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Contents summary
•Instructions on downloading and installing the approved driver and utilities
•Instructions on maintaining the IO Accelerator
•Description of the following IO Accelerator models: o HP IO Accelerator for BladeSystem
o HP PCIe IO Accelerator
o HP PCIe IO Accelerator Duo
CAUTION: Before upgrading to 3.x.x software and firmware, back up all data on the IO Accelerator. The 3.1.1 software and firmware reformat the drive which causes data to be lost if not backed up. The 3.1.1 software is not backward compatible with 1.2.x or 2.x software.
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