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

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

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Installing the software and utilities .............................................................................................................

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Loading the IO Accelerator VSL facility (driver)............................................................................................

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Upgrading the firmware ...........................................................................................................................

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

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Using the device as a swap ......................................................................................................................

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Configuring a ZFS pool............................................................................................................................

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

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

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Command-line utilities ..............................................................................................................................

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

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

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Uninstalling IO Accelerator VSL and utilities................................................................................................

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

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

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Disabling the IO Accelerator VSL...............................................................................................................

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Enabling the IO Accelerator VSL ...............................................................................................................

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Monitoring and managing devices ...............................................................................................

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Introduction to monitoring and managing devices........................................................................................

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Management tools...................................................................................................................................

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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 ......................................................................................................

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Disabling DVFS.......................................................................................................................................

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Limiting APCI C-states ..............................................................................................................................

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Utilities ......................................................................................................................................

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Utilities reference.....................................................................................................................................

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fio-attach................................................................................................................................................

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fio-beacon ..............................................................................................................................................

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fio-bugreport...........................................................................................................................................

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fio-detach ...............................................................................................................................................

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fio-format ...............................................................................................................................................

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