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3.
Click Support, and click the driver you need.
4.
Download the driver files and unzip. Install the drivers.
You have now completed the driver installation for the Nytro XP6500 card.
2.4
Performance Tuning Guidelines
2.4.1
BIOS and System Configuration
1.
Make sure that the latest version of BIOS is running in the server.
2.
Configure the server BIOS settings for low-latency.
To configure the low-latency settings in HP servers, refer to the Recommended Platform Tuning section of the
—
Configuring and Tuning HP ProLiant Servers for Low-Latency Applications technical white paper.
To configure the low-latency settings in Dell servers, refer to the Configuring Low-Latency Environments of the
—
Dell PowerEdge Servers white paper:
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/configuring_dell_powerEdge_servers_for_low
_latency_12132010_final.pdf
2.4.2
Linux System Configuration
1.
Run the following command to set execute permissions for the nytro set affinity script:
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/nytrolin_set_affinity.sh
2.
On the Linux operating system, run the following Nytro Linux Driver set affinity script:
# /etc/init.d/nytrolin_set_affinity.sh
3.
Add this script to the /etc/rc.local to make sure that this script runs on each system reboot.
4.
Make sure the partitions on the Nytro device align to 1-MB drive offset using sfdisk utility. Refer to the sfdisk
man page for more details.
Example: To create a 1MB-aligned partition of the entire disk capacity
# echo "2048,," | sfdisk -uS /dev/nytro-sda --force
2.4.3
File System Configuration
Use the XFS file system for low-latency and use the following command to format the drive partition for the XFS file
system:
mkfs.xfs <nytro-device-partition>
Example:
# mkfs.xfs /dev/nytro-sda2
Use the following options to mount the XFS file system:
mount -o nobarrier,noatime,nodiratime <nytro-dev-partition> <mount-point>
Example:
# mount -o nobarrier,noatime,nodiratime /dev/nytro-sda1 /nytro-xh6451
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