About this guide ...........................................................................................................................
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Contents summary .....................................................................................................................................
Introduction..................................................................................................................................
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Overview .................................................................................................................................................
Product naming.........................................................................................................................................
Performance attributes................................................................................................................................
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Required operating environment..................................................................................................................
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Supported firmware revisions ............................................................................................................
Supported hardware........................................................................................................................
Software installation....................................................................................................................
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Installation overview ................................................................................................................................
Installing the software and utilities .............................................................................................................
Loading the IO Accelerator VSL facility (driver)............................................................................................
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Upgrading the firmware ...........................................................................................................................
Enabling PCIe power ...............................................................................................................................
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Using the device as a swap ......................................................................................................................
Configuring a ZFS pool............................................................................................................................
Maintenance ..............................................................................................................................
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Maintenance tools ...................................................................................................................................
Command-line utilities ..............................................................................................................................
Enabling PCIe power override ..................................................................................................................
Enabling the override parameter ...............................................................................................................
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Uninstalling IO Accelerator VSL and utilities................................................................................................
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Disabling auto attach...............................................................................................................................
Unmanaged shutdown issues ....................................................................................................................
Disabling the IO Accelerator VSL...............................................................................................................
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Enabling the IO Accelerator VSL ...............................................................................................................
Monitoring and managing devices ...............................................................................................
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Introduction to monitoring and managing devices........................................................................................
Management tools...................................................................................................................................
Example conditions to monitor ..................................................................................................................
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Device LED indicators ..............................................................................................................................
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Performance and tuning...............................................................................................................
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Introduction to performance and tuning ......................................................................................................
Disabling DVFS.......................................................................................................................................
Limiting APCI C-states ..............................................................................................................................
Utilities ......................................................................................................................................
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Utilities reference.....................................................................................................................................
fio-attach................................................................................................................................................
fio-beacon ..............................................................................................................................................
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fio-bugreport...........................................................................................................................................
fio-detach ...............................................................................................................................................
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fio-format ...............................................................................................................................................
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