Contents

 

About this guide ...........................................................................................................................

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Contents summary .....................................................................................................................................

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Introduction..................................................................................................................................

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Overview .................................................................................................................................................

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Product naming.........................................................................................................................................

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Performance attributes................................................................................................................................

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Required operating environment..................................................................................................................

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Supported firmware revisions ............................................................................................................

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Supported hardware........................................................................................................................

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Before you begin.....................................................................................................................................

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Software installation....................................................................................................................

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VMDirectPathIO ......................................................................................................................................

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Command-line installation ........................................................................................................................

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ESX command-line installation .........................................................................................................

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ESXi command line installation ........................................................................................................

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Installation overview ................................................................................................................................

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Downloading the VMware ESXi driver .......................................................................................................

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Transferring the VSL files to the ESX or ESXi server .......................................................................................

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Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 ...................................................................................................................

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Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 using vCLI ..........................................................................................

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Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 using the command-line........................................................................

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Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x..........................................................................................................

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Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x using vCLI.................................................................................

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Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x using the command-line..............................................................

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Upgrading the firmware using ESX ............................................................................................................

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Upgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to 3.x.x...............................................................

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Enabling PCIe power ...............................................................................................................................

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Configuring the device to support VM disks ................................................................................................

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Modifying a VMware resource pool to reserve memory................................................................................

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Using the IO Accelerator as swap with ESX ................................................................................................

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Maintenance ..............................................................................................................................

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Maintenance tools ...................................................................................................................................

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Management utilities for ESXi....................................................................................................................

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Command-line utilities for Tech Support Mode...................................................................................

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Enabling PCIe power override ..................................................................................................................

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Enabling the override parameter .....................................................................................................

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Common maintenance tasks .....................................................................................................................

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Disabling the driver .......................................................................................................................

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Enabling the driver ........................................................................................................................

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Disabling auto attach .....................................................................................................................

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Enabling auto attach......................................................................................................................

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Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver package..................................................................................

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Unmanaged shutdown issues ..........................................................................................................

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Performance and tuning...............................................................................................................

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