Contents 3
Contents
About this guide ........................................................................................................................... 5
Contents summary ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 6
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 6
Product naming ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Performance attributes ................................................................................................................................ 7
Required operating environment .................................................................................................................. 8
Supported firmware revisions ............................................................................................................ 8
Supported hardware ........................................................................................................................ 8
Software installation .................................................................................................................... 11
Installation overview ................................................................................................................................ 11
Installing the software and utilities ............................................................................................................. 11
Loading the IO Accelerator VSL facility (driver) ............................................................................................ 12
Upgrading the firmware ........................................................................................................................... 12
Enabling PCIe power ............................................................................................................................... 13
Using the device as a swap ...................................................................................................................... 13
Configuring a ZFS pool ............................................................................................................................ 13
Maintenance .............................................................................................................................. 14
Maintenance tools ................................................................................................................................... 14
Command-line utilities .............................................................................................................................. 14
Enabling PCIe power override .................................................................................................................. 14
Enabling the override parameter ............................................................................................................... 15
Uninstalling IO Accelerator VSL and utilities ................................................................................................ 16
Disabling auto attach ............................................................................................................................... 16
Unmanaged shutdown issues .................................................................................................................... 16
Disabling the IO Accelerator VSL ............................................................................................................... 17
Enabling the IO Accelerator VSL ............................................................................................................... 17
Monitoring and managing devices ............................................................................................... 18
Introduction to monitoring and managing devices ........................................................................................ 18
Management tools ................................................................................................................................... 18
Example conditions to monitor .................................................................................................................. 19
Device LED indicators .............................................................................................................................. 20
Performance and tuning ............................................................................................................... 21
Introduction to performance and tuning ...................................................................................................... 21
Disabling DVFS ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Limiting APCI C-states .............................................................................................................................. 21
Utilities ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Utilities reference ..................................................................................................................................... 22
fio-attach ................................................................................................................................................ 22
fio-beacon .............................................................................................................................................. 23
fio-bugreport ........................................................................................................................................... 23
fio-detach ............................................................................................................................................... 24
fio-format ............................................................................................................................................... 25
