Downgrading A Card (From 1.2.7 To 1.2.4); Using The Io Accelerator Utilities; Initializing The Io Accelerator; Identifying Io Accelerator Devices - HP AJ878A - StorageWorks 320 GB Hard Drive User Manual

Downgrading a card (from 1.2.7 to 1.2.4)

It is not recommended to downgrade the firmware or driver.

Using the IO Accelerator Utilities

The following utilities are included in the download:
Utility filename
fio-attach.exe
fio-detach.exe
fio-format.exe
fio-update-iodrive.exe
fio-status.exe
To use these utilities, do the following:
1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\HP StorageWorks IO Accelerator\Utils
2. Run the utilities from this directory.

Initializing the IO Accelerator

The IO Accelerator is automatically discovered by the system, but must be initialized before use.
1. From the Start menu, select the Server Manager.
2. Select the Disk Management plug-in located under the Storage category. The IO Accelerator
should be displayed as a new disk.
If the firmware is up-to-date, you will be able to initialize, format, partition, and create volumes
on the drive. Proceed to the next step.
If the drive is not displayed, the firmware is out-of-date and the driver has elected to hide the
disk drive from the operating system. See
If the drive is displayed, but you are unable to initialize it, you need to do a low-level format.
See Formatting the IO Accelerator
3. Right-click the Disk icon in the lower panel of the Disk Management plug-in to see the properties
of the drive and to initialize the drive.

Identifying IO Accelerator devices

Some of the utilities (such as fio-format) require a device name to specify which IO Accelerator is to
be accessed. You can use either the fio-status utility or the IO manager application to discover the
device names to use with the utilities.
Description
Utility to attach the IO Accelerator to the Operating System.
Utility to detach the IO Accelerator from the Operating System.
Utility to perform a low-level format of the IO Accelerator.
Utility to update firmware on the IO Accelerator.
Utility to display status of IO Accelerator status.
Upgrading firmware
for instructions.
IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class user guide
for instructions.
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