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- Page 1 User Guide Seagate X8 Accelerator for Linux ® Powered by Virident ST2200FS0000 ST1100FS0000 ST1100FR0000 ST550FR0000 100728272 Rev. A June 2013...
- Page 2 Publication number: 100728272, Rev. A June 2013 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Seagate X8 Accelerator and SeaTools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
EXT3 High Performance Options..........11 Auto-Mounting Seagate Device on Linux Systems ......11 Software RAID . - Page 4 Contacting Support ............22 Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux, Rev. A...
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Page 5: End User License Agreement For Seagate Software
Third Party Services is subject to your agreement with the applicable third party service provider. Except as expressly stated herein, this EULA does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Product. Seagate and its suppliers reserve all rights not expressly granted to you. - Page 6 EULA. If you receive an Update, you may continue to use the previous version(s) of the Software in your possession, custody or control. Seagate shall have no obligation to support the previous versions of the Software upon availability of an Update.
- Page 7 (c)(1) and (2) of 48 CFR 52.227-19 (Commercial Computer Product- Restricted Rights), as applicable. The manufacturer is Seagate. You may not transfer or assign this EULA or any rights under this EULA, except that you may make a one-time, permanent transfer of this EULA and the Software to another end user, provided that (i) you do not retain any copies of the Software, the Hardware, the media and printed materials, Upgrades (if any), and this EULA, and (ii) prior to the transfer, the end user receiving this EULA and the Software agrees to all the EULA terms.
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Page 8: Introduction
Seagate X8 Accelerator enables enterprises to tackle performance-intensive applications such as databases, business analytics, virtualization and high-performance computing applications. This document explains how to install, configure, and manage Seagate X8 Accelerator devices with software version 3.2 on Linux based systems. -
Page 9: Hardware Installation
ELECTION Seagate X8 Accelerator devices need to be installed in x8 or x16 PCIe Gen 2 slots. If no PCIe x8/x16 slots are available, x4 slots can be used. However, using an x4 slot may result in up to 50% reduction in performance. -
Page 10: System Bios Settings
BIOS S YSTEM ETTINGS After a system restart, prior to booting the operating system, enter the system BIOS setup to verify several important settings. Note that each BIOS often has its own nomenclature for these settings, so the exact wording of the configuration parameters may not match the examples. -
Page 11: Os Settings
While the Seagate X8 Accelerator device driver is fully tested under SUSE Linux, it is not certified by Novell. By default, SUSE will not allow such modules to be loaded, so this setting must be changed to allow the Seagate device driver to load. -
Page 12: Installing X8 Accelerator Driver
The driver and utilities packages are available on the Seagate Support site. You will need to select your distribution version. If you are using Oracle Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, or Fedora Core you will need to select your kernel version. -
Page 13: Starting The Driver
TARTING THE RIVER After installing the drivers and utilities packages, the driver will load automatically on every system boot. To start the driver without rebooting the system, enter the following command: # service vgcd start Loading kernel modules... [ OK ] Rescanning SW RAID volumes... -
Page 14: Verifying Performance
ERIFYING ERFORMANCE Before setting up a file system on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device, it is useful to measure the raw performance of each device to ensure proper setup. This makes it easier to isolate and resolve any potential problems. -
Page 15: Creating File Systems
YSTEMS Any standard Linux file system may be placed on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device simply by using its standard mkfs utility. If you need only one partition per device, Seagate recommends creating file system directly on a /dev/vgca0, /dev/vgcb0,…... -
Page 16: Software Raid
TILITIES 10.1 vgc-monitor vgc-monitor utility allows monitoring of X8 Accelerator device status and health. When called without parameters, it lists all Seagate X8 Accelerator devices in the system with their configuration and health summary. Command syntax: #vgc-monitor --help vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7... -
Page 17: Vgc-Secure-Erase
There are different levels of Sanitization specified in the standards: Clear and Purge. In most cases, the Clear level of Sanitization will suffice for most use cases, but in some cases Purge will be required. Both types of sanitization are supported by the Seagate Secure Erase Utility. - Page 18 Command syntax: #vgc-secure-erase --help vgc-secure-erase: 3.2.55402.C7 Utility to clear or purge Seagate X8 Accelerator drive partitions Usage: vgc-secure-erase [-c|--clear] [-y|--yes] <partition> vgc-secure-erase [-p|--purge] [-y|--yes] <partition> vgc-secure-erase -h|--help Options: -c | --clear : Clear (Erase) the contents of the partition.
- Page 19 Example. Clear device vgca0: # vgc-secure-erase vgca0 vgc-secure-erase: 3.2.55402.C7 This operation will erase all data on the physical partition vgca0. It will take up to 20 minutes to complete. Once started you cannot stop or undo this operation. Do you want to continue? [yes/no] yes [|-|]Starting Secure Erase (Clear) operation.
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Page 20: Vgc-Config
The two physical partitions are presented as separate block devices, such as /dev/vgca0 and /dev/vgca1. However, in most cases Seagate recommends using the default configuration with one physical partition and using software partitions or LVM. Note that 550 GB and 1100GB models supports only one physical partition. - Page 21 Example: Configure vgca device with two physical partitions in Max Capacity mode: # vgc-config -d vgca -n 2 -m maxcapacity # vgc-monitor -d vgca vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime: 0:05 Card_Name Num_Partitions Card_Type Status vgca ST2200FS0000Good Serial Number : SJ893274 Card Info : Part: 1HF3B0-001 : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8 Gen2 Temperature...
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Page 22: Vgc-Diags
Seagate recommends running vgc-diags immediately after encountering any technical issues. Please send the vgc.diags.tar file to Seagate technical support whenever requesting technical assistance. -
Page 23: Vgc-Beacon
If “-b 1” or “-b 0” is not used the command will return its current settings. # vgc-beacon --help vgc-beacon: 3.2.55402.C7 Utility to locate a Seagate X8 Accelerator drive by blinking its LEDs Usage: vgc-beacon -d| --drive <DriveName | PCI Address> [ -b|--beacon 1|0>(enable/ disable... -
Page 24: Dynamic Throttling
Both the Google and Percona patched versions of MySQL InnoDB and XtraDB support increasing IO threads. Through extensive testing, Seagate recommends adding the following setting in /etc/my.cnf to enable the highest performance on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device. Please contact Seagate support for more information on optimizing MySQL on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device. - Page 25 /var/lib/vgc/loading.lck” Solution: Remove the “loading.lck” file and issue a “service vgcd start”. In case you are not sure how lck file is created, please contact Seagate support. 3) “vgcd: FATAL: Module vgcdrive not found.” Solution: Uninstall the rpms (driver and utilities) by running “rpm -aq | grep vgc | xargs rpm –ev”. And then re-install the rpms.
- Page 26 NBOARD IAGNOSTIC There are two onboard LEDS on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device. They are visible through the back bracket and always indicate the state of the system. The following table explains what each combination of these LEDs indicates: 15.0 C...
- Page 27 NDEX Auto-Mounting Seagate Device on Linux Systems 11 Selecting Max Performance or Max Capacity Mode 10 Single Board 5 Software EULA 1 Software RAID 12 Bracket Installation 5 Starting the Driver 9 SUSE Enable Unsupported Modules to Allow Driver Loading 7...
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