HP IO manual Maintenance

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Maintenance

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Maintenance tools

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Common maintenance tasks

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Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver package

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Disabling AutoAttach

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Enabling Autoattach

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Unmanaged shutdown issues

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Enabling PCIe power override

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Enabling the override parameter

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Utilities

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Utilities reference

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fio-attach

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fio-beacon

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fio-bugreport

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fio-config

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fio-config options

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fio-detach

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fio-format

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fio-pci-check

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fio-status

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fio-sure-erase

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fio-trim-config

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fio-update-iodrive

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Monitoring IO Accelerator health

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NAND flash and component failure

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Health metrics

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Health monitoring techniques

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Flashback substitution events

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Software RAID and health monitoring

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Trim support

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Introduction to Trim

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Trim platforms

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Using Trim

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Starting and stopping Trim

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Enabling Trim

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Controlling Trim aggressiveness

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Trim configurations

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Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator

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Introduction to Windows page files

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Configuring IO Accelerator paging support

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RAM consumption

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Non-paged memory pool

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Enabling and disabling paging support

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Windows page file management

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Setting up page files

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System drive paging file configuration

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Guaranteeing minimum committable memory

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Verifying page file operation

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Virtual Memory performance

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Performance and tuning

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Contents HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Windows User Guide Page Contents Maintenance Resources Contents summary About this guideOverview IntroductionProduct naming Performance attributes IO Accelerator capacity 320GB 640GB Models AJ878B BK836ASupported 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 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 Defragmentation Silent install optionOutdated firmware check 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 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 Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging Policy Troubleshooting event log messagesError ioDrivex Maintenance Maintenance toolsCommon maintenance tasks Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver packageUnmanaged shutdown issues Enabling PCIe power overrideEnabling Autoattach Enabling the override parameter Fio-config /dev/fctx -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMIT Fio-config /dev/fct2 -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMITUtilities reference UtilitiesFio-attach Fio-beacon Fio-bugreportFio-attach device options Fio-beacon device optionsFio-config device options Fio-configCompressing 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-trim-config options Options Fio-update-iodriveFio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff 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 platformsEnabling Trim Starting and stopping TrimControlling Trim aggressiveness 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 memoryVerifying page file operation Virtual Memory performanceDir c /ah 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,g0,0xf6,0xfResources Subscription serviceFor more information 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 Warranty information Safety and regulatory complianceRegulatory information Acronyms and abbreviations NumaSMI-S Documentation feedback Index Using the IO Accelerator as a swap