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•Installs and loads the IO Accelerator Windows® driver. (When complete, you will need to reboot the system.)

•Installs support for SNMP (if installed, and if Microsoft® SNMP is installed and the SNMP service is running).

When the installation program creates the IO Accelerator folder on the drive, it also creates these sub-folders:

•<driver version>\Driver—Installs manually using Device Manager.

•Firmware—Contains the latest IO Accelerator firmware.

•SMI-S—Currently not used; reserved for future SMI-S use.

•SNMP—Contains the SNMP components.

•Utils—Contains the IO Accelerator command line utilities.

To continue installation, go to "Upgrading the device firmware using Windows (on page 23)."

Upgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to 3.x.x

CAUTION: You cannot downgrade an HP IO Accelerator device firmware to an earlier version after you have upgraded the device.

CAUTION: Upgrading IO Accelerator devices that were previously configured for VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to work with VSL 3.x.x requires a low-level media format of the device. No user data is maintained during the media format process. Be sure to backup all data on your IO Accelerator device as instructed before upgrading the firmware.

Version 3.1.x of the HP IO Accelerator VSL supports new features, including the latest generation of IO Accelerator architecture and improved Flashback protection. These features require the latest version of the firmware. Every IO Accelerator device in a system running 3.1.x or later must be upgraded to the latest version of the firmware.

For example, if you have a system running 2.3.1 HP IO Accelerator VSL with IO Accelerator devices previously installed, and you want to install new IO Accelerator Gen2 devices (that require the latest version of the firmware), then you will need to upgrade all of the existing devices to the latest firmware version.

Upgrade path

Depending on the current version of your HP IO Accelerator device, to preserve the internal structure of the device, you might have to perform multiple upgrades. The following path is the minimum upgrade path that you must follow. Upgrade the HP IO Accelerator VSL software on the system, and upgrade the firmware to the compatible version in the following order:

1.2.4 > 1.2.7 > 2.1.0 > 2.2.3 > 3.1.x

For VSL upgrade information for the HP IO Accelerator, see the HP IO Accelerator Release Notes on the HP website (http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html). General upgrade instructions, including the firmware update instructions, are available in the HP IO Accelerator User Guide for each operating system.

Overformatting not supported

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Contents HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Windows User Guide Page Contents Maintenance Resources About this guide Contents summaryOverview IntroductionProduct naming IO Accelerator capacity 320GB 640GB Models AJ878B BK836A Performance attributesSupported firmware revisions Required operating environmentSupported hardware Page Introduction Uninstalling a previously-installed driver Installation overviewWindows Server environments Installing software on a Windows operating system Using the Setup Wizard Windows Server environments Windows Server environments Windows Server environments Windows Server environments Upgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to Fio-bugreport Upgrading procedureFio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff Manual installation on Windows ServerManually installing on Windows Server Viewing the firmware version Upgrading the device firmware using WindowsManually installing on Windows Server 2008 Performing the upgradeFio-detach /dev/fct0 Upgrading driver software using WindowsWindows Server environments Defragmentation Silent install optionOutdated firmware check IO Accelerator naming Enabling PCIe powerWindows Server environments Snmp details for Windows operating systems Creating a RAID configurationSetting up Snmp for Windows operating systems Fio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory 1072,4997,6710,10345Via garbage collection Using test mode registry valuesSnmp test registry entry Description Snmp MIB fields supporting Windows ServerWindows Server environments Windows Installer logging options Using installation logsMsiexec /i C\MyPackage\Example.msi /L*V C\log\example.log Creating an uninstall log Creating an installation logCreating a patch install log Troubleshooting event log messages Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging PolicyError ioDrivex Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver package MaintenanceMaintenance tools Common maintenance tasksUnmanaged shutdown issues Enabling PCIe power overrideEnabling Autoattach Enabling the override parameter Fio-config /dev/fct2 -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMIT Fio-config /dev/fctx -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMITUtilities reference UtilitiesFio-attach Fio-beacon device options Fio-beaconFio-bugreport Fio-attach device optionsFio-config device options Fio-configCompressing Fioexternalpoweroverride Fio-config optionsFio-detach device options Fio-detachFio-format device options device Fio-formatFio-status device options Fio-pci-checkFio-status Fio-pci-check options OptionsFfield Geometry and capacity information not available. appears Fio-sure-erase options device Fio-sure-eraseFio-trim-config Fio-trim-config options Options Fio-update-iodriveFio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff options Format domainbusslot.func Health monitoring techniques Monitoring IO Accelerator healthNand flash and component failure Health metricsSoftware RAID and health monitoring Flashback substitution eventsMonitoring IO Accelerator health Trim platforms Using TrimTrim support Introduction to TrimEnabling Trim Starting and stopping TrimControlling Trim aggressiveness Trim configurations RAM consumption Using Windows page files with the IO AcceleratorConfiguring IO Accelerator paging support Introduction to Windows page filesNon-paged memory pool Fio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory 1234,17834Fio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory Fio-config -g FiopreallocatememoryWindows page file management Setting up page filesGuaranteeing minimum committable memory System drive paging file configurationVerifying page file operation Virtual Memory performanceDir c /ah Limiting Apci C-states Performance and tuningIntroduction to performance and tuning Disabling DvfsSetting the interrupt handler affinity Setting Numa affinityFioaffinity parameter Numa configurationFio-config -p Fioaffinity 4,n1,0xf5,n07,g19,g2,0xff0 Introduction to Numa architectureAdvanced configuration example Fio-config -p Fioaffinity 5,g0,0xf6,0xf Checking the log for errorsResources Subscription serviceFor more information Customer Self Repair Support and other resourcesBefore you contact HP HP contact informationRéparation par le client CSR Riparazione da parte del cliente Reparaciones del propio cliente Reparo feito pelo cliente Support and other resources Support and other resources Support and other resources Warranty information Safety and regulatory complianceRegulatory information Numa Acronyms and abbreviationsSMI-S Documentation feedback Index Using the IO Accelerator as a swap
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