HP Fusion ioFX 410GB PCIe Accelerator - Manual (Page 3)

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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