Administrator Guide

Locating physical disks in an SSD cache

You can locate the physical disks in an SSD cache using the Blink option. To locate physical disks in an SSD cache:

1. In the AMW, select the Storage & Copy Services tab.

2. In the tree view, select the SSD cache and do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, select Storage > SSD Cache > Blink.

• Right click on the SSD cache and select Blink.

The LEDs on the physical disks comprising the SSD cache blink.

3. After locating the physical disks, click OK.

The LEDs stop blinking.

4. If the LEDs for the disk group do not stop blinking, from the toolbar in AMW, select Hardware > Blink > Stop All Indications.

If the LEDs successfully stop blinking, a confirmation message is displayed.

5. Click OK.

Adding physical disks to an SSD cache

To add physical disks to an SSD cache:

1. In the AMW, select the Storage & Copy Services tab.

2. In the tree view, select the SSD cache and do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, select Storage > SSD Cache > Add Physical Disks (Capacity).

• Right click on the SSD cache and select Add Physical Disks (Capacity).

The Add Physical Disks (Capacity) window is displayed.

3. Select the physical disk that you want to add and click Add.

The following are not listed in the Add Physical Disks (Capacity) window:

• Physical disk(s) in a non-optimal state.

• Physical disks which are not SSD physical disks.

• Physical disks not compatible with the physical disks currently in the SSD cache.

Removing physical disks from an SSD cache

To remove physical disks from an SSD cache:

1. In the AMW, select the Storage & Copy Services tab.

2. In the tree view, select the SSD cache from which you want to remove physical disk(s).

3. Do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, select Storage > SSD Cache > Remove Physical Disks (Capacity).

• Right click on the SSD cache and select Remove Physical Disks (Capacity).

The Remove Physical Disks (Capacity) window is displayed.

4. Select the physical disk that you want to add and click Remove.

Suspending or resuming SSD caching

1. In the AMW, select the Storage & Copy Services tab.

2. In the tree view, select the SSD cache and do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, select Storage > SSD Cache > Suspend.

• Right click on the SSD cache and select Suspend.

In the Table view of the SSD cache, the Status is displayed as Suspended.

3. To resume SSD caching, do one of the following:

• From the menu bar, select Storage > SSD Cache > Resume.

• Right click on the SSD cache and select Resume.

In the Table view of the SSD cache, the Status is displayed as Optimal.

Using SSD cache