Configure Auto Tiering Pools; Enable Auto Tiering License; Create An Auto Tiering Pool - Qsan XS5224D User Manual

11.3. Configure Auto Tiering Pools

This section will describe the operations of configuring auto tiering pool.
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11.3.1. Enable Auto Tiering License

The auto tiering function is optional. Before using it, you have to enable auto tiering license.
Select the Update function tab in the Maintenance function submenu, download Request
License file and send to your local sales to obtain a License Key. After getting the license
key, click the Choose File button to select it, and then click the Apply button to enable. When
the license is enabled, please reboot the system. Each license key is unique and dedicated
to a specific system. If you have already enabled, this option will be invisible.
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11.3.2. Create an Auto Tiering Pool

Here is an example of creating an auto tiering pool with 3 tiers, each tier has 3 disks
configured in RAID 5. At the first time of creating an auto tiering pool, it may contain at least
2 tiers (disk groups) and the maximum quantity of disk in a tier (disk group) is 8.
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Pools Function Submenu
Enable Auto Tiering License