Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

1. If you will be managing and updating components other than PowerFlex, upload the compliance file on the Settings > Repositories > Compliance Versions page.
2. Define the networks you need on the Settings > Networking > Networks page.
3. Discover the resources required for your deployment on the Resources > Discover Resources page.
4. Clone a sample template and make changes as needed. Click Lifecycle > Templates and click Sample templates. Open a sample template and click More Actions > Clone on the right side of the screen.
5. Click Lifecycle > Resource Groups. On the Resource Groups page, click Deploy New Resource Group.

For example, for a PowerFlex hyperconverged deployment, clone one of the PowerFlex hyperconverged templates. For a two-layer deployment, clone one of the PowerFlex storage-only templates. Then, clone one of the PowerFlex compute-only templates.

You can also create a new template. However, for most environments, you can simply clone one of the sample templates that are provided with PowerFlex Manager.

Be sure to upload a compliance file (if necessary), define the networks, and discover resources before adding the existing resource group.

• Protection Domains
• Fault Sets
• SDSs
• Storage Pools
• Acceleration Pools
• Devices
• Volumes
• NVMe Targets
• Hosts

If you create new objects on the Block tab, you need to update the inventory on the Resources page, and then click Update Resource Group Details on the Lifecycle > Resource Groups page for any resource group that requires the updates.