Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

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Deploying and provisioning

The following table describes common tasks for deploying and provisioning the system and what steps to take in PowerFlex Manager to initiate each task:


If you want to...	Do this in PowerFlex Manager...
Perform an advanced PowerFlex CSV deployment	If you would like to use the legacy PowerFlex Installer to provide an installation topology file, click Deploy With Installation File on the Getting Started page. See the topic on deploying a PowerFlex cluster using a CSV topology file in the Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Install and Upgrade Guide for more information.
Define a resource group and infrastructure requirements	If you will be managing and updating components other than PowerFlex, upload the compliance file on the Settings > Repositories > Compliance Versions page. Define the networks you need on the Settings > Networking > Networks page. Discover the resources required for your deployment on the Resources > Discover Resources page. 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. 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.
Deploy a new resource group	Click Lifecycle > Resource Groups. On the Resource Groups page, click Deploy New Resource Group. You can only deploy a resource group using a published template.