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Adding a FlexCache license

If you are running ONTAP 9.6 or earlier, you must install a FlexCache license, which is a capacity-based and term-based license, by using ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series.

The FlexCache license is a cluster-wide license. The license includes an entitled usage limit that you purchase for using FlexCache volumes in the cluster. The space usage by FlexCache volumes across the cluster must not exceed the capacity of the entitled usage limit. If you need to increase the usage limit of the license, you should contact your sales representative.

Starting with ONTAP 9.7, the capacity-based license is not required. The FlexCache license is bundled with the ONTAP package.

  1. Download the Lenovo License File for the FlexCache license from https://fod2.lenovo.com/lkms/angular/app/pages/index.htm.

  2. Use ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series to upload the FlexCache license to the cluster:
    1. Click Cluster > Settings.
    2. Choose the Licenses card and select the → icon to get to the Licenses Add screen.
    3. Click Add.
    4. In the License Packages dialogue box, click Choose Files to select the Lenovo License File that you downloaded, and then click Add to upload the file to the cluster.