HP c-Class Solaris manual Software installation, Installation overview

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Software installation

Installation overview

Before continuing with the installation of this software, do the following:

1.Ensure that your operating system is included in the list of supported operating systems contained in the release notes for this release.

2.Before installing the IO Accelerator VSL, make sure you have properly installed the IO Accelerator devices. For more information, see the IO Accelerator hardware installation guide. Every IO Accelerator device in a system must be upgraded to the appropriate firmware requirements.

Multiple devices in a system

Every IO Accelerator device in a system must be upgraded to the appropriate firmware.

For example, if you have a system running IO Accelerator software version 2.3.1 with IO Accelerator devices previously installed and want to install new IO Accelerator devices that require the latest version of the firmware, then you must upgrade all of the existing devices with firmware that supports this version of the IO Accelerator VSL software.

The IO Accelerator VSL for Solaris is distributed as a tarball.

Installing the software and utilities

To install the IO Accelerator VSL software and utilities:

1.Download the appropriate tarball from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/support).

Example:

hp_io_accelerator-<version>.pkg.tar.gz

2.Change to the directory containing the downloaded tarball.

3.Uncompress the -vslpackage:

$ gunzip -c iomemory-vsl*pkg.tar.gztar -xf -

4.Run the pkgadd command:

$ pfexec pkgadd -d . iomemory-vsl

The software and utilities are installed to the following locations.

File type

Installation location

 

 

Driver

/usr/kernel/drv/amd64

Utilities

/opt/fusionio/bin

Driver Config File

/usr/kernel/drv

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Contents HP IO Accelerator 3.2.3 Solaris User Guide Page Contents Upgrading devices About this guide Contents summaryProduct naming IntroductionOverview IO Accelerator capacity 320GB 640GB Models AJ878B BK836A Performance attributesSupported firmware revisions Required operating environmentIntroduction Introduction Installing the software and utilities Software installationInstallation overview Dev/rdsk/c*d0p0 Loading the IO Accelerator VSL facility driverUpgrading the firmware $ pfexec remdrv iomemory-vslConfiguring a ZFS pool Enabling PCIe powerUsing the device as a swap Enabling PCIe power override MaintenanceMaintenance tools Command-line utilitiesEnabling the override parameter Disabling auto attach Uninstalling IO Accelerator VSL and utilitiesUnmanaged shutdown issues Options iomemory-vsl externalpoweroverride=value$ pfexec remdrv iomemo Disabling the IO Accelerator VSLEnabling the IO Accelerator VSL Management tools Monitoring and managing devicesIntroduction to monitoring and managing devices Example conditions to monitor Device LED indicators Limiting Apci C-states Performance and tuningIntroduction to performance and tuning Disabling DvfsFio-attach device options UtilitiesUtilities reference Fio-attachTmp/fio-bugreport-20100121.173256-sdv9ko.tar.bz2 Fio-beaconFio-bugreport Fio-beacon device optionsFio-detach Fio-format options device Fio-formatFio-detach device options Fio-status device options Fio-statusFfield Fio-sure-erase Fio-sure-erase options device Fio-update-iodrive Fio-update-iodrive options iodriveversion.fff Domainbusslot.func Health metrics Monitoring IO Accelerator healthNand flash and component failure Health monitoring techniques Esxcfg-module --server server-name iomemory-vsl -g Using module parametersZFS pools and health monitoring Upgrading devices for IO Accelerator VSL 2.x.x to Upgrade procedureUpgrading devices $ modprobe iomemory-vsl Upgrading devices For more information Subscription serviceResources 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 Acronyms and abbreviations Documentation feedback Index Index