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Azure and storage administrators can use this guide to automatically deploy the Azure infrastructure resources for deploying and configuring APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure. To use this guide effectively, administrators should be familiar with the Azure cloud services, including virtual machine (VM), storage, and virtual networks/subnets. After you have deployed a cluster, see the APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure Getting Started Guide on the Dell Technologies Support website for more details about OneFS.
The following conventions are adopted in this guide to represent the first and subsequent occurrences of frequently used terminology in a section:
The first occurrence in the title and introductory paragraph | Usage thereafter |
Dell Technologies PowerScale OneFS | OneFS |
Dell Technologies PowerScale OneFS cluster | cluster |
internal subnet for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | internal subnet |
external subnet for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | external subnet |
internal network security group for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | internal NSG |
external network security group for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | external NSG |
internal network interfaces for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | internal network interfaces |
external network interfaces for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | external network interfaces |
virtual machine/node for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure | VM/node |