HP c-Class Solaris Maintenance tools, Command-line utilities, Enabling PCIe power override

Maintenance

Maintenance tools

The IO Accelerator includes software utilities for maintaining the device. You can also install SNMP as a monitoring option.

The following are the most common tasks for maintaining your IO Accelerator. You can also use the IO Accelerator Management Tool application to perform firmware upgrades. For more information, see the HP IO Accelerator Management Tool User Guide.

Command-line utilities

Several command-line utilities are included in the installation packages for managing your IO Accelerator device:

•fio-attach

•fio-beacon

•fio-bugreport

•fio-detach

•fio-format

•fio-status

•fio-update-iodrive

For more information on command-line utilities, see "Utilities (on page 22)."

Enabling PCIe power override

For PCIe IO Accelerators, if you have installed any dual IO Accelerator devices, such as the HP ioDrive2 Duo, then the device might require additional power than the minimum 25 W provided by PCIe Gen2 slots to properly function. Even if additional power is not required for your device, all dual IO Accelerator devices that receive additional power might benefit with improved performance.

HP ioDrive2 Duo devices must have additional power to properly function. For more information on which devices require additional power, see the HP PCIe IO Accelerator for ProLiant Servers Installation Guide.

Additional power can be provided in two ways:

•External power cable—This cable ships with all dual ioMemory devices. For information on installing this cable, see the HP PCIe IO Accelerator for ProLiant Servers Installation Guide.

NOTE: When a power cable is used, all of the power is drawn from the cable and no power is drawn from the PCIe slot.

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