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Although you can use an existing Splunk index to store the incoming data from PowerScale, we recommend that you create a new one. It can be either a SmartStore or non-SmartStore index.
Note: If you are using a heavy forwarder, you must create an index with the same on the heavy forwarder.
To create a SmartStore index with ECS, see the Dell ECS: Splunk SmartStore Configuration Guide.