User's Manual

72 PCI Express Solid-State Device Support
Add PCIe SSDs to Fluid Cache Pool
You can configure or increase the capacity of the Fluid Cache pool by adding
PCIe SSDs to them.
To add a PCIe SSD to a cache pool:
1
On the left-hand side of the Storage Management page, click Storage 
PCIe SSD SubSystem  Enclosure (Backplane)  Physical Devices .
The
Physical devices on PCIe SSD SubSystem page is displayed with the
available list of physical disks.
2 From the list of Ta sk s corresponding to the physical disk to which you want
add the PCIe SSD, select the
Add to Cache Pool option.
3 Click Execute to add the PCIe SSD. The following message is displayed.
Data present on the device will be lost. Are you
sure you want to proceed?
NOTE: When the device is part of the cache pool, the tasks, Full Initialization and
Prepare to Remove, are not displayed in the Tasks drop-down list.
4 Click OK .
After the device is added to the cache pool, the Part of Cache Pool displays
Active.
NOTE: PCIe SSDs cannot be partitioned and must be used entirely as cache.
Remove PCIe SSDs from Fluid Cache Pool
To remove a PCIe SSD from a cache pool:
1
On the left-hand side of the Storage Management page, click Storage 
PCIe SSD SubSystem  Enclosure (Backplane)  Physical Devices .
The
Physical devices on PCIe SSD SubSystem page is displayed with the
available list of physical disks.
2 From the list of Ta sk s corresponding to the physical disk to which you want
add the PCIe SSD, select the
Remove from Cache Pool option.