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title Quickstart: Create a Dell PowerScale Resource
description Learn how to create a resource for Dell PowerScale by using the Azure portal.
author ProfessorKendrick
ms.author kkendrick
ms.topic quickstart
ms.date 03/24/2026

Quickstart: Create a Dell PowerScale resource

This quickstart shows you how to create a Dell PowerScale resource by using the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

[!INCLUDE create-prerequisites]

Create a resource

[!INCLUDE create-resource]

Basics tab

The Basics tab has three sections:

  • Project details
  • Azure resource details
  • Dell PowerScale file system details

:::image type="content" source="media/create/basics.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the Basics tab of the Create a Dell PowerScale resource page.":::

Enter values for each required setting.

  1. Project details:

    Setting Value
    Subscription Select the subscription that you want to use.
    Resource group Select an existing resource group, or create a new one by selecting Create new.

  2. Azure resource details:

    Setting Value
    Resource name Enter a name for your resource.
    Region Select the region in which you want to deploy the resource.

  3. Dell PowerScale file system details:

    Setting Value
    Dell Reference Number Enter your Dell reference number. You can request a reference number by selecting the link in the Plan section.

  4. Select Next to go to the Networking tab.

Networking tab

The Networking tab has two sections:

  • Networking details
  • SmartConnect FQDN

:::image type="content" source="media/create/networking.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the Networking tab of the Create a Dell PowerScale resource page.":::

Enter values for each required setting.

  1. Networking details:

    Setting Value
    Virtual network Select the delegated virtual network in which to deploy the resource.
    Subnet Select the delegated subnet in which to deploy the resource. The subnet must be delegated to Dell.Storage/filesystems and have at least 256 IP addresses reserved for Dell PowerScale.

  2. SmartConnect FQDN:

    Setting Value
    SmartConnect service name Enter a fully qualified domain name to configure SmartConnect.

  3. If you want to create tags, select the Tags tab. See the next section. Otherwise, select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.

Tags tab (optional)

[!INCLUDE tags]

Review + create tab

[!INCLUDE review-create]

Next step

[!div class="nextstepaction"] Manage Dell PowerScale resources