.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000315141
PowerFlex: How to Perform MVM Cleanup and Space Reclamation
This article explains how to reclaim space on the Management Virtual Machine (MVMs).
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000348682
PowerFlex 3.X: Add SDC command causing MDM panic and failover
Once performing add SDC command (scli --add_sdc <IP>/<guid><name>), MDM failover occurs
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000182722
PowerFlex: Gateway high availability connection not trusted
Gateways configured for high availability using HAProxy and Keepalive, with a virtual IP address (VIP) HAProxy certificate's Common Name (CN) differs from the address used to access the Gateway.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000182613
PowerFlex: get_info logs from Gateway fails when the file system on which the /tmp resides is created with ftype 0
Collecting get_info logs from Gateways Fails with Error: The logs file in node x.x.x.x was not found running command.LogCollectionCommand.
Updated:  May 08, 2026 ID: 000182487
PowerFlex 4.X: How to Manually Clear Stuck Alerts from PowerFlex Manager UI
Alerts remain stuck in the PowerFlex Manager UI when the service or MDM that generated them is no longer active. This results in the UI being unable to clear them.
Updated:  May 07, 2026 ID: 000220827