On a new FlashArray//XR4 installation, the Implementation Engineer must run the cobalt_check.py script before executing puresetup newarray.
The FlashArray//XR4 represents a significant hardware architectural shift (internally codenamed or associated with the "Cobalt" platform generation). This platform introduces new PCIe layouts, NVMe backplanes, and controller components that require specific validation beyond the standard legacy checks. The cobalt_check.
py script is a specialized hardware diagnostic tool pre-loaded on the manufacturing image of //XR4 controllers.
Its purpose is to verify that the specific hardware components of the R4 platform-such as the status of the internal NVMe interconnects, the correct population of the chassis, and the health of the new controller mainboard-are functioning within strict tolerances. Running this check ensures that the physical layer is
100% healthy before the Purity operating system attempts to initialize the database and claim the storage media. Option A (pureboot list) checks boot versions but not hardware health, and Option C (purehw list) is a general command that might not catch the specific low-level architectural issues the cobalt_check.py script is designed to identify on this specific generation.