Owners Manual
Adding Hardware to a VSA
Before adding cache devices or network adapters to a Fluid Cache cluster, do the following:
1. Log in to the vSphere Windows client.
2. Right-click a VSA under the ESXi host, and click Power → Power Off.
3. Confirm that you are turning off the VSA by clicking OK in the Confirm Shutdown dialog box.
4. Select the ESXi host.
5. In the Hardware area of the Configuration tab, click Advanced Settings → Edit.
The Mark Devices for Passthrough window is displayed.
6. Select the cache devices for passthrough and click OK.
The DirectPath I/O Configuration window is displayed.
7. In the DirectPath I/O Configuration window, click Refresh to display the SSDs you just entered.
8. Restart the ESXi host to make the SSDs available.
9. In the Virtual Machines tab, right-click the VM, and then select Edit Settings.
The Virtual Machine Properties window is displayed.
10. In the Hardware tab, click Add.
The Add Hardware window is displayed.
11. In the Add Hardware window, select PCI Device from the list of device types, and then click Next.
12. Select the first cache device from the drop-down menu. Cache devices compatible with Fluid Cache
contain either “Micron RealSSD” or “Samsung Electronics” in their name.
13. Click Next.
The Ready to Complete window is displayed.
14. In the Ready to Complete window, click Finish.
15. Repeat tasks 12–15 for all remaining cache devices.
16. Repeat tasks 12–15 for the network adapter virtual function (the adapters whose description contains
the words “Virtual Function”).
NOTE: Do not add the same device twice.
17. When you have finished adding components, click OK in the Virtual Machine Properties window.
Complete the tasks in Adding Cache Devices to a Fluid Cache Cluster.
Adding a Storage Center to a Fluid Cache Cluster
1. Log in to Enterprise Manager as a user with Administrator or Volume Manager privileges.
2. Click the Storage view.
3. In the Storage pane, expand Fluid Cache Clusters if necessary, and then select the Fluid Cache
cluster.
4. In the Cache tab, select Tasks and click Assign Storage Centers.
The Assign Storage Centers window is displayed.
5. In the Assign Storage Centers window, select one or more Storage Centers to be added.
6. Click OK.
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