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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Windows Server environments .....................................................................................................

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

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Uninstalling a previously-installed driver .....................................................................................................

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Installing software on a Windows operating system .....................................................................................

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Using the Setup Wizard .................................................................................................................

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

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Upgrading procedure ....................................................................................................................

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Manual installation on Windows Server .....................................................................................................

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Manually installing on Windows Server 2003...................................................................................

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Manually installing on Windows Server 2008 and 2012 ...................................................................

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Upgrading the device firmware using Windows ..........................................................................................

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Viewing the firmware version ..........................................................................................................

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Performing the upgrade..................................................................................................................

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Upgrading driver software using Windows.................................................................................................

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Upgrading driver software using Windows in a non-RAID configuration ...............................................

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Upgrading driver software using Windows in a RAID configuration .....................................................

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Defragmentation .....................................................................................................................................

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Silent install option ..................................................................................................................................

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Outdated firmware check .........................................................................................................................

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

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IO Accelerator naming.............................................................................................................................

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Adding a file system, formatting, and performing multi-disk configuration .......................................................

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Creating a RAID configuration ..................................................................................................................

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Using the IO Accelerator as swap with Windows operating system ...............................................................

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Setting up SNMP for Windows operating systems .......................................................................................

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SNMP details for Windows operating systems...................................................................................

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Using test mode registry values........................................................................................................

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SNMP MIB fields supporting Windows Server ...................................................................................

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Using installation logs ..............................................................................................................................

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Windows Installer logging options...................................................................................................

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Creating an installation log.............................................................................................................

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Creating an uninstall log ................................................................................................................

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Creating a patch install log.............................................................................................................

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Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging Policy ............................................................

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Troubleshooting event log messages ................................................................................................

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