Hp PCIe IO Accelerators for ProLiant Servers Bedienungsanleitung

HP PCIe IO Accelerator for ProLiant Servers User Guide Part Number 607720-002 November 2010 (Second Edition)

Introduction 10 Supported firmware revisions Release Firmware revision 1.2.4 17350 1.2.7 36867 or 42014 1.2.8.4 43246 2.2 43674 Supported ha

Utilities 100 fio-trim-config Description Enables or disables the Trim feature (Windows® service), which reclaims available space from the file syst

Utilities 101 • -s: Updates the devices in the specified slots using ‘*’ as a wildcard for devices. The slots are identified in the following PCIe

Monitoring IO Accelerator health 102 Monitoring IO Accelerator health NAND flash and component failure The IO Accelerator is a highly fault-tolerant

Monitoring IO Accelerator health 103 HP 160GB SLC PCIe ioDrive for ProLiant Servers, Product Number:600278-B21 ... Media status: Healthy; Reserves:

Monitoring IO Accelerator health 104 heavy workload is evicted from a RAID group for failure to receive data at a sufficient rate. A drive in read-o

Trim support (Windows only) 105 Trim support (Windows only) Introduction to Trim Trim is used to address a unique property of solid state drives. Th

Trim support (Windows only) 106 Starting and stopping Trim To globally start or stop the Trim service through the IO Accelerator Management Tool, in

Trim support (Windows only) 107 BitmapRetrievalDelayInMilliseconds This value affects how much impact Trim has on the CPU. The default is 25 millise

Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator 108 Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator Introduction to Windows page files This sectio

Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator 109 • it minimizes overall host memory consumption. On Windows® operating systems, NTFS will gener

Introduction 11 * The fio-format utility automatically formats the device to this block size unless specified differently. You can reduce memory use

Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator 110 To query the current value, run this command: fio-config -g FIO_PREALLOCATE_MEMORY An alternate

Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator 111 page 109)" to properly enable page file support on one or more IO Accelerators. System

Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator 112 • Main Article Link: Pushing the Limits of Windows (http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich

Resources 113 Resources Subscription service HP recommends that you register your product at the Subscriber’s Choice for Business website at www.hp.

Technical support 114 Technical support Before you contact HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call HP: • Technical s

Technical support 115 • Optional—Parts for which customer self repair is optional. These parts are also designed for customer self repair. If, howe

Technical support 116 Pour plus d'informations sur le programme CSR de HP, contactez votre Mainteneur Agrée local. Pour plus d'information

Technical support 117 HINWEIS: Einige Teile sind nicht für Customer Self Repair ausgelegt. Um den Garantieanspruch des Kunden zu erfüllen, muss das

Technical support 118 el caso de todas sustituciones que lleve a cabo el cliente, HP se hará cargo de todos los gastos de envío y devolución de comp

Technical support 119 Opcional – Peças cujo reparo feito pelo cliente é opcional. Essas peças também são projetadas para o reparo feito pelo cliente

Hardware installation 12 Hardware installation Installing the HP PCIe IO Accelerator WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to

Technical support 120

Technical support 121

Regulatory compliance notices 122 Regulatory compliance notices Regulatory compliance identification numbers For the purpose of regulatory complianc

Regulatory compliance notices 123 Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union This symbol on the product or

Acronyms and abbreviations 124 Acronyms and abbreviations CIM common information model CIMOM common information model object manager CMPI common m

Acronyms and abbreviations 125 GUID globally unique identifier HBA host bus adapter I/O input/output IOPS input/output operations per second iSC

Acronyms and abbreviations 126 RAID redundant array of inexpensive (or independent) disks RAM random access memory RFC request for comments RHEL

Acronyms and abbreviations 127 USB universal serial bus VM Virtual Machine VSL virtual storage layer WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management WMI Wi

Index 128 A About this guide 7 Adding a file system 50 Attach Device 82 attaching mixed attached/detached devices 83 authorized reseller 1

Index 129 HP Subscriber's Choice for Business 112 HP technical support 113 HP, contacting 113 I identification number 121 installing ES

Hardware installation 13 6. If applicable, remove the cover slot.

