User's Manual

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Resizing the CacheCade
To resize the CacheCade:
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1. In the CacheCade(s) screen, go to the CacheCade that you want to resize and select Resize ... from the Tasks drop-down menu.
The Resize CacheCade(s) screen is displayed.
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2. From the available CacheCade(s), add or remove additional CacheCade(s) as required. The disks that you select are displayed in the Selected Physical
Disks section.
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3. Click Finish.
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Renaming the CacheCade
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1. In the CacheCade(s) screen, go to the CacheCade that you want to rename and select Rename ... from the available Tasks.
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2. In the Rename screen, enter the new name for the CacheCade and click Finish.
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Blinking and Unblinking the CacheCade
In the CacheCade(s) screen, go to the CacheCade that you want to blink and select Blink... from the available Tasks.
The LED of the physical disk(s) participating in the CacheCade glows.
To unblink the physical disk in the CacheCade(s) screen, go to the CacheCade Disk that you want to unblink and select Unblink... from the available Tasks.
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Deleting the CacheCade
To delete the CacheCade:
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1. In the CacheCade(s) screen, go to the CacheCade that you want to delete and select Delete... from the available Tasks.
The following warning is displayed: Warning! CacheCade pool size will be reduced. Do you want to continue with the delete operation?
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2. Click Delete.
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CacheCade Properties
The CacheCade(s) screen displays a table of properties for each CacheCade. The following table provides a description for each property.
Table 14-1. CacheCade Properties
NOTE: The procedure of selecting physical disks while creating a CacheCade is similar to the selection of disks while creating a virtual disk. For more
information, see "Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2 of 4)".
NOTE: While selecting and deselecting the SSDs that must participate in the CacheCade, you must retain at least one of the original SSDs.
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Property
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Definition
Status
These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.
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Normal/OK
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Warning/Non-critical
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Critical/Fatal
For more information, see Storage Component Severity.