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+#
+# Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
+#
+
+import pytest
+
+from api.cas import casadm, cli, cli_messages
+from storage_devices.disk import DiskType, DiskTypeSet, DiskTypeLowerThan
+from core.test_run import TestRun
+from test_utils.size import Size, Unit
+
+
+@pytest.mark.require_disk("cache", DiskTypeSet([DiskType.optane, DiskType.nand]))
+@pytest.mark.require_disk("core", DiskTypeLowerThan("cache"))
+def test_remove_multilevel_core():
+    """
+        title: Test of the ability to remove a core used in a multilevel cache.
+        description: |
+          Negative test if OpenCAS does not allow to remove a core when the related exported object
+          is used as a core device for another cache instance.
+        pass_criteria:
+          - No system crash.
+          - OpenCAS does not allow removing a core used in a multilevel cache instance.
+    """
+    with TestRun.step("Prepare two devices for cache and one for core."):
+        cache_dev = TestRun.disks['cache']
+        cache_dev.create_partitions([Size(512, Unit.MebiByte)] * 2)
+        cache_part1 = cache_dev.partitions[0]
+        cache_part2 = cache_dev.partitions[1]
+        core_dev = TestRun.disks['core']
+        core_dev.create_partitions([Size(1, Unit.GibiByte)])
+        core_dev = core_dev.partitions[0]
+
+    with TestRun.step("Start the first cache instance"):
+        cache1 = casadm.start_cache(cache_part1, force=True)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Add a core device to the first cache instance."):
+        core1 = cache1.add_core(core_dev)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Start the second cache instance"):
+        cache2 = casadm.start_cache(cache_part2, force=True)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Add the first cache's exported object as a core "
+                      "to the second cache instance."):
+        cache2.add_core(core1)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Try to remove core from the first level cache."):
+        output = TestRun.executor.run_expect_fail(cli.remove_core_cmd(cache_id=str(cache1.cache_id),
+                                                                      core_id=str(core1.core_id),
+                                                                      force=True))
+        cli_messages.check_msg(output, cli_messages.remove_multilevel_core)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Stop cache."):
+        casadm.stop_all_caches()