PowerFlex Software

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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.

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This article explains how to troubleshoot Oscillating counters failure.

Container Storage Modules (CSM) Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for PowerFlex pods are stuck in CrashLoopBackOff state with error "could not find given NAS server by name."

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

Top PowerFlex Software and Hardware Dial Home Alerts; PowerFlex

Dell iDRAC Service Module (dcism) versions earlier than 6.1 contain a defect: when the OS-to-iDRAC pass-through is lost, iSM enters Limited Functionality Mode and retries the connection in an unbounded loop. Every retry runs firewall-cmd --reload twice. The result is thousands of full firewalld reloads per day on the affected node, causing MDM disconnects, SDS decouples, and SCLI login failures.

Applying for a license from PowerFlex Manager Platform (PFMP) fails with the error "The license key is invalid or does not match this version (ASMCOMMONS.0049)."

This article explains how to reboot different node types for PowerFlex systems.

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

Upon logging into the 4.5.x PFxM UI, the "Login" button cannot be clicked.

Overview of the dial-home alerts logged for Storage pool Capacity Utilization.

SDS remains disconnected after generating a new certificate due to an OS conversion.

This article explains how to troubleshoot events PFX00001.0704001 PFX00001.0704002 PFX00001.0704003 PFX00001.0704004

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

This article provides links to PowerFlex software technical documentation.

Remediation is available for a vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected systems.

In the PFxM UI, there is an alert stating that events from the MDM are not being received.

Steps to reset PowerFlex oscillating errors.

The UI login page loads, but entering credentials shows an error; Pod remain running while authentication stalls at the SSO stage

While attempting to log in into PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP), it fails with the error: "User has no permissions to view this page."

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.

PowerFlex reports that one of the dax devices is about to fail and should be replaced. NVDIMM correctable memory errors can cause a dax device to show as "Failed Now" in PowerFlex when the device is not truly failed.

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

After upgrading CloudLink to version 8.2 or 8.3, the web UI returns HTTP 404, and the VM network is unreachable.

This article explains how excessive data Role-switching causes I/O latency and errors.

SDC keeps disconnecting from MDM regularly.

PowerFlex: How to reclaim deleted blocks on PowerFlex ESXi thin volumes.

Even after performing the clean command, the SDS device error does not clear. Below are steps on how this can be addressed.