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This document highlights minimum, recommended, and latest code versions for Dell Technologies Enterprise and Datacenter Infrastructure products. We carefully evaluate and monitor code deployment data to ensure that product releases meet our stringent expectations to provide our customers with reliable products and solutions.
Updated:  May 25, 2026 ID: 000205512

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.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000308007

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. The solution described in this article should be run on PFMP 4.8.0.0 (1344) ONLY!
Updated:  June 03, 2026 ID: 000417603

An error stating 'Error initializing provider Unable to list Tenants' is seen when in the SSO Identity Provider screen in the PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) UI.
Updated:  June 03, 2026 ID: 000380351

This article provides a workaround for the issue for PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) 4.8 systems.
Updated:  June 03, 2026 ID: 000439061

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.
Updated:  June 03, 2026 ID: 000340894

OS conversion for a Resource Group (RG) completes and causes DU when an MDM cluster has fewer virtual IPs than MDM DATA IPs.
Updated:  June 03, 2026 ID: 000446482

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:  June 03, 2026 ID: 000446474

This KB article describes how to enable on-demand compilation of PowerFlex Software Defined Controller (SDC) drivers on Linux systems.
Updated:  June 02, 2026 ID: 000224134

While attempting to add an existing resource group, the Inventory Summary page displays that all discovered nodes are unavailable.
Updated:  June 02, 2026 ID: 000219909

This article lists the PowerFlex hardware End of expansion (EOexp) and Software End of Standard Support (EoSS) codes.
Updated:  June 02, 2026 ID: 000305299

This article describes a cause for hostd service on ESXi to be non-responsive, and cause the server to become unresponsive to management operations from vCenter. The particular scenarios where this happens is when NFC operations such as backup or replication jobs are performed on disks with an IO filter attached.
Updated:  June 02, 2026 ID: 000219067

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:  June 01, 2026 ID: 000185734

Unable to add an Existing Resource Group (RG) into PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP).
Updated:  May 28, 2026 ID: 000231113

Multiple SDS nodes may intermittently panic with a NO_RESOURCES assertion in spef_SynchronizeExtentDataWithIoCommitPhaseCk during high internal SPEF resource utilization.
Updated:  May 28, 2026 ID: 000465101

Deployment of service using PowerFlex manager will not be successful because server-side interfaces are not configured with MTU-9216.
Updated:  May 28, 2026 ID: 000217800

Installation of SDC on ESXi node fails with "Could not find a trusted signer: unable to get local issuer certificate"
Updated:  May 26, 2026 ID: 000308017

PFMP UI shows a connection error, nodes are "NotReady," API calls time-out and health alerts disappear. The problem is insufficient 32 GB RAM on KVM‑hosted Morpheus Virtual Machine (MVM), leading to full memory usage.
Updated:  May 26, 2026 ID: 000413045

This article addresses an issue where PowerFlex Manager UI displays error "Error initializing provider Unable to list Tenants" when attempting to edit "Remote Users/Groups". The error is caused by a communication failure between the SSO and Pacific pods.
Updated:  May 26, 2026 ID: 000467720

Follow this guide to install and configure the PowerFlex Storage Data Client (SDC) in a Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE). This procedure provides the recommended implementation steps and covers well-known issues.
Updated:  May 25, 2026 ID: 000466868

This article outlines the PFMP diagnostic alert logic and possible remediation steps for events and alerts related to the PFMP diagnostic suite.
Updated:  May 24, 2026 ID: 000382550

This article explains Dell guidelines on company administrator assignment.
Updated:  May 24, 2026 ID: 000379388

This article explains how to assign an Initial Company Administrator.
Updated:  May 23, 2026 ID: 000374134

This article explains how to promote Company Administrators.
Updated:  May 23, 2026 ID: 000374126

This article provides links to PowerFlex software documentation.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000307994

For the Dell PowerSwitch and Cisco Nexus switches, syslog can be transmitted through Transport Layer Security (TLS) and audit logs. Ensure that the terminal access controller access-controller system (TACACS) is used for the audit logs.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000324431

PowerEdge 15G server gets unresponsive or stopped responding after PST0210 event.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000297851

This article covers how to configure PowerFlex Nodes iDRAC alerts on PowerFlex Manager 4.x after RCM upgrade to 3.6.x. This is required as PowerFlex Manager OOB IP changes during migration to PowerFlex 4.x.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000264671

After mapping a volume to an SDC, the SDC fails to mount the scini device and reports the error "cannot create duplicate filename" in /var/log/messages. This issue occurs when an existing mapped scini device contains a Partition ID of 16, 32, 48, 64, and so on.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000258197

The Microsoft SQL Trace Flag 1800 is a setting that enables SQL Server 4k I/O alignment for the SQL transaction log volume. In this article, we explore the cause of transaction log misaligned I/O and the benefits of using the trace flag 1800. This applies to Dell and other vendor storage solutions with virtualized SQL solutions.
Updated:  May 22, 2026 ID: 000248395