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Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually

You can use Storage Manager to create a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually or to convert an existing SSD aggregate to a FabricPool-enabled aggregate by attaching an external capacity tier to the SSD aggregate.

Before you begin

  • You must have created an external capacity tier and attached the external capacity tier to the cluster in which the SSD aggregate resides.

  • An on-premises external capacity tier must have been created.

  • A dedicated network connection must exist between the external capacity tier and the aggregate.

About this task

  • The supported external capacity tiers are StorageGRID , Amazon AWS S3, and Microsoft Azure Blob storage.
    Note
    • Azure Stack, which is an on-premises Azure services, is not supported.
    • If you want to use Amazon AWS S3 or Microsoft Azure Blob storage as an external capacity tier, you must have the FabricPool capacity license.

  • FabricPool-enabled aggregates are not supported on MetroCluster configurations.

  1. Create a FabricPool-enabled aggregate by using one of the following methods:
    • Click Applications & Tiers > Storage Tiers > Add Aggregate .
    • Click Storage > Aggregate & Disks > Aggregates > Create .
  2. Enable the Manually Create Aggregate option to create an aggregate.
  3. To create a FabricPool-enabled aggregate:
    1. Specify the name of the aggregate, the disk type, and the number of disks or partitions to include in the aggregate.

      Note
      Only all flash (all SSD) aggregates support FabricPool-enabled aggregates.

      The minimum hot spare rule is applied to the disk group that has the largest disk size.

    2. Optional: Modify the RAID configuration of the aggregate:

      1. Click Change .

      2. In the Change RAID Configuration dialog box, specify the RAID type and the RAID group size.

        RAID-DP is the only supported RAID type for shared disks.

      3. Click Save .

  4. Select the FabricPool checkbox, and then select an external capacity tier from the list.
  5. Click Create .