Index 130 SNMP master agent 32 SNMP MIB support 37, 53 SNMP, Linux details 32 SNMP, Windows details 51 software installation 39, 65 softwa

Hardware installation 14 7. Grasp the PCIe IO Accelerator by the top edge and insert it gently, but firmly, into the available PCIe slot.

Hardware installation 15 8. Secure the PCIe IO Accelerator retaining bracket using a screw or lever (depending on how your hardware is configured).

Hardware installation 16 1. Locate the half-height bracket in your PCIe IO Accelerator package. CAUTION: Use care when removing the retaining s

Hardware installation 17 4. Align the LEDs on the PCIe IO Accelerator with the holes in the half-height bracket. Be sure the bracket tabs are on the

Hardware installation 18 CAUTION: Do not overly tighten screws. Overly tightening the screws might damage the device. 6. Return to "Instal

Hardware installation 19 6. Grasp the Duo by the top edge and seat it in the available PCIe slot.

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Hardware installation 20 7. Secure the Duo retaining bracket using a screw or lever (depending on how your hardware is configured). 8. If you are

Linux environments 21 Linux environments Linux installation requirements The HP-provided Linux installers for the IO Accelerator do not contain bina

Linux environments 22 • SMH webpage: hp_ioaccelerator_system_management_homepage_web_templates To install the IO Accelerator software: 1. If you a

Linux environments 23 Example: bash hp_io_accelerator-2.2.0.60.4-rhel5.run 8. If the dialog package is installed on your server, the installer scr

Linux environments 24 The following is an example output showing that the system recognizes the IO Accelerator: Found 1 ioDrive in this system Fusio

Linux environments 25 Module parameter Default (min/max) Description force_minimal_mode False Force minimal mode on the device. parallel_attach T

Linux environments 26 On systems that use scripts to load drivers, you can enable or disable an init script with the standard init script utility, c

Linux environments 27 3. With the blacklist command in place, reboot Linux. The IO Accelerator driver does not load. To restore driver auto-loading

Linux environments 28 shutdown -h now IMPORTANT: For the firmware upgrade to write to the device properly, you must completely shut down the sy

Linux environments 29 iv. If the HP IO Accelerator Management Tool is installed, uninstall it. o To uninstall 2.x driver, run the following command

Contents 3 Contents About this guide ...

Linux environments 30 # rpm -e iomemory-vsl-2.6.18-194.el5-2.2.0.82-1.0 To install the new driver, see "Downloading and installing the driver a

Linux environments 31 RAID0/Striped To create a striped set where fioa and fiob are the two IO Accelerators you want to stripe, enter the following

Linux environments 32 Setting up SNMP for Linux Use the following procedures to set up SNMP for Linux. SNMP details for Linux The fio-snmp-agentx S

Linux environments 33 #set the port that the agent listens on (defaults to 161) agentaddress 161 # simple access control (some form of access cont

Linux environments 34 This command launches the IO Accelerator subagent using the net-snmp configuration file net-snmp. This file must reside in one

Linux environments 35 NOTE: For proper operation, the subagent file name must be fio-snmp-agentx.conf. When the SNMP Agentx runs, it reads the f

Linux environments 36 The SNMP Agentx now replaces any existing IO Accelerator driver data it has with any populated fields in the list of parameter

Linux environments 37 ExtnUsedPhysCapacityU = 4 ExtnUsedPhysCapacityL = 782330816 ExtnTotalLogCapacityU = 18 ExtnTotalLogCapacityL = 2690588672

Linux environments 38 • cpqioDrvInfoStatus • cpqioDrvInfoName • cpqioDrvInfoSerialNumber • cpqioDrvInfoPartNumber • cpqioDrvInfoSubvendorPart

Linux environments 39 • cpqioDrvExtnPhysicalBytesWrittenL

Contents 4 Manual installation on Windows Server ...

