This guide provides step-by-step instructions for integrating the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) with Everpure FlashArray using NVMe-oF/TCP. It covers prerequisites, configuration steps, and setup procedures for both the FlashArray and the Nutanix environment.
The integration of Nutanix Cloud Platform with Everpure FlashArray introduces a next-generation architecture that combines Nutanix’s highly automated virtualization and networking stack with the performance, efficiency, and simplicity of Everpure FlashArray. At its core, this solution decouples storage from compute, allowing independent scalability while delivering low latency, rich data services such as always-on compression, deduplication and encryption and integrated VM-level management through Nutanix Prism.
This joint solution arrives at a time of transition across the virtualization landscape, where cost pressures, platform flexibility, and vendor lock-in are driving customers to re-evaluate legacy stacks. By leveraging NVMe-oF/TCP as the fabric between compute and external storage, the integration preserves the simplicity and automation benefits of Nutanix while unlocking enterprise-grade storage capabilities and resilience, making it especially well-suited for data-intensive workloads.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure that the following requirements are met:
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Everpure FlashArray:
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Deploy and configure Everpure FlashArray with Purity//FA version 6.10.3 or newer.
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Configure and enable NVMe-oF/TCP on the FlashArray.
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Nutanix Cloud Platform:
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Deploy a Nutanix NCP cluster with Nutanix AOS 7.5 / Nutanix AHV 11 or newer.
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FlashArray Key Components
Realm: A Realm in Everpure Purity//FA is a logical management construct that acts as a container for related storage objects such as Pods, Hosts, Host Groups, and Volumes. Realms enable the logical grouping and delegated administration of these objects within a single FlashArray.
Pod: A Pod is a collection of volumes that can be managed together as a single entity. Pods are often used to group related volumes for replication, protection, and mobility across FlashArrays.
Within a Realm, a Pod serves as the primary organizational unit for storage resources.
In the context of a Nutanix integration, a dedicated Realm and Pod are created to contain all objects associated with the external storage connection. This approach isolates Nutanix related resources from other workloads on the FlashArray, simplifies management, and allows administrators to apply optional capacity quotas and policy configurations specific to Nutanix storage operations. Capacity quotas can be set to ensure that a Nutanix Cluster does not exceed the desired amount of resources to be allocated to it.
The supported number of Realms, Pods and other important FlashArray components can be found on the Everpure knowledge portal.
Procedure
At a high-level, the Nutanix Cloud Platform integration with FlashArray includes 3 steps:
Follow the next sections to review these steps in more detail.