# HPE CSI driver installation

HPE CSI driver is installed as part of the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform K8s cluster installation.

# Validating installation

Verify that everything is up and running correctly with the listing out the pods, using the below command. The expected output is as shown.

> kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -l 'app in (nimble-csp, primera3par-csp, hpe-csi-node, hpe-csi-controller)'
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kube-system csp-service-5df8679cf7-m4jcw 1/1 Running 0 5m
kube-system hpe-csi-controller-84d8569476-9pk74 5/5 Running 0 5m
kube-system hpe-csi-node-qt74m 2/2 Running 0 5m

If all the components show in Running state, then the HPE CSI driver for Kubernetes and the corresponding Container Storage Provider has been successfully deployed.