Creating aggregates

You can create an aggregate or a Flash Pool to provide storage for one or more FlexVol volumes.

Before you begin

•	You must have homogeneous disk groups with disks of the same size.

•	If you are creating a Flash Pool, all the nodes in the cluster must be running Data ONTAP 8.1.1 or later.

About this task

Using the Create Aggregate wizard, you can perform the following:

•	Create a Flash Pool.

•	Specify the number of disks to include.

•	Specify the type of disks to include.

•	Specify the RAID type for the RAID groups on the aggregate.

•	Specify the RAID group size.

You cannot combine disks with different checksum types when creating an aggregate or a Flash Pool using System Manager. You can create aggregates with a single checksum type and add storage of a different checksum type later.

You should be aware of platform-specific and workload-specific best practices for the Flash Pool SSD tier size and configuration. For more information, see Technical Report 4070: NetApp Flash Pool Design and Implementation Guide.

Steps

1.	From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.

2.	Expand either the Cluster or the Nodes hierarchy in the left navigation pane.

3.	In the navigation pane, click Storage > Aggregates.

4.	Click Create.

5.	Type or select information as prompted by the wizard.

6.	Confirm the details and click Finish to complete the wizard.

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