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• HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Windows User Guide
• Abstract
• Notice
• Contents
• About this guide
  • Contents summary
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Product naming
  • Performance attributes
  • Required operating environment
    • Supported firmware revisions
    • Supported hardware
• Windows Server environments
  • Installation overview
  • Uninstalling a previously-installed driver
  • Installing software on a Windows operating system
    • Using the Setup Wizard
  • Upgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to 3.x.x
    • Upgrading procedure
  • Manual installation on Windows Server
    • Manually installing on Windows Server 2003
    • Manually installing on Windows Server 2008 and 2012
  • Upgrading the device firmware using Windows
    • Viewing the firmware version
    • Performing the upgrade
  • Upgrading driver software using Windows
    • Upgrading driver software using Windows in a non-RAID configuration
    • Upgrading driver software using Windows in a RAID configuration
  • Defragmentation
  • Silent install option
  • Outdated firmware check
  • Enabling PCIe power
  • IO Accelerator naming
  • Adding a file system, formatting, and performing multi-disk configuration
  • Creating a RAID configuration
  • Using the IO Accelerator as swap with Windows operating system
  • Setting up SNMP for Windows operating systems
    • SNMP details for Windows operating systems
    • Using test mode registry values
    • SNMP MIB fields supporting Windows Server
  • Using installation logs
    • Windows Installer logging options
    • Creating an installation log
    • Creating an uninstall log
    • Creating a patch install log
    • Automated logging with the Windows Installer Logging Policy
    • Troubleshooting event log messages
• Maintenance
  • Maintenance tools
  • Common maintenance tasks
    • Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver package
    • Disabling AutoAttach
    • Enabling Autoattach
    • Unmanaged shutdown issues
  • Enabling PCIe power override
    • Enabling the override parameter
• Utilities
  • Utilities reference
  • fio-attach
  • fio-beacon
  • fio-bugreport
  • fio-config
    • fio-config options
  • fio-detach
  • fio-format
  • fio-pci-check
  • fio-status
  • fio-sure-erase
  • fio-trim-config
  • fio-update-iodrive
• Monitoring IO Accelerator health
  • NAND flash and component failure
  • Health metrics
  • Health monitoring techniques
  • Flashback substitution events
  • Software RAID and health monitoring
• Trim support
  • Introduction to Trim
  • Trim platforms
  • Using Trim
    • Starting and stopping Trim
    • Enabling Trim
    • Controlling Trim aggressiveness
  • Trim configurations
• Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator
  • Introduction to Windows page files
  • Configuring IO Accelerator paging support
    • RAM consumption
    • Non-paged memory pool
    • Enabling and disabling paging support
  • Windows page file management
    • Setting up page files
    • System drive paging file configuration
    • Guaranteeing minimum committable memory
    • Verifying page file operation
  • Virtual Memory performance
• Performance and tuning
  • Introduction to performance and tuning
  • Disabling DVFS
  • Limiting APCI C-states
  • Setting NUMA affinity
  • Setting the interrupt handler affinity
• NUMA configuration
  • Introduction to NUMA architecture
  • FIO_AFFINITY parameter
  • Advanced configuration example
  • Checking the log for errors
• Resources
  • Subscription service
  • For more information
• Support and other resources
  • Before you contact HP
  • HP contact information
  • Customer Self Repair
• Regulatory information
  • Safety and regulatory compliance
  • Turkey RoHS material content declaration
  • Ukraine RoHS material content declaration
  • Warranty information
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Documentation feedback
• Index