Table 3–1 ioDrive Slot LED Indicators

Green

Yellow

Amber/

Indicates

Notes

Red*

 

 

 

 

OFF

OFF

OFF

Power off

 

ON

OFF

ON

Power on

Load driver

(driver not loaded)

 

 

 

 

ON

OFF

OFF

Power on

 

(driver loaded)

 

 

 

 

 

ON

FLASH

OFF

Writing (rate indicates

Can appear in combination

volume of writes)

with the Read LED

 

 

 

FLASH

OFF

OFF

Reading (rate indicates

Can appear in combination

volume of reads)

with the Write LED

 

 

 

ON

ON

ON

Location beacon

Also appears during a

firmware update

 

 

 

 

*Later versions of the ioDrive use an amber-colored LED instead of a red LED.

3.2.2 The ioManager Console

Your ioDrive software includes the ioManager console application. This GUI performs the most common operations you need to do with the ioDrive. In addition, it provides a detailed information screen on each of your installed devices.

The ioManager can perform:

Firmware upgrades

Low-level formatting

Attach and detach actions

The ioManager installs as part of your Windows Setup process. Details on how to use ioManager appear in the ioManager User Guide available in the All Programs/Fusion- io/ioManager menu.

3.2.3 ioDrive Command Line Utilities

The Windows Setup package also includes five command line utilities for managing your ioDrive. They include:

fio-attach

fio-detach

fio-format

fio-status

fio-update-iodrive

Each of these utilities is described in detail in Section 3.5.

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