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Upgrade path
Depending on the current version of your HP IO Accelerator device, to preserve the internal structure of the device, you might have to perform multiple upgrades. The following path is the minimum upgrade path that you must follow. Upgrade the HP IO Accelerator VSL software on the system, and upgrade the firmware to the compatible version in the following order:
1.2.4 > 1.2.7 > 2.1.0 > 2.2.3 > 3.2.x
For VSL upgrade information for the HP IO Accelerator, see the HP IO Accelerator Release Notes on the HP website
Overformatting not supported
The
Upgrading procedure
Be sure to follow the upgrade path and make sure that all previously installed IO Accelerator devices are updated with the appropriate
If you plan to use IO Accelerator Gen1 devices and IO Accelerator Gen2 devices in the same host, perform this upgrade on all existing IO Accelerator Gen1 devices before installing the new IO Accelerator Gen2 devices.
1.Prepare each existing IO Accelerator device for upgrade: a. Backup user data on each IO Accelerator device.
CAUTION: Upgrading IO Accelerator devices that were previously configured for VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to work with VSL 3.x.x requires a
Do not back up the data onto another IO Accelerator device on the same system. The backup must be to a local disk or to an externally attached volume.
b.Run the
fio-bugreport
c.Detach the IO Accelerator devices. For example:
For more information, see
2.Unload the current IO Accelerator driver. For example: $ modprobe
3.Uninstall the 2.x HP IO Accelerator VSL software.
a.To uninstall the software, specify the kernel version of the package you are uninstalling. Run the following command to find the installed packages:
$ rpm -qa grep -i iomemory
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