Modify Cache panel options
Use this wizard panel to modify the attributes for a cache area.
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Table: Modify Cache panel options
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Change state | Select either Online or Offline . |
| Online enables the cache area thereby serving the reads and writes from the cache area. Offline disables the cache area. Reads and writes are not served from the cache area. | |
| Select caching mode | Select Default mode or Reserve mode. |
| Default cache areas are available to all applications except those configured to use a reserved cache areas. You can have only one default cache area online at a time. It is not mandatory to have a default cache area. | |
| Reserve cache areas are available specifically to one or more applications. You can configure any number of Reserve cache areas. | |
| You can change the caching mode. | |
| Enable Caching for | Select one of the following |
| Note: This option is not available for Windows hosts. | - The following two options are displayed if the cache area is created on VxFS file systems. All Mount Points : Select this option to enable caching on all mount points. Selected Mount Points : Select this option to enable caching on specific mount points. When you select Selected Mount Points , caching is not enabled by default. You need to explicitly enable caching on each of the selected mount points. |
| - The following two options are displayed if the cache area is created on VxVM volumes. All Volumes : Select this option to enable caching for all volumes. Selected Volumes : Select this option to enable caching on selected volumes. When you select Selected Volumes , then caching is not enabled by default. You need to explicitly enable caching on each of the selected volumes. | |
| Change cache size to | Specify the new cache size. |
| Add/Remove Disk from Cache | Expand Add/Remove Disk from Cache to view and configure the following parameters\: |
| Resize : To specify disks to add or remove, check the boxes next to the respective disk Name , and then select Add or Remove . |
The Modify Cache panel also displays the Current Cache Size and Max Available Cache Size.
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