To test the connectivity from the host to the FlashArray you can use DISKSPD for a basic plumbing test. DISKSPD is a storage load generator/performance test tool from the Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, and Cloud Server Infrastructure Engineering teams.
Using DISKSPD is not advised to do performance testing. In the use case mentioned here it is to simply test the connectivity and plumbing.
DISKSPD is not recommended for performance testing. The use case mentioned here is to simply test the connectivity to the FlashArray.
Running diskspd with the below example command line will generate I/O to evaluate connectivity. The <DRIVE_LETTER> in the command line should be the drive letter of the newly connected volume. To learn how to set up a drive letter for a newly connected volume, see Working with Volumes on a Windows Server Host.
.\Diskspd.exe -b8K -d3600 -h -L -o16 -t16 -r -w30 -c400M <DRIVE_LETTER>:\io.dat
The results of the plumbing test should generate similar output as below.
The host can also be monitored using the Purity CLI with the pureuser account with the below command.
pureuser@myarray-ct0:~# purehost monitor --balance
Name Time Initiator WWN Initiator IQN Target Target WWN Failover I/O Count I/O Relative to Max
Server01 2017-06-07 09:30:06 PDT - iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:server01 (primary) - - 500187 99%
iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:server01 (secondary) - 506741 100%
The Everpure FlashArray supports the Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity. Setting up FC connectivity to the FlashArray is very straightforward. Fibre Channel configuration for connectivity is within the fabric of the infrastructure and does not involve protocol configuration on the host like iSCSI.