Using the MegaRAID CacheCade Advanced Software

The MegaRAID CacheCade software provides you with read caching capability.

Perform the following steps to use the CacheCade advanced software.

1.	Click a RAID controller icon in the left frame.

2.	Select Go To > Controller > Create CacheCade - SSD Caching on the menu bar.

The wizard dialog appears.

3.	Click unconfigured CacheCade - SSD Caching drives in the left frame to select the drives for the CacheCade drive group, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 118. Create CacheCade Drive group Dialog

After you select the unconfigured drives, the Add >> button is available.

4.	Click Add >> to move the selected drives to the drive group in the right frame, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 119. Create CacheCade Drive group Dialog

After you move the selected drives, the Create Drive Group button is available.

5.	Click Create Drive Group.

6.	Click Next.

Use the next dialog that appears to select parameters for the cache disk.

7.	Enter a name for the CacheCade - SSD Caching virtual drive in the CacheCade - SSD Caching VD name field, and click Create Virtual Drive.

Depending on the number of drives, you might have the option to set the capacity of the CacheCade - SSD Caching drive.

The CacheCade drive group icon appears in the menu dialog, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 120. Create CacheCade™ - Summary Dialog

8.	Click Next.

The summary dialog appears, as shown in the following figure. This dialog displays the drive group name, the number of drives, the total capacity, the free capacity, the CacheCade virtual drive name, and the capacity being used.

Figure 121. CacheCade Virtual Drive Summary Dialog

9.	Click Finish.

A confirmation message displays after the CacheCade virtual drive is successfully created.

The CacheCade drive icon appears next to the RAID controller in the left frame, in the MegaRAID Storage Manager main window.