HP IO manual Utilities reference, Fio-attach

Utilities

Utilities reference

The IO Accelerator installation packages include various command line utilities, installed by default to the C:\Program Files\HP IO Accelerator\Utils folder. These utilities provide a number of useful manners to access, test, and manipulate your device.

Utility	Purpose
fio-attach	Makes an IO Accelerator available to the OS
fio-beacon	Lights the IO Accelerator external LEDs
fio-bugreport	Prepares a detailed report for use in troubleshooting issues
fio-config	Enables configuration parameters for device operation
fio-detach	Temporarily removes an IO Accelerator from OS access
fio-format	Performs a low-level format of an IO Accelerator
fio-pci-check	Searches for errors on the PCIe bus tree, specifically for
	PCIe IO Accelerators
fio-status	Displays information about the device
fio-sure-erase	Securely removes information from tan IO Accelerator
	device
fio-trim-config	Enables or disables the Trim feature
fio-update-iodrive	Updates the IO Accelerator firmware

NOTE: All utilities have –h (Help) and –v (Version) options.

NOTE: To run these utilities from a command line using Windows Server®, you must either change directories to the directory that contains them (by default, C:\Program Files\HP IO Accelerator\Utils) or add that directory to your system path. See the documentation for your Windows® version for information about adding a directory to the system path.

NOTE: The command-line utilities require administrator rights to run under Windows® operating systems. Right-click the Command Prompt menu item and select Run as administrator.

fio-attach

Description

Attaches the IO Accelerator device and makes it available to Windows® operating systems. You can then partition the IO Accelerator device, or set it up as part of a RAID array, using the Windows® Disk Management utility. This command displays a progress bar and percentage as it completes the attach process.

In most cases, the driver automatically attaches the device when loading and does a scan. You only need to run fio-attachif you ran fio-detachor if you set the auto_attach parameter to 0.

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