HP IO Accelerator Driver and Management Software Version 3.2.3 Release Notes

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About this guide
Description
This document describes the following information about the 3.2.3 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 3.2.3 software and firmware reformat the drive, which causes data to be lost if
not backed up. The 3.2.3 software is not backward compatible with 1.2.x or 2.x software.
Product naming
HP IO Accelerator Generation 1 devices include:
• AJ876A: HP 80 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• AJ877A: HP 160 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• AJ878A: HP 320 GB IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• AJ878B: HP 320 GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• BK836A: HP 640 GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
IMPORTANT: Generation 1 IO accelerators for BladeSystem c-Class are only compatible with
G7 and earlier server blades.
• 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 365GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• QK762A: HP 785GB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class
• QK763A: HP 1.2 TB IO MLC Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class