Utilities

Utilities reference

The IO Accelerator installation packages include various command line utilities, installed by default to the C:\Program Files\HP IO Accelerator\Utils folder. These utilities provide a number of useful manners to access, test, and manipulate your device.

Utility

Purpose

 

 

fio-attach

Makes an IO Accelerator available to the OS

fio-beacon

Lights the IO Accelerator external LEDs

fio-bugreport

Prepares a detailed report for use in troubleshooting issues

fio-config

Enables configuration parameters for device operation

fio-detach

Temporarily removes an IO Accelerator from OS access

fio-format

Performs a low-level format of an IO Accelerator

fio-pci-check

Searches for errors on the PCIe bus tree, specifically for

 

PCIe IO Accelerators

fio-status

Displays information about the device

fio-sure-erase

Securely removes information from tan IO Accelerator

 

device

fio-trim-config

Enables or disables the Trim feature

fio-update-iodrive

Updates the IO Accelerator firmware

NOTE: All utilities have –h (Help) and –v (Version) options.

NOTE: To run these utilities from a command line using Windows Server®, you must either change directories to the directory that contains them (by default, C:\Program Files\HP IO Accelerator\Utils) or add that directory to your system path. See the documentation for your Windows® version for information about adding a directory to the system path.

NOTE: The command-line utilities require administrator rights to run under Windows® operating systems. Right-click the Command Prompt menu item and select Run as administrator.

fio-attach

Description

Attaches the IO Accelerator device and makes it available to Windows® operating systems. You can then partition the IO Accelerator device, or set it up as part of a RAID array, using the Windows® Disk Management utility. This command displays a progress bar and percentage as it completes the attach process.

In most cases, the driver automatically attaches the device when loading and does a scan. You only need to run fio-attachif you ran fio-detachor if you set the auto_attach parameter to 0.

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