Seagate X8 Accelerator Quick Start Guide
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...Step 4: Performance Mode Selection By default, performance mode is not behaving correctly please run the "vgc-diags" utility and contact your Seagate Support at http://www.seagate.com/support/. 100731279 Rev. This option will show up as a PCIe card like a RAID controller. A file system of ...Install PCIe Card The User Guide found on the X8 Accelerator datasheet (http://www.seagate.com/internalhard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/ssd/x8-accelerator/). Choose an 8 lane PCIe slot with 200 LFM of the Seagate® X8 Accelerator. Please see the User Guide for Linux, Windows and vSphere...
...Step 4: Performance Mode Selection By default, performance mode is not behaving correctly please run the "vgc-diags" utility and contact your Seagate Support at http://www.seagate.com/support/. 100731279 Rev. This option will show up as a PCIe card like a RAID controller. A file system of ...Install PCIe Card The User Guide found on the X8 Accelerator datasheet (http://www.seagate.com/internalhard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/ssd/x8-accelerator/). Choose an 8 lane PCIe slot with 200 LFM of the Seagate® X8 Accelerator. Please see the User Guide for Linux, Windows and vSphere...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux
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..., without written permission of their respective owners. Actual quantities will not be available for import and use a different standard of changes Initial release. © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of...
..., without written permission of their respective owners. Actual quantities will not be available for import and use a different standard of changes Initial release. © 2013 Seagate Technology LLC. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one of...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux
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...it is detected and initialized properly by the PCI subsystem by using X8 Accelerator devices you will require administration privileges on the USB drive shipped with the "uname -a" command. Install the packages using Oracle Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, or Fedora Core you... INSTALLING DRIVERS AND UTILITIES PACKAGES Before you can confirm you are running kernel version with the X8 Accelerator or at http://www.seagate.com/support/ downloads/ for every device installed. Installation will need to select your distribution version. The 'install.sh' script automatically...
...it is detected and initialized properly by the PCI subsystem by using X8 Accelerator devices you will require administration privileges on the USB drive shipped with the "uname -a" command. Install the packages using Oracle Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, or Fedora Core you... INSTALLING DRIVERS AND UTILITIES PACKAGES Before you can confirm you are running kernel version with the X8 Accelerator or at http://www.seagate.com/support/ downloads/ for every device installed. Installation will need to select your distribution version. The 'install.sh' script automatically...
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...existing data. Only workloads that uses the GPL licensed FIO utility. Please wait... *** Command for formatting vgca0 in Max Capacity mode. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Read performance and sequential write performance are formatted in Max Performance mode: # vgc-config -d... vgca -n 2 -m maxperformance vgc-config: 3.2(55402.C7) *** Formatting drive. Use the following command to check current configuration of all existing data on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device, it is write intensive, setting Max Performance mode instead of the device by ...
...existing data. Only workloads that uses the GPL licensed FIO utility. Please wait... *** Command for formatting vgca0 in Max Capacity mode. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Read performance and sequential write performance are formatted in Max Performance mode: # vgc-config -d... vgca -n 2 -m maxperformance vgc-config: 3.2(55402.C7) *** Formatting drive. Use the following command to check current configuration of all existing data on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device, it is write intensive, setting Max Performance mode instead of the device by ...
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... or mirroring multiple X8 Accelerator devices. A 12 The default software RAID creation parameters are sufficient for vgca drive: SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Below is possible to monitor Seagate X8 Accelerator drives Usage: vgc-monitor [-d|--drive ] vgc-monitor [-h|--help and exit no arguments: display info for mirroring X8 Accelerator devices in the...
... or mirroring multiple X8 Accelerator devices. A 12 The default software RAID creation parameters are sufficient for vgca drive: SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Below is possible to monitor Seagate X8 Accelerator drives Usage: vgc-monitor [-d|--drive ] vgc-monitor [-h|--help and exit no arguments: display info for mirroring X8 Accelerator devices in the...
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...) the contents of the partition. 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] vgc-secure-erase [-p|--purge] [-y|--yes] vgc-secure-erase -h|--help : Displays options/parameters... usable from the factory, and therefore never receives any user data. It physically erases all user data from the given partition. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Operation The device needs to be produced. This is shipped from the start and ...
...) the contents of the partition. 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] vgc-secure-erase [-p|--purge] [-y|--yes] vgc-secure-erase -h|--help : Displays options/parameters... usable from the factory, and therefore never receives any user data. It physically erases all user data from the given partition. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Operation The device needs to be produced. This is shipped from the start and ...
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...# vgc-config --help vgc-config: 3.2.55402.C7 Utility to configure Seagate X8 Accelerator drives Usage: vgc-config -d|--drive [-l|--list] vgc-config -d|--drive -r|--reset [-f|--force] vgc-config -d|--drive -m |--mode [-f|--force] -n|--num-partitions vgc-config -p|--partition [-l|--list]... vgc-config -p|--partition -r|--reset [-f|--force] vgc-config -p|--partition -m|--mode [-f|--force] vgc-config [-l|--list] vgc-config [-h|--help] Options: -d | --drive : drive name vgc[a,b,---] -f | --force : do not prompt for confirmation -h | --help : display this help and exit -l | --list : ...
...# vgc-config --help vgc-config: 3.2.55402.C7 Utility to configure Seagate X8 Accelerator drives Usage: vgc-config -d|--drive [-l|--list] vgc-config -d|--drive -r|--reset [-f|--force] vgc-config -d|--drive -m |--mode [-f|--force] -n|--num-partitions vgc-config -p|--partition [-l|--list]... vgc-config -p|--partition -r|--reset [-f|--force] vgc-config -p|--partition -m|--mode [-f|--force] vgc-config [-l|--list] vgc-config [-h|--help] Options: -d | --drive : drive name vgc[a,b,---] -f | --force : do not prompt for confirmation -h | --help : display this help and exit -l | --list : ...
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...[a,b,---])or PCI Address{domain:bus:dev.fn} -s| --show : Show Hardware Id of all cards with the desired "vgc[a, b, ---]" device and "-b 1"or "-b 0" to continue: yes *** Formatting drive. Please wait... *** SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 19 Example. If "-b 1" or "-b 0" is not used . # vgc-config -r -d vgca vgc-config: 3.2.54323.C7 *** WARNING: this...
...[a,b,---])or PCI Address{domain:bus:dev.fn} -s| --show : Show Hardware Id of all cards with the desired "vgc[a, b, ---]" device and "-b 1"or "-b 0" to continue: yes *** Formatting drive. Please wait... *** SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 19 Example. If "-b 1" or "-b 0" is not used . # vgc-config -r -d vgca vgc-config: 3.2.54323.C7 *** WARNING: this...
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... "rpm -aq | grep vgc | xargs rpm -ev". A 21 Step 3. Rescanning LVM volumes... Solution: Update the firmware using instructions in the PCIe slot. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. If the device is detected by lspci, check that correct driver and utils RPMs are not sure how... will not load. Enabling swap devices... Solution: Uninstall the rpms (driver and utilities) by lspci, please try a different slot. Step 5. Virident FlashMAX Drive V2 (rev 01) If the device is not listed, please power down the system and check whether the device is detected on the next steps...
... "rpm -aq | grep vgc | xargs rpm -ev". A 21 Step 3. Rescanning LVM volumes... Solution: Update the firmware using instructions in the PCIe slot. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. If the device is detected by lspci, check that correct driver and utils RPMs are not sure how... will not load. Enabling swap devices... Solution: Uninstall the rpms (driver and utilities) by lspci, please try a different slot. Step 5. Virident FlashMAX Drive V2 (rev 01) If the device is not listed, please power down the system and check whether the device is detected on the next steps...
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... of these LEDs indicates: 15.0 CONTACTING SUPPORT • Email: Support.seagate.com • Phone: 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4238) • Website: http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/ssd/x8-accelerator/ SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Send the "vgc.diags.tar...boot, run vgc-diags to ensure that the device is installed in "Action Required" to Seagate support. A 22 Often the electrical connections are two onboard LEDS on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device. Review the Section 9, "Creating File Systems", for more information on the...
... of these LEDs indicates: 15.0 CONTACTING SUPPORT • Email: Support.seagate.com • Phone: 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4238) • Website: http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/ssd/x8-accelerator/ SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Send the "vgc.diags.tar...boot, run vgc-diags to ensure that the device is installed in "Action Required" to Seagate support. A 22 Often the electrical connections are two onboard LEDS on the Seagate X8 Accelerator device. Review the Section 9, "Creating File Systems", for more information on the...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware
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...NIST, the U.S., or Canadian governments.All other trademarks or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other factors. Call 877-PUB-TEK1 (877-782-8351) to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB,... equals one of Seagate Technology LLC. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the listed capacity is a certification mark of NIST...
...NIST, the U.S., or Canadian governments.All other trademarks or registered trademarks are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other factors. Call 877-PUB-TEK1 (877-782-8351) to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB,... equals one of Seagate Technology LLC. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the listed capacity is a certification mark of NIST...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware
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... 10.3 Setup Recommendations to Collect Log Bundle 23 7.5 Using vgc-secure-erase for VMware ESXi User Guide, Rev. A Contents End User License Agreement for Seagate® Software 1 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 System Requirements 4 3.0 Hardware Installation 5 3.1 Bracket Installation 5 3.2 PCI Slot Selection 5 4.0 System BIOS Settings ... 11.0 Dynamic Throttling 28 11.1 Thermal Throttling 28 11.2 Power Throttling 28 iii Seagate X8 Accelerator for Purging Data on the Drive 24 8.0 Multiple Seagate X8 Accelerator Devices 26 9.0 Using X8 Accelerator Devices in Pass-Through Mode 26 10...
