HP IO Accelerator Driver 3.1.1 Release Notes

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About this guide
Description
This document describes the following information about the 3.1.1 IO Accelerator driver release:
• System requirements, including supported operating systems and hardware requirements
• Supported IO Accelerator devices
• Upgrade notes, including the firmware version required for this release
• Changes since the last generally available release
• Issues (Errata) that might arise using this release
CAUTION: Before upgrading to 3.x.x software and firmware, back up all data on the IO
Accelerator. The 3.1.1 software and firmware reformat the drive which causes data to be lost if
not backed up. The 3.1.1 software is not backward compatible with 1.2.x or 2.x software.
Product naming
HP IO Accelerator Generation 1 devices include:
• AJ876A: HP StorageWorks 80 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• AJ877A: HP StorageWorks 160 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• AJ878A: HP StorageWorks 320 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• AJ878B: HP StorageWorks 320 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• BK836A: HP StorageWorks 640 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• 600278-B21: HP 160GB Single Level Cell PCIe ioDrive for ProLiant Servers
• 600279-B21: HP 320GB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive for ProLiant Servers
• 600281-B21: HP 320GB Single Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for ProLiant Servers
• 600282-B21: HP 640GB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for ProLiant Servers
• 641027-B21: HP 1.28TB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for ProLiant Servers
HP IO Accelerator Generation 2 devices include:
• QK761A: HP 365 GB MLC IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• QK762A: HP 640 GB MLC IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• QK763A: HP 1.2 TB MLC IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• 673642-B21: HP 365GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers
• 673644-B21: HP 785GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers
• 673646-B21: HP 1205GB Multi Level Cell G2 PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers