Contents

 

About this guide

5

Contents summary

5

Introduction

6

Overview

6

Product naming

6

Performance attributes

7

Required operating environment

7

Supported firmware revisions

8

Supported hardware

8

Before you begin

10

Software installation

12

VMDirectPathIO

12

Command-line installation

12

ESX command-line installation

12

ESXi command line installation

12

Installation overview

13

Downloading the VMware ESXi driver

13

Transferring the VSL files to the ESX or ESXi server

14

Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0

15

Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 using vCLI

15

Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 using the command-line

15

Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x

15

Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x using vCLI

16

Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x using the command-line

16

Upgrading the firmware using ESX

16

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

17

Enabling PCIe power

19

Configuring the device to support VM disks

19

Modifying a VMware resource pool to reserve memory

20

Using the IO Accelerator as swap with ESX

21

Maintenance

22

Maintenance tools

22

Management utilities for ESXi

22

Command-line utilities for Tech Support Mode

22

Enabling PCIe power override

23

Enabling the override parameter

24

Common maintenance tasks

25

Disabling the driver

25

Enabling the driver

25

Disabling auto attach

26

Enabling auto attach

26

Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver package

26

Unmanaged shutdown issues

27

Performance and tuning

28

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