... 10.3 Setup Recommendations to Collect Log Bundle 23 7.5 Using vgc-secure-erase for VMware ESXi User Guide, Rev. A Contents End User License Agreement for Seagate® Software 1 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 System Requirements 4 3.0 Hardware Installation 5 3.1 Bracket Installation 5 3.2 PCI Slot Selection 5 4.0 System BIOS Settings ... 11.0 Dynamic Throttling 28 11.1 Thermal Throttling 28 11.2 Power Throttling 28 iii Seagate X8 Accelerator for Purging Data on the Drive 24 8.0 Multiple Seagate X8 Accelerator Devices 26 9.0 Using X8 Accelerator Devices in Pass-Through Mode 26 10...
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...the following message is 47955, expected 52879. If the firmware is up to date, the following is displayed: ~ # esxcli vgc monitor drive vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime: 0:06 Card_Name Num_Partitions Card_Type Status /dev/vgca 1 VIR-M2-LP-2200-2A Good Partition Usable_Capacity ... section. Please use the latest driver and firmware. 5.3 FIRMWARE UPDATE In some cases your X8 Accelerator device may require firmware update. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Such cases mandate the update of device firmware followed by the X8 Accelerator driver. ...
...the following message is 47955, expected 52879. If the firmware is up to date, the following is displayed: ~ # esxcli vgc monitor drive vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime: 0:06 Card_Name Num_Partitions Card_Type Status /dev/vgca 1 VIR-M2-LP-2200-2A Good Partition Usable_Capacity ... section. Please use the latest driver and firmware. 5.3 FIRMWARE UPDATE In some cases your X8 Accelerator device may require firmware update. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Such cases mandate the update of device firmware followed by the X8 Accelerator driver. ...
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...USER GUIDE, REV. Do you want to upgrade X8 Accelerator Firmware as follows: NOTE This is a potentially destructive operation and Seagate recommends the back-up of data on all drives must be backed up before proceeding. ~# cd /opt/vgc/bin/ /opt/vgc/bin # sh vgc-update.sh WARNING!...NOTE Host system Power Cycle is sensitive operation and may potentially cause data loss. Upgrading Firmware-- 100 % complete. A 12 All data on the drive before the firmware update. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT POWER IS NOT DISCONNECTED DURING THE UPDATE. PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT THE UPDATE PROCESS ONCE IT IS...
...USER GUIDE, REV. Do you want to upgrade X8 Accelerator Firmware as follows: NOTE This is a potentially destructive operation and Seagate recommends the back-up of data on all drives must be backed up before proceeding. ~# cd /opt/vgc/bin/ /opt/vgc/bin # sh vgc-update.sh WARNING!...NOTE Host system Power Cycle is sensitive operation and may potentially cause data loss. Upgrading Firmware-- 100 % complete. A 12 All data on the drive before the firmware update. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT POWER IS NOT DISCONNECTED DURING THE UPDATE. PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT THE UPDATE PROCESS ONCE IT IS...
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...Remove the current VIBs ### ### 2. Install 3.0/3.1/3.1.1 VIBs ### ### 3. NOTE This is a potentially destructive operation and Seagate recommends the back-up of data on all drives must be backed up before proceeding. ~# cd /opt/vgc/bin/ /opt/vgc/bin # sh vgc-downgrade....-vgc_3.2.55402.C7-1OEM.500.0.0.472560, Seagate_bootbank_esxcli-vgc-utils_3.2.55402.C7-5.0.0.464360 VIBs Skipped: SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. All data on the drive before the firmware downgrade. Initialize /dev/vgcmgmta-v2_secondary_image Erasing 128 Kibyte @ 1fe0000 -- ...
...Remove the current VIBs ### ### 2. Install 3.0/3.1/3.1.1 VIBs ### ### 3. NOTE This is a potentially destructive operation and Seagate recommends the back-up of data on all drives must be backed up before proceeding. ~# cd /opt/vgc/bin/ /opt/vgc/bin # sh vgc-downgrade....-vgc_3.2.55402.C7-1OEM.500.0.0.472560, Seagate_bootbank_esxcli-vgc-utils_3.2.55402.C7-5.0.0.464360 VIBs Skipped: SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. All data on the drive before the firmware downgrade. Initialize /dev/vgcmgmta-v2_secondary_image Erasing 128 Kibyte @ 1fe0000 -- ...
