Creating a CacheCade Logical Drive

Perform the following steps to create a CacheCade logical drive.

1.	Select Configure > CacheCade – SSD Caching Configuration on the Server dashboard or the Controller dashboard.

The CacheCade – SSD Caching Configuration window opens.

2.	Select a RAID level for the array.

For example, select RAID 0.

3.	(Optional) – Click Compare and Select to view the detailed information on each RAID level.

4.	Click Next.

5.	Click Add SSD Drives to add SSD drives to the array.

The Available Unconfigured SSD Drives window appears.

6.	Select the SSD drives and click Add SSD Drives.

7.	Click Add CacheCade – SSD Caching Logical Drives to add CacheCade logical drives to the array.

The CacheCade – SSD Caching Logical Drive Settings window appears.

NOTE  You can create only one CacheCade – SSD Caching logical drive as the full capacity of the logical drive is used for the creation of CacheCade – SSD Caching logical drive.

8.	Enter a name for the CacheCade – SSD Caching logical drive in the CacheCade – SSD Caching Logical Drive Name field.

The logical drive name can have a maximum of 15 characters.

9.	Specify the write policy for the CacheCade – SSD Caching logical drives.

The options follow:

Write Back

Write Through

10.	Click Add CacheCade – SSD Caching Logical Drives.

The newly created CacheCade - SSD Caching logical drives appears in the CacheCade – SSD Caching Configuration window just below the Add CacheCade – SSD Caching Logical Drives section.

If you want to modify the CacheCade – SSD Caching logical drives settings before finishing the configuration, click the icon.

11.	Click Finish.

A message appears stating that the configuration is complete.