Maintenance, Maintenance tools, Management utilities for esxi – HP Fusion ioFX 410GB PCIe Accelerator User Manual
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Maintenance
Maintenance tools
The IO Accelerator includes both software utilities to maintain the device and external LED indicators to
display the status. You can also install SNMP as a monitoring option.
The following are the most common tasks for maintaining your IO Accelerator. You can also use the IO
Accelerator Management Tool application to perform firmware upgrades. For more information, see the HP
IO Accelerator Management Tool User Guide.
Management utilities for ESXi
Use COS/Shell/TSM command-line utilities to manage the VSL. These utilities are installed with the VSL
software. To use these utilities on ESXi, the Shell/TSM must be enabled.
For more information about these utilities, see "Command-line utilities for TSM or COS ("
utilities for Tech Support Mode
" on page
)."
Command-line utilities for Tech Support Mode
Several command-line utilities are included in the installation packages. These command-line utilities are only
accessible through the VMware TSM, also known as SSH, in ESXi or COS in ESX.
IMPORTANT:
VMware suggests that TSM only be used for the purposes of troubleshooting and
remediation. VMware recommends using the vSphere Client or any other VMware Administration
Automation Product to perform routine ESXi host configuration tasks that do not involve a
troubleshooting scenario. For more information on using TSM, see the VMware Knowledge Base
article
The IO Accelerator installation packages include various command-line utilities, installed by default to the
/usr/bin directory. These CLIs provide ways to access, test, and manipulate your device.
The following are the command-line utilities available in TSM or COS.
Command line
utility
Purpose
fio-attach (on page
Makes an IO Accelerator available to the operating
system
fio-beacon (on
Lights the IO Accelerator external LEDs
fio-bugreport
Prepares a detailed report for use in troubleshooting
problems
fio-detach (on page
Temporarily makes the IO Accelerator unavailable to the
operating system