Contents

About this guide

6

Contents summary

6

Introduction

7

Overview

7

Product naming

7

Performance attributes

8

Required operating environment

9

Supported firmware revisions

9

Supported hardware

9

Windows Server environments

12

Installation overview

12

Uninstalling a previously-installed driver

12

Installing software on a Windows operating system

13

Using the Setup Wizard

14

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

19

Upgrading procedure

20

Manual installation on Windows Server

21

Manually installing on Windows Server 2003

22

Manually installing on Windows Server 2008 and 2012

23

Upgrading the device firmware using Windows

23

Viewing the firmware version

23

Performing the upgrade

23

Upgrading driver software using Windows

24

Upgrading driver software using Windows in a non-RAID configuration

24

Upgrading driver software using Windows in a RAID configuration

25

Defragmentation

26

Silent install option

26

Outdated firmware check

26

Enabling PCIe power

27

IO Accelerator naming

27

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

28

Creating a RAID configuration

29

Using the IO Accelerator as swap with Windows operating system

29

Setting up SNMP for Windows operating systems

29

SNMP details for Windows operating systems

29

Using test mode registry values

30

SNMP MIB fields supporting Windows Server

31

Using installation logs

33

Windows Installer logging options

33

Creating an installation log

34

Creating an uninstall log

34

Creating a patch install log

34

Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging Policy

35

Troubleshooting event log messages

35

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