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Ivan Voras wrote:
> Philippe Pegon wrote:
> 
>> If I remember correctly, you can see it at boot time. I don't know how 
>> to find it when FreeBSD is up. Maybe someone else knows it (if it's 
>> possible) ?
> 
> 
> It doesn't mention cache when booting and initialising the array.

I'm not sure, but I believe that the Smart Array 532 doesn't have write 
cache and doesn't support it :

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/smartarray532/questionsanswers.html#11

and in the specs :

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10851_div/10851_div.html

"
32MB Memory optimizes performance and data throughput.
NOTE: 32 MB of DRAM used for code, transfer buffers, and non-battery 
backed read cache
"

--
Philippe Pegon