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Cloud Block Store on AWS Management

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Accessing Pure Cloud Block Store

Viewing Cloud Block Store Network Interfaces

Once a Cloud Block Store instance is deployed, you can view the IP addresses of the Cloud Block Store instance from different locations. In the CloudFormation console where you deployed the stack, the Output tab displays the IP addresses for each controller.  The ManagementEndpoint and FloatingManagementEndpoint values are the IP addresses that will all provide access to the array. See the following screenshot as an example:

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Additionally, you can view the same IP address information by logging onto the Cloud Block Store instance's GUI using the management IP address.

  1. Click Settings and select the Network tab.

For CLI users, SSH into the management port and run: purenetwork list.

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Viewing the Cloud Block Store Instance in the AWS Console

You can view the underlying components of Cloud Block Store from the EC2 console. Identify the Cloud Block Store instance's controllers by the ct0 and ct1 suffix. Identify the virtual drives by the -vd suffix.

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Logging into the GUI of Cloud Block Store

Use the management port IP address to log onto your Cloud Block Store instances.

  1. Log onto a Windows or Linux host with network access to the management Ethernet port of the Cloud Block Store instance.

Make sure your subnet route tables, firewalls, and Security groups allow your host network access to the Cloud Block Store instance's management interface.

  1. Open a browser and enter the management IP address. See Viewing Cloud Block Store Network Interfaces section for the location of your management IP addresses. You can also log on and manage a Cloud Block Store instance using CLI or REST APIs.
  2. Enter the username and password:
  • Default username: pureuser
  • Default password: pureuser
  1. The Cloud Block Store's Dashboard displays high-level storage usage and performance metrics. From the Dashboard, you can navigate to the various tabs on the left to view the detailed storage usage, performance analysis, health, and other settings.

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Host and Volume Creation in Cloud Block Store

Creating Volumes 

The following example provides steps for the GUI. For CLI users, SSH into the management port and run: purevol create --size <size> <vol name>

  1. Using the Cloud Block Store's GUI: 
    1. In the left navigation pane, click Storage.
    2. Click Volumes.
    3. Click the + icon to add a new volume.

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  1. Enter the name and desired size of the volume and click Create.

  2. You can see the new volume in the list of volumes.

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Creating Hosts

You must create a host with corresponding IQN before you can attach a volume to it.

The following example provides steps using the GUI. For CLI users, SSH into the management port and run:purehost create  --iqnlist <Host IQN number> <host name> 

Using the Cloud Block Store's GUI:

  1. On the left navigation pane, click Storage.
  2. Click Hosts.
  3. Click the + icon to add a new host.

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  1. Enter the desired name for the host and click Create.

  2. Once created, the host is displayed in the list of available hosts. Click on the new host.

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  1. In the Host Ports box:

    1. Click the ellipsis (three dots) icon.

    2. Select Configure IQNs.

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  1. Enter the IQN name of the iSCSI host. 

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Locate the host's IQN number by running the following commands on the respective OS. Ensure that the iSCSI service is running on the host.

Examples of gathering the host IQN for a few operating systems:

Windows PowerShell (Run as Administrator):

(Get-InitiatorPort).NodeAddress

Linux:

cat /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

Solaris:

iscsiadm list initiator-node

Connecting Volumes to Hosts in Cloud Block Store

Transit Gateway

A Transit Gateway may be utilized to establish connectivity between Cloud Block Store and EC2 hosts when they reside in different VPCs and within the same AZ. The use of a Transit Gateway to establish connectivity between a Cloud Block Store instance's VPC and EC2 host's VPC when they reside in different AZs is not supported. 

See AWS Documentation for Transit Gateway implementation detail and limits.

The following example provides steps for the GUI. For CLI users, SSH into the management port and run:purevol connect --host <host name> <vol name>

Using the Cloud Block Store's GUI: 

  1. On the left navigation pane, click Storage.
  2. Click Volumes.

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  1. Select the desired volume.

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  1. In the Connected Host box, click the ellipsis icon and select Connect.

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  1. Select the desired host(s) and click Connect.

Ensure appropriate clustering software on your hosts is installed if you wish to connect the same volume to multiple hosts.

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