Filter
Backend > Devices
The Backend
Devices view provides acceleration status at a glance, and lets you
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drill down to specific SDSs and acceleration devices. This view is also used to
configure acceleration in your system, including:
Adding acceleration pools and acceleration devices
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Setting Read Flash Cache
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Configuring Read RAM Cache
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The view also displays S.M.A.R.T. information about the devices installed in your
system. From this view, you can turn a device's LED on, in order to physically locate it
in a server chassis.
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Filter—filters the table according to
text typed in the search field .
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Pools/SDS toggle—toggles display
of the table rows grouped according
to either Storage Pools/Acceleration
Pools, or SDSs.
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Pool Type—displays the type of pool
to which the device belongs: Storage
or Acceleration
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Media Type—displays the device
media type: SSD, HDD.
The filter lets you filter out the information shown in the table, so that only the objects
related to the items selected in the filter are visible. Items colored dark blue in the
filter are displayed. The buttons at the top of the filter panel control the items hidden,
displayed, selected or cleared in the filter. Below these buttons, a search field lets you
type free text to search for a object by name. The filter below shows a filter being
used to show specific devices in the Backend table. In the Backend, you can filter
information according to Storage Pools, SDSs, Volumes, Protection Domains, and
Devices.
Your filtering choice would depend on your current problem or management needs.
You can also add a specific object to the filter, using the Filter By command from the
Command menu or context-sensitive menu.
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S.M.A.R.T. State—displays the
S.M.A.R.T. state of the devices including
possible imminent drive failure.
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Temperature State—displays the device's
temperature state.
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SSD End of Life State—displays the
endurance state of an SSD device.
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LED Settings—displays current LED state
of the device. Change the LED state by
right-clicking the device and using the LED
Settings command. (LED settings are not
supported on NVDIMM devices.)
Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node AMS User Guide
VxFlex OS GUI Features
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