HP IO manual Upgrading procedure, Fio-bugreport

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The –o overformat option is not supported in the 3.x.x VSL software. All upgraded HP IO Accelerator devices are formatted to the maximum advertised capacity, regardless of whether the device was overformatted prior to the upgrade.

Upgrading procedure

Be sure to follow the upgrade path and make sure that all previously installed IO Accelerator devices are updated with the appropriate 2.3.1-compatible firmware.

1.Prepare each existing IO Accelerator device for upgrade. a. Backup user data on each IO Accelerator 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.

Do not back up the data onto another IO Accelerator device on the same system. The backup must be to a local disk or to an externally attached volume.

b.Run the fio-bugreportcommand-line utility and save the output. The output captures the device information for each device in the system. This device information will be useful in troubleshooting any upgrade issues. For example:

fio-bugreport

c.Detach the ioDrive devices. For example: fio-detach /dev/fct*

For more information, see fio-detach(on page 45).

2.Unload the current IO Accelerator driver. For example: $ modprobe -riomemory-vsl

3.Uninstall the 2.x HP IO Accelerator VSL software.

a.Go to Start > Control Panel.

b.Click Administrative Tools.

c.Click Computer Management.

d.Click Device Manager in the console tree at the left.

e.Expand the IO Accelerator Devices item.

f.Right-click the desired IO Accelerator device.

g.Click Uninstall or Delete the driver software for this device (depending on your version of Windows®).

h.Restart the computer.

4.Install the new VSL.

a.Download the IO Accelerator installation program for Microsoft Windows from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support) to your desktop or a convenient directory.

b.Run the IO Accelerator installation program. The installation program presents a custom setup tree-view with options for installation.

Mouse over a component in the tree view to see the description.

c.Click Next.

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Contents HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Windows User Guide Page Contents Maintenance Resources Contents summary About this guideProduct naming IntroductionOverview Performance attributes IO Accelerator capacity 320GB 640GB Models AJ878B BK836ASupported hardware Required operating environmentSupported firmware revisions Page Introduction Windows Server environments Installation overviewUninstalling a previously-installed driver 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 Upgrading procedure Fio-bugreportManual installation on Windows Server Fio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fffManually installing on Windows Server Upgrading the device firmware using Windows Manually installing on Windows Server 2008Performing the upgrade Viewing the firmware versionUpgrading driver software using Windows Fio-detach /dev/fct0Windows Server environments Outdated firmware check Silent install optionDefragmentation Enabling PCIe power IO Accelerator namingWindows Server environments Creating a RAID configuration Setting up Snmp for Windows operating systemsFio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory 1072,4997,6710,10345 Snmp details for Windows operating systemsUsing test mode registry values Via garbage collectionSnmp MIB fields supporting Windows Server Snmp test registry entry DescriptionWindows Server environments Msiexec /i C\MyPackage\Example.msi /L*V C\log\example.log Using installation logsWindows Installer logging options Creating a patch install log Creating an installation logCreating an uninstall log Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging Policy Troubleshooting event log messagesError ioDrivex Maintenance Maintenance toolsCommon maintenance tasks Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver packageEnabling Autoattach Enabling PCIe power overrideUnmanaged shutdown issues Enabling the override parameter Fio-config /dev/fctx -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMIT Fio-config /dev/fct2 -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMITFio-attach UtilitiesUtilities reference Fio-beacon Fio-bugreportFio-attach device options Fio-beacon device optionsCompressing Fio-configFio-config device options Fio-config options FioexternalpoweroverrideFio-detach Fio-detach device optionsFio-format Fio-format device options deviceFio-pci-check Fio-statusFio-pci-check options Options Fio-status device optionsFfield Geometry and capacity information not available. appears Fio-sure-erase Fio-sure-erase options deviceFio-trim-config Fio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff options Fio-update-iodriveFio-trim-config options Options Format domainbusslot.func Monitoring IO Accelerator health Nand flash and component failureHealth metrics Health monitoring techniquesFlashback substitution events Software RAID and health monitoringMonitoring IO Accelerator health Using Trim Trim supportIntroduction to Trim Trim platformsControlling Trim aggressiveness Starting and stopping TrimEnabling Trim Trim configurations Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator Configuring IO Accelerator paging supportIntroduction to Windows page files RAM consumptionFio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory 1234,17834 Fio-config -p FiopreallocatememoryFio-config -g Fiopreallocatememory Non-paged memory poolSetting up page files Windows page file managementSystem drive paging file configuration Guaranteeing minimum committable memoryDir c /ah Virtual Memory performanceVerifying page file operation Performance and tuning Introduction to performance and tuningDisabling Dvfs Limiting Apci C-statesSetting Numa affinity Setting the interrupt handler affinityNuma configuration Fio-config -p Fioaffinity 4,n1,0xf5,n07,g19,g2,0xff0Introduction to Numa architecture Fioaffinity parameterAdvanced configuration example Checking the log for errors Fio-config -p Fioaffinity 5,g0,0xf6,0xfFor more information Subscription serviceResources Support and other resources Before you contact HPHP contact information Customer Self RepairRéparation 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 Regulatory information Safety and regulatory complianceWarranty information Acronyms and abbreviations NumaSMI-S Documentation feedback Index Using the IO Accelerator as a swap