CONFIGURATION OF FLASHARRAY TO UTILIZE ACCESS AS AN NFS TARGET

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Audience
Public
Product
FlashArray
FlashArray > Purity//FA
Source Type
Documentation

Offload application needs to be installed to enable Snap to NFS and CloudSnap features. Thus, for offload application (Snap to NFS) installation contact Everpure support at support@purestorage.com

Step 1) Connect to the FlashArray GUI using a web browser, click on Storage on the left pane.

Step 2) Click the three menu dots (vertical ellipses) on the far right of the Offload Targets section and select Connect to NFS Offload Target. Then, enter the name, IP address or hostname, mount point and mount options as shown below.

Step 3) Once the connection succeeds, the NFS target details entered will appear under the Offload Target with a green dot.

Step 4) Click on Protection Groups at the top and click on a Protection Groupname (e.g. MongoDB) to get into page to specify the Target.

Step 5) In the Targets section, click on the 3 dots (vertical ellipses) on the far right and select “Add”. Select the NFS target (e.g. accessT) and click Add.

Step 6) The selected target will appear on the Targets section.