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Figure 46.  Deploy SvSAN VSA 

 

6.  Choose the desired storage allocation technique (Figure 47). Raw device mapping RDM) devices offer the best 

performance; however, SSH must be enabled on the host, but only for the duration of the deployment (SSH can be 
disabled immediately after deployment).

 Warning: If you select an RDM device that has data stored on it, that data will be permanently deleted during deployment.

Figure 47.  Deploy VSA: Storage

7.  If you want to allocate multiple RDM devices as a pool, select the 

Advanced options check box. If the pool you want is 

listed, select it. Otherwise, click 

Add. The Create Storage Pool window opens.

8. Click 

Next and select the Skip cache allocation radio button in the Caching configuration window.