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The following prerequisites must be performed before installing the CSI Driver for PowerFlex:
1. Ensure that the PowerFlex Storage cluster has been fully deployed.
2. Ensure that the OpenShift cluster has been fully deployed and all the PowerFlex networks are configured on the OpenShift nodes.
3. Install Helm on the Linux workstation from where the CSI installation will be initiated.
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
4. Create a Kubernetes secret for the PowerFlex credentials.
5. Obtain the PowerFlex values such as the PowerFlex system name or ID, default gateway, PowerFlex Gateway IP address and MDM IP addresses, and the default storage pool that will be used by the helm installer.
For more information, see the Prerequisites section of PowerFlex CSI Documentation.