Windows Server environments 40 Windows Server environments Uninstalling a previously-installed driver CAUTION: Upgrading an IO Accelerator from

Windows Server environments 41 4. Run the IO Accelerator installation program (Setup Wizard) as explained in "Using the Setup Wizard (on page 4

Windows Server environments 42 2. Click Next. The Installation Recommendations screen appears. 3. If you have a previous version of the IO Acceler

Windows Server environments 43 4. If you want to use the default installation location (C:\Program Files\HP IO Accelerator), click Next. If you want

Windows Server environments 44 o Device Driver (required for the drive to be recognized in Windows® operating system) o HP IO Accelerator Managemen

Windows Server environments 45 7. Click Install to begin installation. When installation is complete, the Completion screen appears. NOTE: You

Windows Server environments 46 Manual installation on Windows Server 2003 The Windows Driver Wizard automatically detects the new IO Accelerator and

Windows Server environments 47 Manual installation on Windows Server 2008 The Windows Driver Wizard automatically detects the new IO Accelerator and

Windows Server environments 48 To discover old firmware: 1. Find the name of the latest firmware version as noted in the Release Notes. 2. Use the

Windows Server environments 49 All three external LED indicators light up during the update process. 5. Restart the computer to finish the firmware

Contents 5 Device Tree ...

Windows Server environments 50 5. Restart the computer. 6. Download the latest driver from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support). 7. Either u

Windows Server environments 51 2. Expand HP StorageWorks IO Accelerators, and then double-click HP StorageWorks IO Accelerator. The Properties dialo

Windows Server environments 52 3. After the device is initialized, you can add partitions or volumes. For more information, see the Disk Management

Windows Server environments 53 For example, you can use the SNMP test mode to change the non-writeable indicator and generate a trap, or simulate a

Windows Server environments 54 SNMP test registry entry Description collection. cpqioDrvInfoCurrentTemp* Current temperature of the device in degree

Windows Server environments 55 • cpqIoDimmInfoName • cpqIoDimmInfoSerialNumber • cpqIoDimmInfoPartNumber • cpqIoDimmInfoSubvendorPartNumber • c

Windows Server environments 56 • cpqIoDimmInfoPowerlossProtectDisabled • cpqIoDimmInfoInternalTempHigh • cpqIoDimmInfoAmbientTemp • cpqIoDimmExt

Windows Server environments 57 Windows Installer logging options The Windows® Installer handles its installations through Msiexec.exe. The logging

Windows Server environments 58 When the installation package is included in an .exe bootstrapper, do not use msiexec. in the command line. For examp

Windows Server environments 59 NOTE: Do not leave this option active because every install or uninstall operation on an .msi file will create a ne

Contents 6 Using Windows page files with the IO Accelerator ... 108 Introduction

Windows Server environments 60 Message Suggested solution 2 Select your unattached IO Accelerator from the Device Tree. 3 Click Attach. 4 Confir

VMWare ESX environments 61 VMWare ESX environments Creating the ESX IO Accelerator driver CD The IO Accelerator driver is distributed on the VMware

VMWare ESX environments 62 $ vihostupdate <conn_options> --install --nosigcheck --bundle=offline-bundle.zip 7. Restart the ESX host. 8. Exit

VMWare ESX environments 63 The firmware and utilities are installed to the following locations Package type Installation location Utilities (ESX o

VMWare ESX environments 64 8. Find the files with those UIDs in /vmfs/devices/disks/. Select the files with appended partition numbers. In this case

VMWare ESX environments 65 Using the IO Accelerator as swap with ESX HP does not recommend using the IO Accelerator as swap space when using the ESX

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 66 HP IO Accelerator Management Tool Operating system support The following is the IO Accelerator Management Tool

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 67 NOTE: Running the IO Accelerator Management Tool requires administrator privileges. Log in as root or use the

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 68 • The Device Report panel on the right displays details on one or more selected devices.

