Create Virtual Drives With Perccli - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Manual

4. Run the installation command on the server:
esxcli software vib install -f -v /tmp/vmware-esx-perccli-7.529.00.vib
5. Before running PERCCLI commands, change your working directory to the utility's binary location:
cd /opt/lsi/perccli/
Results
PERCCLI can now be used either from the ESXi console or via SSH.
Note: PERCCLI commands are run in the following format:
./perccli command
For example, to view help, run:
./perccli -h

Create virtual drives with PERCCLI

Create virtual drives (VDs) on drives using the PERCCLI utility. You are required to perform this step before adding
drives to a VxFlex OS SDS server in the VxFlex Ready Node system.
Note: Skip this step if the server contains the HBA330 controller or if you are configuring an VxFlex Ready Node
R840 system.
When creating virtual drives, the following rules apply:
Create one virtual drive for each kind of drive, HDD or SSD.
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The VDs for HDD are configured with Direct IO, write-back, and read-ahead enabled (abbreviated in PERCCLI
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as RWBD).
The VDs for SSD are configured with Direct IO and write-through, but read-ahead is not enabled. (Abbreviated
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in PERCCLI as NRWTD.)
In the following PERCCLI command, the controller ID is assumed to be 0, designated by /c0. In some cases, the
controller ID may be different, which will cause a Controller 0 not found error to be displayed. If this occurs,
determine your controller ID by running the following command:
cd /opt/lsi/perccli/; ./perccli show
The controller ID is displayed in the System Overview section of the output, in the Ctl column.
The following table lists the different drive configurations on a VxFlex Ready Node R640 or R740xd server:
Node contains
HDD for storage
Mix of HDD and SSD for storage
Caching options
NA
Caching not used
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