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June 4th, 2025 11:10

Invalid pdperarray option for raid10 with perccli2

Hello,

With older generations of PERC controllers we have been passing "pdperarray" option to "perccli" command and it works (for example, with "PERC H730 Mini" controller) with 10, 50 and 60 raid levels. For raid10 we always passing "pdperarray=2" of course.

But with newer controllers and "perccli2" utility this approach raises an error while we trying to create raid10 array with the same options. But i can see a strange example in the latest version of perc12-cli.pdf downloaded recently that looks like creating raid10 should support "pdperarray" option: 

perccli2 /c0 add vd type=raid10 size=2gib,3gib,4gib names=tmp1,tmp2,tmp3 drives=252:2-3,5,7pdperarray=2

Could you please tell me, are this an intended new behavior or not? 

Example output from our scripts while trying to create raid10 with pdperarray:

/usr/bin/perccli2 /c0 add vd r10 drives=284:0,1,2,3,4,5 PDperArray=2 J[2025-05-27 08:26:14] {"Controllers":[{"Command Status" : {"CLI Version" : "008.0004.0000.0022 Apr 28, 2023","Operating system" : "Linux6.1.0-28-amd64","Controller" : "0","Status" : "Failure","Description" : "Invalid pdperarray option for this raid level"}}]}

Thank you.

DELL-Chris H

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June 4th, 2025 20:14

Vills,

 

Due to the servers, and the tools, recent release I will need to research the issue and do some testing. Would you do me a favor and ensure that the server is up to date on BIOS, iDrac, perc, as well as the drives.

Also, if you want me to look at sending the issue up, would you reply to the private message I sent with the svc tag, as well as the company name or customer number associated to the server?


vills

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June 4th, 2025 20:46

Sure. I think i have latest firmware installed. Updated everything yesterday.

Also, i checked the same with the latest perccli2 available and the results are the same. (unfortunately, i don't have the exact perccli2 version with me right now :-( )

[2025-06-03 13:51:07] Starting DSU container...
DELL System Update 2.1.1.0
Copyright (C) 2014 -- 2024 DELL Proprietary.
Verifying catalog installation ...
Installing catalog from repository ...
Fetching dsucatalog ...
Reading the catalog ...
Fetching invcol_LN64_4J9X7_25_03_00_314_A00 ...
Verifying inventory collector installation
Getting System Inventory ...

1. BIOS, BIOS  ( Version : 2.6.3 )
2. APAC, DSU  ( Version : 2.1.1.0 )
3. FRMW, Power Supply  ( Version : 00.43.B4 )
4. FRMW, Power Supply  ( Version : 00.43.B4 )
5. FRMW, SEP Firmware, BayID: 1  ( Version : 7.10 )
6. FRMW, SEP Firmware, BayID: 2  ( Version : 7.10 )
7. FRMW, Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Dual Port 100 GbE QSFP56 Adapter  ( Version : 22.44.10.36 )
8. FRMW, Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Dual Port 100 GbE QSFP56 Adapter  ( Version : 22.44.10.36 )
9. APAC, Dell iDRAC Service Module Embedded Package v5.4.0.0, A00  ( Version : 5.4.0.0 )
10. FRMW, PERC H965i Adapter  ( Version : 8.11.0.0.18-25 )
11. FRMW, Backplane 3  ( Version : 1.61 )
12. APAC, Dell Connectivity Client  ( Version : 100.0.0-A00 )
13. APAC, Dell OS Driver Pack  ( Version : 25.02.08 )
14. FRMW, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller  ( Version : 7.20.30.00 )
15. APAC, Dell 64 Bit uEFI Diagnostics  ( Version : 4303A35 )
16. FRMW, System CPLD  ( Version : 1.1.2 )
17. APAC, Lifecycle Controller  ( Version : 7.20.30.00 )
18. FRMW, Dell BOSS-N1  ( Version : 2.1.13.2033 )
19. FRMW, Dell EC NVMe ISE 7450 RI M.2 80 480GB  ( Version : 1.1.0 )
20. FRMW, Dell EC NVMe ISE 7450 RI M.2 80 480GB  ( Version : 1.1.0 )
21. FRMW, Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X710-T2L-t Adapter  ( Version : 23.0.8 )
22. FRMW, Intel(R) Ethernet Network Adapter X710-TL  ( Version : 23.0.8 )
23. FRMW, Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X710-T2L-t Adapter  ( Version : 23.0.8 )
24. FRMW, Intel(R) Ethernet Network Adapter X710-TL  ( Version : 23.0.8 )


Progress report is available at:/usr/libexec/dell_dup/DSU_STATUS.json
Exiting DSU!
DELL System Update 2.1.1.0
Copyright (C) 2014 -- 2024 DELL Proprietary.
Verifying catalog installation ...
Installing catalog from repository ...
Fetching dsucatalog ...
Reading the catalog ...
Verifying inventory collector installation
Getting System Inventory ...
Determining Applicable Updates ...
No Applicable Update(s) Available
Progress report is available at:/usr/libexec/dell_dup/DSU_STATUS.json
Exiting DSU!
[2025-06-03 13:57:33] No Applicable Update(s) Available

Also sent you the server info in DM.

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