Connect to FlashArray GUI

These steps will likely vary based on the needs of your environment, but the standard ways to connect

1. To create a new host object, navigate to (1) Storage > (2) Hosts and click the (3) plus sign to add a new host object.
2. Populate a (1) Name, change the personality type to (2) ESXi, optionally (3) Add to protection group after hosts are created and click (4) Create.
3. Click the (1) host object hyperlink that was just created.
4. Click the (1) ellipses then select (2) Configure NQNs...
5. Paste the NQN from your host into (1) Port NQNs and click (2) Add to add the NQN of the host to the host object.
6. To create a new host group object, click the (1) plus sign on Host Groups to create a new host group.
7. Populate (1) Name with an appropriate name, optionally (2) Add to protection group after hosts are created and click (3) Create.
8. Click the (1) host group object hyperlink that was just created.
9. To add the host objects to the host group object, click the (1) ellipses then select (2) Add...
10. Select the (1) hosts to be added to the host group and click (2) Add.
11. Next, create a volume to connect to the host group and present to the ESXi hosts previously configured. Navigate to (1) Storage > (2) Volumes and click the (3) plus sign under Volumes.
12. Populate a (1) Name and (2) Provisioned Size; click (3) Create to finish.
13. In order to add the volume to the previously configured host group, click the (1) volume name hyperlink that was just created.
14. Click the (1) ellipses and select (2) Connect...
15. Select the (1) Host Group object(s) to connect to and click (2) Connect.