HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 VMware ESX and ESXi User Guide

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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 ........................................................................................................................ 9

Before you begin ..................................................................................................................................... 11

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