HP MSR Encryption Accelerators User Manual

HP IO Accelerator Version 3.2.3 Linux

IO Accelerators with a Linux operating system. It is helpful to have previous experience with HP

Part Number: 647094-003

User Guide

Abstract

This document describes software requirements for all relevant HP IO Accelerators using Linux operating systems. This document is intended for
system administrators who plan to install and use HP
IO Accelerators and a Linux operating system. This user guide is intended for IO Accelerator software release 3.2.3 or later.

February 2013
Edition: 3

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Contents

About this guide ........................................................................................................................... 6

Contents summary ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 7

Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Product naming ......................................................................................................................................... 7

Performance attributes ................................................................................................................................ 8

Required operating environment .................................................................................................................. 9

Supported firmware revisions ............................................................................................................ 9

Supported hardware ........................................................................................................................ 9

Software installation .................................................................................................................... 12

Installation overview ................................................................................................................................ 12

Installing RPM packages on SUSE, RHEL, and OEL ...................................................................................... 12

Building the IO Accelerator driver from source ............................................................................................ 14

Building an RPM installation package .............................................................................................. 14

Upgrading device firmware from VSL 1.x.x or 2.x.x to 3.x.x ......................................................................... 15

Upgrading procedure .................................................................................................................... 16

Loading the IO Accelerator driver .............................................................................................................. 18

Controlling IO Accelerator driver loading ......................................................................................... 18

Using the init script ........................................................................................................................ 19

Mounting filesystems ...................................................................................................................... 20

Handling IO Accelerator driver unloads ........................................................................................... 20

Setting the IO Accelerator driver options .................................................................................................... 20

Using module parameters ............................................................................................................... 20

One-time configuration ................................................................................................................... 21

Persistent configuration ................................................................................................................... 21

Upgrading the firmware ........................................................................................................................... 21

Enabling PCIe power ............................................................................................................................... 22

Using the device as swap ......................................................................................................................... 22

Using the Logical Volume Manager ........................................................................................................... 22

Configuring RAID .................................................................................................................................... 23

RAID 0 ......................................................................................................................................... 23

RAID 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 25

RAID 10 ....................................................................................................................................... 25

Understanding Discard (TRIM) support ....................................................................................................... 26

Discard TRIM on Linux .................................................................................................................... 26

Setting up SNMP for Linux ........................................................................................................... 27

SNMP details for Linux ............................................................................................................................. 27

Files and directories ................................................................................................................................. 27

SNMP master agent................................................................................................................................. 27

Launching the SNMP master agent .................................................................................................. 27

Configuring the SNMP master agent ................................................................................................ 28

SNMP agentX subagent ........................................................................................................................... 28

Installing the SNMP subagent .......................................................................................................... 28

Running and configuring the SNMP subagent ................................................................................... 29

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