CloudLink

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 provides a list of security vulnerabilities that cannot be exploited on CloudLink, all versions, but which may be flagged by security scanners.

CloudLink Center alarm "Available disk space is below safe threshold"

If a CloudLink cluster node is removed from an existing server cluster, it cannot be re‑joined to the cluster. There is no supported method to re‑attach an ejected node. This limitation is intentional because reintegration would require destructive database modifications to alter the existing cluster configuration, and CloudLink has no plans to introduce such functionality in future releases.

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CloudLink How to Configure Active Directory for the CloudLink encryption keystore

This article has information about the KMIP CA Certificate is expired alarm.

CloudLink: Security scan reports"The remote HTTPS server is not enforcing HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)"

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

A new deployment of a Cloudlink 8.x qcow2 image in Linux KVM boots into Emergency Mode.

This file is for education and information purposes only. Can be used as a reference when writing Cloudlink automation scripts with Python language. Dell takes no responsibility for this file being performed in Dell Customer's environment. The script shows a way to download a Cloudlink backup file with a Python script using Cloudlink RestAPI calls. This script is applicable to Cloudlink 8.x line. The script does not alter the state of any /, just downloads the backup file. Access to the Cloudlink node (indicated by IP address) is granted with the credentials of a Cloudlink secadmin user.

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.

In vCenter when attempting to establish trust to CloudLink, receive the error message 'Cannot retrieve the requested certificate'.

This KB has detailed steps on how to switch from CloudLink to a Native Key Provider.

After upgrading Cloudlink to 8.2, you see "Machine certificate is invalid" and "Multisession CA Certificate Invalid" alarms raised. Machines are in a disconnected state.

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

This article explains how to renew the cluster node certificate when CloudLink is showing the alarm "Cluster node certificate is expired."

Customer could still log on to the web portal of both CloudLink cluster nodes, but each node reported the other as sync‑off. The environment runs CloudLink 6.5 P01 with integrated ScaleIO 2.0.1.2 on encrypted disks in CentOS 7.3 (Operating System).

Cloudlink ≤6.9 shows N/A; 7.0 shows vCenter IP (Internet Protocol). Use PowerCLI (PowerShell Command‑Line Interface) to list VMs and read VMX encryption.keySafe line for KEK (Key Encryption Key). Check VPXD logs for creation entries with client IP.

Customer wants the Cloudlink Cluster (CLC) graphical user interface to display the local time after verifying that the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server is correctly configured in the CLC settings.

In a CloudLink Cluster (CLC), the Secondary CLC member shows an incorrect Network Time Protocol (NTP) after the upgrade using the Backup and Restore method. Hardware Compatibility List

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

Cloudlink8.2 has the latest security libraries which require specific fields that must be updated in the signed CA certificate.

How to gather logs from CloudLink.

This article has instructions to renew the expired CloudLink web TLS certificates.

When PowerFlex Manager is used to deploy CloudLink, the backup encryption key is not automatically created.

Intel SATA SSDs are incorrectly reported as SED after upgrading iDRAC from 4.20.20.20 to 4.22.00.00 or higher using iDRAC API. If the disk is queried using OS, it appears as no SED disk as expected.

Some Cloudlink-encrypted SDS devices marked error after SDS node reboots.

CloudLink: Versions Numbers for CloudLink and Their Agents