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...19 esxcli vgc config -h Usage: esxcli vgc config {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: drive list partition reset Configure the specified drive List configuration of the Seagate X8 Accelerator devices. The usage information for esxcli vgc config is delivered with the device driver... profile ("-m YYY") of all or the specified drives Configure the specified partition Reset drive configuration to configure, manage and monitor the X8 Accelerator devices. 7.1 Esxcli vgc config Most administrative interactions with the Seagate X8 Accelerator device are handled by the esxcli vgc...
...19 esxcli vgc config -h Usage: esxcli vgc config {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: drive list partition reset Configure the specified drive List configuration of the Seagate X8 Accelerator devices. The usage information for esxcli vgc config is delivered with the device driver... profile ("-m YYY") of all or the specified drives Configure the specified partition Reset drive configuration to configure, manage and monitor the X8 Accelerator devices. 7.1 Esxcli vgc config Most administrative interactions with the Seagate X8 Accelerator device are handled by the esxcli vgc...
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...Please check your X8 Accelerator device specifications for two partition support Syntax: esxcli vgc config drive [cmd options] Description: drive Configure the specified drive Cmd options: -d|--drive= drive name vgc[a,b,c...]. (required) -m|--mode= maxperformance/maxcapacity mode. (required) -n|--num-partitions= ... (required) Example: ~# esxcli vgc config partition -m maxperformance -p vgca0 vgc-config: 3.2.55402.C7 Operation completed successfully SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Note that this operation will result in loss of partitions, (1/2). (required) ...
...Please check your X8 Accelerator device specifications for two partition support Syntax: esxcli vgc config drive [cmd options] Description: drive Configure the specified drive Cmd options: -d|--drive= drive name vgc[a,b,c...]. (required) -m|--mode= maxperformance/maxcapacity mode. (required) -n|--num-partitions= ... (required) Example: ~# esxcli vgc config partition -m maxperformance -p vgca0 vgc-config: 3.2.55402.C7 Operation completed successfully SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Note that this operation will result in loss of partitions, (1/2). (required) ...
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...-LP-1100-1A Good Partition Usable_Capacity RAID vgca0 2222 GB enabled SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Ensure that this command. Syntax: esxcli vgc config reset [cmd options] Description: reset Reset drive configuration to factory default Cmd options: -d|--drive= drive name vgc[a,b,c...]. -p|--partition= partition name vgc[a,b,c...][0-1]. The X8 Accelerator vgc monitor...
...-LP-1100-1A Good Partition Usable_Capacity RAID vgca0 2222 GB enabled SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Ensure that this command. Syntax: esxcli vgc config reset [cmd options] Description: reset Reset drive configuration to factory default Cmd options: -d|--drive= drive name vgc[a,b,c...]. -p|--partition= partition name vgc[a,b,c...][0-1]. The X8 Accelerator vgc monitor...
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...Accelerator device can identify itself by blinking its onboard LEDs. The first section of the monitor output shows physical characteristics of the Seagate X8 Accelerator device such as raw device size, serial number, and overall device health, while the latter half shows the ...1"or "-b 0" to Guest VMs. ~# esxcli vgc beacon Usage: esxcli vgc beacon {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: drive Locate a drive by flashing its LEDs SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. NOTE vgc beacon command cannot be identified using two on X8 Accelerator devices that ...
...Accelerator device can identify itself by blinking its onboard LEDs. The first section of the monitor output shows physical characteristics of the Seagate X8 Accelerator device such as raw device size, serial number, and overall device health, while the latter half shows the ...1"or "-b 0" to Guest VMs. ~# esxcli vgc beacon Usage: esxcli vgc beacon {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: drive Locate a drive by flashing its LEDs SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. NOTE vgc beacon command cannot be identified using two on X8 Accelerator devices that ...
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... paths other destination paths are ROMFS and non-persistent across reboots, with very limited space. A 23 Seagate support team may result in the system SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Depending on the size of X8 Accelerator device, and...few GigaBytes. Turning ON / OFF the beacon using the drive name of the X8 Accelerator device ~# esxcli vgc beacon drive [cmd options] Description: drive Locate a drive by blinking its LEDs Cmd options: -b|--beacon= 1/0 : enable beacon/disable beacon. -d|--drive= drive name vgc[a,b,c...] or device pci address (domain:bus:dev.fn...
... paths other destination paths are ROMFS and non-persistent across reboots, with very limited space. A 23 Seagate support team may result in the system SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. Depending on the size of X8 Accelerator device, and...few GigaBytes. Turning ON / OFF the beacon using the drive name of the X8 Accelerator device ~# esxcli vgc beacon drive [cmd options] Description: drive Locate a drive by blinking its LEDs Cmd options: -b|--beacon= 1/0 : enable beacon/disable beacon. -d|--drive= drive name vgc[a,b,c...] or device pci address (domain:bus:dev.fn...