Host and Volume Creation in Everpure Cloud Dedicated

Everpure Cloud Dedicated for AWS
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Public
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Documentation

Creating Volumes

Note:

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 Everpure Cloud Dedicated'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.

Note:

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 Everpure Cloud Dedicated'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.

    Note:

    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