Creating a cache area
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Creating a cache area

You can create a cache area on the locally attached SSD using the Create Cache Area Wizard.

You can use internal or external SSDs, or a combination of both to create the cache area. You can create maximum 8 cache areas and can link it to a specific set of volumes.

To create a cache area

  1. Right-click Cache in the left panel tree view and select Create Cache Area from the context menu.
  2. The Create Cache Area wizard appears. On the Welcome panel, click Next.
  3. On the SSD Selection panel, enter a name in the Cache Area Name box. A cache area name is limited to 15 ASCII characters. It cannot contain spaces, or forward or backward slashes. Also, a period cannot be the first character.

    The SSDs attached to the system are displayed in the Available disks list. Select the SSDs to be used in the cache area.

    To set the cache area as the auto cache area, select the Enable default caching check box. Click Next.

    Note:

    SmartIO supports only one auto cache area. To set a new default cache area when a default cache area is already set on your system, you must reset the existing default cache area through CLI.
  4. On the Summary panel, review the summary report and click Finish.
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