Nytro Cache Drive Configuration : Configuring a New Storage Device by Using MegaRAID Storage Manager : Manual Configuration

Manual Configuration

The following procedure lets you perform the Manual configuration:

1.

Right-click a controller node in the device tree in the left pane of the MegaRAID Storage Manager dialog.

You can use the Nytro Flash modules to create only a Nytro Cache drive configuration or a Nytro Cache drive and Boot drive configuration.

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2.

Select Create Nytro™ Cache.

The following dialog appears.

Figure 8. Create Nytro Cache Drive – Specify Type

3.

Select the Only Caching radio button as shown in the preceding figure to create a regular Nytro Cache drive.

Or

4.

Select the Caching and Boot radio button to create a Boot drive.

Select the Caching and Boot radio button to use a part of the available Nytro Flash module space to create a Nytro Cache drive and Boot drive. The remaining space is used to create a regular virtual drive, which can be used as a boot drive.

5.

Click Next.