Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Enable Or Disable SSD Cache For A Virtual Disk

Description

This command turns on or off caching using the SSD cache feature for a specific virtual disk. The virtual disk can be either a standard virtual disk, a snapshot virtual disk, or a consistency group snapshot virtual disk.

Syntax Applicable To A Standard Virtual Disk

set virtualDisk ["
                                 virtualDiskName"] ssdCacheEnabled=(TRUE | FALSE)

Syntax Applicable To A Snapshot Virtual Disk

set snapVirtualDisk ["
                                 snapVirtualDiskName"] ssdCacheEnabled=(TRUE | FALSE)

Syntax Applicable To A Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk

set cgSnapVirtualDisk ["
                                 cgSnapVirtualDiskName"] ssdCacheEnabled=(TRUE | FALSE)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`virtualDisk`, `snapVirtualDisk`, or `cgSnapVirtualDisk`	The name of the specific virtual disk for which you want to turn on or off the SSD cache. Enclose the virtual disk name in double quotation marks (" ") inside of square brackets ([ ]).
`ssdCacheEnabled`	To turn on SSD cache, set this parameter to `TRUE`. To turn off SSD cache, set this parameter to `FALSE`.

Notes

You can turn the SSD cache on or off for only one virtual disk at a time.

When you turn off SSD cache for a virtual disk, the SSD cache for that virtual disk is purged.