Dell Technologies APEX Navigator for Multicloud Storage APEX Block Storage for AWS Deployment

In this presentation, Chad Gray from Dell Technologies is demonstrating how to deploy the APEX Block Storage for AWS using APEX Navigator. He explains the process in four easy steps:

1. Select Product, Cloud, and Region: Chad selects APEX Block Storage for AWS with Navigator, version 4.5.1, and chooses a region available in the US.
2. Connect Cloud Account: He selects a previously set up cloud account that was added to APEX Navigator.
3. Deployment Configuration: Here, Chad provides a deployment name, selects a performance tier (balanced or performance optimized), sets the minimum usable capacity and IOPS, chooses the availability level (single AZ or multi AZ), and decides whether to deploy to an existing VPC or create a new one. He opts to create a new VPC and inputs IP ranges. He also names a key pair for SSH access into the storage instances, which will be stored in AWS Secret Manager.
4. Review Configuration and Deployment: Chad mentions that there’s a free 90-day evaluation license, and he reviews the AWS resources that will be deployed, noting that they will incur costs.

The deployment can be monitored through APEX Navigator, and the process takes around two hours to complete. The demonstration shows how APEX Navigator simplifies the setup of APEX Block Storage in AWS by automating the deployment, which would be more complex if done manually.