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PX-CSI provides a robust and scalable solution for managing both storage and cluster topology in Kubernetes environments. It simplifies the process of provisioning, attaching, and managing storage resources for containerized applications, while also ensuring optimal cluster topology management. This section covers various operations you can perform with Portworx CSI, ensuring efficient and reliable storage and cluster management for your Kubernetes clusters.

📄️Migrate from PX-Essentials to PX-CSI

Learn how to migrate from a Portworx Essentials license to PX-CSI 25.8.0 or later.

📄️Use CSI Topology

Learn how to use the CSI topology feature with FlashArray Direct Access volumes

📄️Configure Subnet-Aware iSCSI Login

Learn how to configure subnet-aware iSCSI login for multi-subnet environments

📄️Control Volume Placement Using Array ID

Learn how to control volume placement on specific FlashArrays or FlashBlades using array ID

📄️Disable host network for the CSI node plugin

Learn how to disable host networking for the PX-CSI node plugin DaemonSet using a StorageCluster annotation

📄️Configure resource limits, placements, tolerations, and nodeAffinity for PX-CSI components

Define Kubernetes-specific settings once using the ComponentK8sConfig CRD

📄️Use FlashArray ActiveCluster for High Availability

Learn how to use FlashArray ActiveCluster with PX-CSI for synchronous replication and high availability

📄️Add custom tags to FlashArray block volumes

Learn how to apply automatic and custom metadata tags to FlashArray block volumes using PX-CSI

📄️Back up and restore PX-CSI clusters using volume resource-only backup in Portworx Backup

Learn how to back up and restore Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes using Portworx Backup with volume resource-only backup and restore operations.

📄️Deploy PX-CSI on OpenShift Hosted Control Planes

Learn how to deploy PX-CSI on Red Hat OpenShift Hosted Control Planes (HCP).