HP Thunderbolt 2-Port AiO Module ESXi/ESX Performance attributes, Required operating environment

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Performance attributes

IO Accelerator capacity

320GB

640GB

Models AJ878B and

 

 

BK836A

 

 

 

 

 

NAND type

MLC (Multi Level Cell)

MLC (Multi Level Cell)

Read Bandwidth (64kB)

735 MB/s

750 MB/s

Write Bandwidth (64kB)

510 MB/s

550 MB/s

Read IOPS (512 Byte)

100,000

93,000

Write IOPS (512 Byte)

141,000

145,000

Mixed IOPS* (75/25 r/w)

67,000

74,000

Access Latency (512 Byte)

30 µs

30 µs

Bus Interface

PCI-Express x4

PCI-Express Gen1 x4

IO Accelerator capacity

785GB

1.2TB

Models QK762A and

 

 

QK763A

 

 

 

 

 

NAND type

MLC (Multi Level Cell)

MLC (Multi Level Cell)

Read Bandwidth (1MB)

1.5 GB/s

1.5 GB/s

Write Bandwidth (1MB)

1.1 GB/s

1.3 GB/s

Read IOPS (Seq. 512 Byte)

443,000

443,000

Write IOPS (Seq. 512 Byte)

530,000

530,000

 

 

 

Read IOPS (Rand. 512 Byte)

141,000

143,000

Write IOPS (Rand. 512 Byte)

475,000

475,000

Read Access Latency

68µs

68µs

Write Access Latency

15µs

15µs

Bus Interface

PCI-Express Gen2 x4

PCI-Express Gen2 x4

*Performance achieved using multiprocessor enterprise server

Enterprise data integrity

Field upgradeability

Green footprint, 7.5W nominal per device

NOTE: MSI was disabled to obtain these statistics.

Required operating environment

The HP IO Accelerator is supported for use in the following operating environments:

VMware ESX 4.0

VMware ESX 4.1

VMware ESXi 4.1

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Contents Abstract Page Contents Module parameters About this guide Contents summaryOverview IntroductionProduct naming Required operating environment Performance attributesSupported hardware Supported firmware revisionsIntroduction Before you begin Introduction ESXi command line installation Software installationCommand-line installation ESX command-line installationDownloading the VMware ESXi driver Installation overviewIomemory-vsl-version.zip Transferring the VSL files to the ESX or ESXi server Vmfs/volumes/datastore/bundlesVifs.pl --server servername --mkdir datastorebundles Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 using the command-line Installing the VSL on ESXiInstalling the VSL on ESX or ESXi Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 using vCLIInstalling the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x using vCLI Upgrading the firmware using ESXUpgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to Upgrading procedureIomemory-vsl block driver for ESXi Fio-bugreportIomemory-vsl block driver for ESX/ESXi Configuring the device to support VM disks Enabling PCIe powerFio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff Modifying a VMware resource pool to reserve memory Using the IO Accelerator as swap with ESX Management utilities for ESXi MaintenanceMaintenance tools Command-line utilities for Tech Support ModeCommand line Purpose Utility Enabling PCIe power overrideEnabling the override parameter 1149D0969,1159E0972,24589 Common maintenance tasksDisabling the driver Enabling the driver# esxcfg-module -s autoattach=1 iomemory-vsl Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver packageDisabling auto attach Enabling auto attachUnmanaged shutdown issues Limiting Apci C-states Performance and tuningIntroduction to performance and tuning Disabling DvfsUtilities reference UtilitiesFio-attach Fio-beacon device options Fio-beaconFio-bugreport Fio-attach device optionsFio-bugreport Fio-format Fio-detachFio-detach device options Fio-format options device Fio-pci-checkFio-pci-check options Fio-statusFio-status device options Utilities Geometry and capacity information not available appears Fio-update-iodriveFio-update-iodrive options iodriveversion.fff Utilities Health monitoring techniques Monitoring IO Accelerator healthNand flash and component failure Health metricsFlashback substitution events Module parameters Using module parametersEsxcfg-module --server server-name iomemory-vsl -g VMDirectPathIO Using products with multiple devicesWorking with IO Accelerators and VMDirectPathIO Resources Subscription serviceFor more information 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 Regulatory compliance identification numbers Regulatory compliance noticesEuropean Union regulatory notice Korean class a notice Acronyms and abbreviations Vmdk Documentation feedback Index Index