Creating a Cache Group : Creating a Cache Group in Manual Mode : Selecting the Logical Drives

Selecting the Logical Drives

You can add the logical drives (VDs) only if the total VDs in the cache group do not exceed the maximum supported VDs (a maximum of 64 VDs are supported).

1.

Click Next on the dialog shown in the First-Time Configuration – Add Cache Device to Cache Groupfigure.

If there are no eligible logical drives are detected, the following dialog appears indicating that there are no eligible VDs.

Figure 14. First-Time Configuration – Create Cache Group: No Eligible VD

You can select the eligible logical drives anytime later.

Or,

If the eligible logical drives are detected, the following dialog appears letting you select the eligible logical drives.

2.

Select the Cache device, and click Add > to add into the Cache group box.

The Next button is enabled as shown in the following figure.

If you click Next without selecting any eligible VDs, the following warning message appears.

Figure 15. No Cached Virtual Drives

3.

Click Yes in the preceding figure to continue without selecting any VDs.

Or,

4.

Click No in the preceding figure to select the VDs. The following figure appears letting you select the VDs.

Figure 16. Manage Cached Logical Drives

5.

To select the VDs from the Virtual drives box, click Add > on the to add the VDs individually or click Add All >> to add all of the VDs.

Figure 17. Manage Cached Logical Drives (continued)

The Add button is enabled if there is at least one selectable VD in the Virtual drives box. You can select more than one VD, by holding the Shift or Ctrl key.

6.

Click Save.

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