Complete Pure Storage FlashBlade keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 13 shortcuts across 3 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
Pure Storage arrays are managed with a family of pure* commands over SSH, one per object type — filesystems, volumes, network, hardware, alerts — and every one follows the same verb pattern (create, list, delete, setattr). The table lists the commands from the CLI guide; the notes cover the create-and-list pairs an administrator uses first and where to look when something is wrong.
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| purefs create --size size fs | Create filesystem | Create and export a new FlashBlade filesystem. |
| purefs list | List filesystems | List all filesystems with size, usage, and enabled protocols. |
| purevol create name --size size | Create volume | Create a new block volume. |
| purevol list | List volumes | List all volumes with size and connection info. |
| purevol snap name | Snapshot volume | Create a point-in-time snapshot of a volume. |
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| purearray list | Array info | Show array name, ID, Purity version, and OS. |
| purehw list | Hardware inventory | List hardware components (blades, chassis) with serial numbers. |
| puredrive list | Drive status | List physical drives and their health status. |
| purelog list | List logs | List available diagnostic log bundles. |
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| purenetwork list | Network config | List configured network interfaces and virtual IPs. |
| purenetwork create vip name --address ip | Create VIP | Create a virtual IP for data or management traffic. |
| pureadmin create --api-token | Create API token | Generate an API token for programmatic or REST access. |
| purealert list | List alerts | List current array alerts and their severity. |
The most essential Pure Storage FlashBlade shortcuts are: purefs create --size size fs (Create filesystem), purefs list (List filesystems), purevol create name --size size (Create volume).
These are command-line commands — type them in your terminal or console. Combine them with shell history search (Ctrl + R) and aliases to work even faster.
The Pure Storage FlashBlade shortcut for create filesystem is purefs create --size size fs. Create and export a new FlashBlade filesystem.
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On FlashBlade, purefs create --size size fs creates a filesystem and purefs list shows them with usage; on FlashArray the equivalent is purevol create name --size size and purevol list for block volumes. purevol snap name takes a volume snapshot, instantaneous and the basis of protection groups and replication. Sizes accept suffixes (10T), and most list commands accept --space for capacity and reduction details.
purearray list prints the array name, Purity version and ID. purehw list lists chassis, controllers and blades with their status, and puredrive list shows drives — the two to check when a hardware alert arrives. purealert list shows open alerts with severities and purelog list the audit and event logs. Everything the GUI shows comes from these commands, and --csv makes them scriptable.
purenetwork list shows interfaces and their services, and purenetwork create vip name --address ip creates a data virtual IP that clients mount through. pureadmin create --api-token creates an admin account with an API token for automation against the REST API, which mirrors the CLI one for one and is what Ansible and Terraform modules use.
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