A customer's management network connectivity is NOT available at the time of array deployment.

The puresetup initialization script automatically runs a series of network validation tests to ensure the array can reach default gateways, DNS servers, and Pure1. If the management network is not yet live or is air-gapped during the install, these tests will fail, potentially blocking the setup process.

To proceed with the initialization despite the missing network, the Implementation Engineer must append the --skip-management-connectivity-tests flag to the puresetup command.

This flag instructs the script to bypass the ping/DNS lookup checks on the management interface.

It allows the engineer to complete the array initialization (naming, IP assignment) so the array is "up" and ready for local config, with the understanding that full management connectivity will be established and verified later.

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