Cloud Block Store on AWS Management

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:

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.

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.

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.

2. 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.
3. Enter the username and password:

• Default username: pureuser
• Default password: pureuser

4. 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.

Creating Volumes 

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.

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

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

Creating Hosts

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

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.

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

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

6. In the Host Ports box:

   1. Click the ellipsis (three dots) icon.

   2. Select Configure IQNs.

7. Enter the IQN name of the iSCSI 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