HP c-Class Solaris 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 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 Upgrading the firmware Loading the IO Accelerator VSL facility driver$ pfexec remdrv iomemory-vsl Dev/rdsk/c*d0p0Configuring a ZFS pool Enabling PCIe powerUsing the device as a swap Maintenance tools MaintenanceCommand-line utilities Enabling PCIe power overrideEnabling the override parameter Unmanaged shutdown issues Uninstalling IO Accelerator VSL and utilitiesOptions iomemory-vsl externalpoweroverride=value Disabling auto attach$ 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 Introduction to performance and tuning Performance and tuningDisabling Dvfs Limiting Apci C-statesUtilities reference UtilitiesFio-attach Fio-attach device optionsFio-bugreport Fio-beaconFio-beacon device options Tmp/fio-bugreport-20100121.173256-sdv9ko.tar.bz2Fio-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 Before you contact HP Support and other resourcesHP 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 Acronyms and abbreviations Documentation feedback Index Index