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 69 Performance report When you click the Performance tab, IO Accelerator Management Tool draws a real-time graph o

About this guide 7 About this guide Contents summary • Installing the IO Accelerator • Downloading and installing the approved driver and utilitie

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 70 • Page File Settings—Enables or disables the use of the IO Accelerator as a page file device. NOTE: A low

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 71 • The Ctrl-A key combination selects all the available items in a list (such as all the IO Accelerators in the

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 72 If you right-click the Tool Tip, the context menu appears. Drive status The tree also shows the status of eac

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 73 • Drive Normal: When a drive is attached to the operating system and available to users, it appears as Status:

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 74 • Drive Detached: When a drive is not available to the operating system or users, it appears as Status: Detach

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 75 • Operation in Progress: The device shows an activity icon. A message in the Device Report panel indicates whi

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 76 3. Press Ctrl-Click left mouse button to select two or more separate devices. The Device Report panel displays

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 77 Saving IO Accelerator information You can save the selected IO Accelerator information using the Copy feature.

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 78 When you open the Performance tab, it shows a combined view of read and write performance. To view the read and

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 79 • Detach Device—Detaches an IO Accelerator so you can perform a low-level format or upgrade the firmware. Deta

Introduction 8 Introduction Overview Designed around ioMemory, a revolutionary storage architecture, HP PCIe IO Accelerator is an advanced NAND flas

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 80 To perform a firmware upgrade: 1. Download the IO Accelerator firmware upgrade file from and place it in a co

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 81 The IO Accelerator Management Tool shows the default directories, so unless you have installed the firmware in

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 82 7. Click Next to proceed 8. Click Update. The selected drives display a blue progress bar in the Device Report

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 83 To cancel the update, click the X at the upper right of the dialog box to exit. To select a different firmware

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 84 If the Attach Device operation fails, an error message appears. Attaching mixed attached/detached devices If y

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 85 Use Attach to restore the operating system access to the IO Accelerator. Detaching mixed attached/detached dev

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 86 o Maximum Write Performance—Formats the device for maximum write performance at the cost of approximately 50% c

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 87 The IO Accelerator Management Tool automatically detaches the selected devices. A blue progress bar displays in

HP IO Accelerator Management Tool 88 • About IO Accelerator Management Tool: Displays the version splash screen. • Exit: Closes the IO Accelerato

Maintenance 89 Maintenance Maintenance tools The IO Accelerator includes both software utilities to maintain the device and external LED indicators

Introduction 9 IO Accelerator Duo capacity 320GB 640GB 512B packet size) packet size) Access latency 26 μs (read) 29 μs (read) *Performance achi

Maintenance 90 Common maintenance tasks The following tasks are the most common tasks for maintaining your IO Accelerator. NOTE: All commands re

Maintenance 91 For 2.x systems: /etc/modprobe.d/iomemory-vsl.conf 2. Add the following line to that file: o For 1.2.x systems: options iodrive aut

Maintenance 92 1. Open the IO Accelerator Utilities folder. The default location is C:\Program Files\HP IO Accelerators\Utils\. 2. Double-click the

Utilities 93 Utilities Utilities reference The IO Accelerator installation packages include various command line utilities, installed by default to

Utilities 94 NOTE: To run these utilities from a command line using Windows Server®, you must either change directories to the directory that con

Utilities 95 • -p Print: Prints the PCI bus ID at <device> to standard output. Usage and error information can be written to standard output

Utilities 96 Option Default (min/max) Description parallel_attach True Enable parallel attach of multiple drivers fio_preallocate_memory False

Utilities 97 • %: Percentage of device for user data • t/T: Number of terabytes to format • g/G: Number of gigabytes to format • m/M: Number

Utilities 98 This utility is an SNMP sub-agent that implements the cpqIODrv.mib for the IO Accelerator driver. The fio-snmp-agentx utility communica

Utilities 99 • -a: Prints all available information for each device. The following information is reported: o Number and types of boards installe