HP IO manual About this guide, Contents summary

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About this guide

Contents summary

•Instructions on downloading and installing the approved driver and utilities

•Instructions on maintaining the IO Accelerator

•Description of the following IO Accelerator models: o HP IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class

o HP PCIe IO Accelerator

o HP PCIe IO Accelerator Duo

CAUTION: Before upgrading to 3.x.x software and firmware, back up all data on the IO Accelerator. The 3.2.3 software and firmware reformat the drive, which causes data to be lost if not backed up. The 3.2.3 software is not backward compatible with 1.2.x or 2.x software.

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Contents HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Windows User Guide Page Contents Maintenance Resources Contents summary About this guideIntroduction OverviewProduct naming Performance attributes IO Accelerator capacity 320GB 640GB Models AJ878B BK836ARequired operating environment Supported firmware revisionsSupported hardware Page Introduction Installation overview Uninstalling a previously-installed driverWindows 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 Performing the upgrade Upgrading the device firmware using WindowsManually installing on Windows Server 2008 Viewing the firmware versionUpgrading driver software using Windows Fio-detach /dev/fct0Windows Server environments Silent install option DefragmentationOutdated firmware check Enabling PCIe power IO Accelerator namingWindows Server environments Fio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory 1072,4997,6710,10345 Creating a RAID configurationSetting up Snmp for Windows operating systems 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 Using installation logs Windows Installer logging optionsMsiexec /i C\MyPackage\Example.msi /L*V C\log\example.log Creating an installation log Creating an uninstall logCreating a patch install log Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging Policy Troubleshooting event log messagesError ioDrivex Common maintenance tasks MaintenanceMaintenance tools Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver packageEnabling PCIe power override Unmanaged shutdown issuesEnabling Autoattach Enabling the override parameter Fio-config /dev/fctx -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMIT Fio-config /dev/fct2 -p PCIeGLOBALSLOTPOWERLIMITUtilities Utilities referenceFio-attach Fio-attach device options Fio-beaconFio-bugreport Fio-beacon device optionsFio-config Fio-config device optionsCompressing Fio-config options FioexternalpoweroverrideFio-detach Fio-detach device optionsFio-format Fio-format device options deviceFio-pci-check options Options Fio-pci-checkFio-status Fio-status device optionsFfield Geometry and capacity information not available. appears Fio-sure-erase Fio-sure-erase options deviceFio-trim-config Fio-update-iodrive Fio-trim-config options OptionsFio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff options Format domainbusslot.func Health metrics Monitoring IO Accelerator healthNand flash and component failure Health monitoring techniquesFlashback substitution events Software RAID and health monitoringMonitoring IO Accelerator health Introduction to Trim Using TrimTrim support Trim platformsStarting and stopping Trim Enabling TrimControlling Trim aggressiveness Trim configurations Introduction to Windows page files Using Windows page files with the IO AcceleratorConfiguring IO Accelerator paging support RAM consumptionFio-config -g Fiopreallocatememory Fio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory 1234,17834Fio-config -p Fiopreallocatememory Non-paged memory poolSetting up page files Windows page file managementSystem drive paging file configuration Guaranteeing minimum committable memoryVirtual Memory performance Verifying page file operationDir c /ah Disabling Dvfs Performance and tuningIntroduction to performance and tuning Limiting Apci C-statesSetting Numa affinity Setting the interrupt handler affinityIntroduction to Numa architecture Numa configurationFio-config -p Fioaffinity 4,n1,0xf5,n07,g19,g2,0xff0 Fioaffinity parameterAdvanced configuration example Checking the log for errors Fio-config -p Fioaffinity 5,g0,0xf6,0xfSubscription service ResourcesFor more information HP contact information Support and other resourcesBefore you contact HP 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 Safety and regulatory compliance Warranty informationRegulatory information Acronyms and abbreviations NumaSMI-S Documentation feedback Index Using the IO Accelerator as a swap