Using the info tab – Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases User Manual

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The shaded area at the left of the screen identifies the drives in your ION Accelerator appliance,
by ioMemory device serial number. In the example above, bracketed pairs represent drives on the
same controller.

Information for the selected ioMemory module is shown in the main area of the screen:

Settings – For selected hosts, this area shows the ioMemory alias, device status (attached

or detached), swap support (enabled or disabled), and beacon status (on or off).

To rename the alias for a selected host, click Edit and type the new name.

To enable the beacon for a drive, click Enable. For more information on the beacon
feature, refer to the ioDrive User Guide.

Firmware – For selected hosts, this area shows the current VSL and firmware version.

Low-Level Formatting – For selected hosts, this area shows the low-level formatting

method (Factory Capacity, x, or y); total factory capacity in GB or GiB; format capacity in
bytes; and formatted sector size in bytes.

For details on the Live and Reports tabs, see

Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance

later in

this guide.

Using the Info Tab

The Info access tab in the Configuration screen supplies a variety of data about a selected
ioMemory module within a host.

1. Select the host whose information you want to view.

2. Click the Info access tab. A screen similar to the one below appears. Any alerts that were

generated appear under the Alerts heading (see

Handling ION Accelerator Alerts

).

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