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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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HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Linux User Guide Page Contents Maintenance Resources Contents summary About this guide Introduction OverviewProduct naming Performance attributes IO Accelerator capacity 320GB 640GB Models AJ878B BK836A Required operating environment Supported firmware revisionsSupported hardware Introduction Introduction Installing RPM packages on SUSE, RHEL, and OEL Software installationInstallation overview $ uname -r Rpm -Uvh iomemory-vsl-kernel-version-VSL-version.x8664.rpm Rpm -Uvh fio*.rpm Building an RPM installation package Building the IO Accelerator driver from source$ rpmbuild --rebuild iomemory-vsl-VSL-version.src.rpm Upgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to Upgrading procedure Fio-bugreport$ rpm -qa grep -i iomemory Fio-update-iodrive iodriveversion.fff $ rpm -e iomemory-vsl-2.6.18-194.el5-2.2.0.82-1.0$ modprobe iomemory-vsl Controlling IO Accelerator driver loading # Provides iomemory-vsl # Required-Start boot.udevLoading the IO Accelerator driver Fio-attach /dev/fct $ chkconfig --add iomemory-vsl Using the init script$ chkconfig --del iomemory-vsl # blacklist iomemory-vsl Mounting filesystems Setting the IO Accelerator driver optionsUsing module parameters Handling IO Accelerator driver unloads Upgrading the firmware One-time configurationPersistent configuration $ modprobe iomemory-vsl auto-attach=0 Using the Logical Volume Manager Enabling PCIe powerUsing the device as swap Options iomemoryvsl preallocatememory=1072,4997,6710,10345 Device /dev/fio Configuring RAIDDevice partitions Etc/mdadm.conf Chkconfig boot.md on Chkconfig mdadmd on $ mdadm --detail --scan$ mdadm --assemble --scan Building a RAID 10 across multiple devices Fio-status Understanding Discard Trim support Discard Trim on Linux Files and directories Setting up Snmp for LinuxSnmp details for Linux Snmp master agent Yum install net-snmp rsync Configuring the Snmp master agentInstalling the Snmp subagent Snmp agentX subagent Running and configuring the Snmp subagent Manually running the Snmp subagentSubagent log file Using the Snmp sample config files Enabling Snmp test mode PCI0100.0 Setting up Snmp for Linux Troubleshooting Snmp Supported Snmp MIB fields Snmp MIB Device LED indicators MaintenanceMaintenance tools Command-line utilities Enabling PCIe power override Fio-update-iodrive Common maintenance tasks Options iomemory-vsl externalpoweroverride=valueEnabling the override parameter Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver RPM package Unloading the IO Accelerator driverDisabling auto attach Etc/modprobe.d/iomemory-vsl.conf Unmanaged shutdown issuesDisabling the driver Options iomemoryvsl autoattach=0 Fio-attach UtilitiesUtilities reference Fio-attach device options Fio-beacon device options Fio-beaconFio-bugreport Tmp/fio-bugreport-20100121.173256-sdv9ko.tar.bz2 Fio-detach Fio-format Fio-detach device optionsFio-format options device Fio-pci-check Fio-pci-check options Fio-snmp-agentx options Fio-snmp-agentxFio-status Fio-status device options Utilities Fio-sure-erase Fio-sure-erase options device Fio-update-iodrive Fio-update-iodrive options iodriveversion.fff Domainbusslot.func Monitoring IO Accelerator health Nand flash and component failureHealth metrics Health monitoring techniques About flashback protection technology Software RAID and health monitoring Disabling Dvfs Performance and tuningIntroduction to performance and tuning Limiting Apci C-states Setting Numa affinity Setting the interrupt handler affinity Introduction to Numa architecture Numa configurationAdvanced configuration example Numa node override parameter 13,14,18,19 Subscription service ResourcesFor more information Safety and regulatory compliance Warranty informationRegulatory information HP contact information Support and other resourcesBefore you contact HP Customer Self Repair Réparation 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 SMH Documentation feedback Index Uninstalling utilities