Seagate X8 Accelerator Quick Start Guide
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Seagate® X8 Accelerator Quick Start Guide The Seagate® X8 Accelerator, powered by Virident provides a simple and reliable way to add blazing fast block level storage to achieve full performance. Choose an 8 lane PCIe slot with 200 LFM of the USB drive to Max Capacity. This option will show up as a PCIe card like a RAID controller. Step...
Seagate® X8 Accelerator Quick Start Guide The Seagate® X8 Accelerator, powered by Virident provides a simple and reliable way to add blazing fast block level storage to achieve full performance. Choose an 8 lane PCIe slot with 200 LFM of the USB drive to Max Capacity. This option will show up as a PCIe card like a RAID controller. Step...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux
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... SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Device specific: # vgc-monitor -d vgca vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime Card_Name Num_Partitions vgca 1 Card_Type ST2200FS0000 : 2:36 Status Good Serial Number : SJ896465 Card Info : Part: 1HF3B0-001 Rev : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8 ...Gen2 Temperature : 48 C (Safe) Temp Throttle : Inactive Card State Details : Normal Action Required : None Partition vgca0 Usable_Capacity RAID 2222...
... SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. Device specific: # vgc-monitor -d vgca vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime Card_Name Num_Partitions vgca 1 Card_Type ST2200FS0000 : 2:36 Status Good Serial Number : SJ896465 Card Info : Part: 1HF3B0-001 Rev : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8 ...Gen2 Temperature : 48 C (Safe) Temp Throttle : Inactive Card State Details : Normal Action Required : None Partition vgca0 Usable_Capacity RAID 2222...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux
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SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 17 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 vgca 2 Card_Type Status ST2200FS0000Good Serial Number : SJ893274 Card Info : Part: 1HF3B0-001 Rev : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8... Gen2 Temperature : 51 C (Safe) Temp Throttle : Inactive Card State Details : Normal ...
SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 17 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 vgca 2 Card_Type Status ST2200FS0000Good Serial Number : SJ893274 Card Info : Part: 1HF3B0-001 Rev : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8... Gen2 Temperature : 51 C (Safe) Temp Throttle : Inactive Card State Details : Normal ...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux
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... operation will erase ALL data on -board LEDs will return its current settings. # vgc-beacon --help vgc-beacon: 3.2.55402.C7 Utility to locate a Seagate X8 Accelerator drive by flashing its LEDs Usage: vgc-beacon -d| --drive [ -b|--beacon 1|0>(enable/ disable beacon) ] Options : -b| --beacon : , ENABLE or ...1 for enable, 0 for disable. -d| --drive : Drive name(vgc[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. A 19 Example. Switching on the beacon on ...
... operation will erase ALL data on -board LEDs will return its current settings. # vgc-beacon --help vgc-beacon: 3.2.55402.C7 Utility to locate a Seagate X8 Accelerator drive by flashing its LEDs Usage: vgc-beacon -d| --drive [ -b|--beacon 1|0>(enable/ disable beacon) ] Options : -b| --beacon : , ENABLE or ...1 for enable, 0 for disable. -d| --drive : Drive name(vgc[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. A 19 Example. Switching on the beacon on ...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware
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... vgca 1 Card_Type Status VIR-M2-LP-1100-1A Good Serial Number : SJT00097 Card Info : Part: SJT00097 Rev : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8 Gen2 Temperature : 53 C (Safe) Temp Throttle : Inactive Card State Details : Normal Action Required : None Partition vgca0 Usable_Capacity RAID 2222 GB ... beacon {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: drive Locate a drive by flashing its LEDs SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. When enabled, the named X8 Accelerator device can identify itself by blinking its onboard LEDs. The following example shows detailed output for ...
... vgca 1 Card_Type Status VIR-M2-LP-1100-1A Good Serial Number : SJT00097 Card Info : Part: SJT00097 Rev : X8 Accelerator 52879, x8 Gen2 Temperature : 53 C (Safe) Temp Throttle : Inactive Card State Details : Normal Action Required : None Partition vgca0 Usable_Capacity RAID 2222 GB ... beacon {cmd} [cmd options] Available Commands: drive Locate a drive by flashing its LEDs SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. When enabled, the named X8 Accelerator device can identify itself by blinking its onboard LEDs. The following example shows detailed output for ...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware
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...: Number of erase operations skipped due to factory bad blocks : 201 Number of erase operations skipped due 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 ...Erase and overwrite) the contents of write operation failures : 0 Reformatting the partition vgca0 Note: Factory bad blocks are quarantined before the card is destructive. This is performed on the physical partition vgca0. It physically erases all data from the given partition. vgca0). Once ...
...: Number of erase operations skipped due to factory bad blocks : 201 Number of erase operations skipped due 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 ...Erase and overwrite) the contents of write operation failures : 0 Reformatting the partition vgca0 Note: Factory bad blocks are quarantined before the card is destructive. This is performed on the physical partition vgca0. It physically erases all data from the given partition. vgca0). Once ...
Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Windows
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... for Performance To achieve the highest possible performance from the Seagate X8 Accelerator Drive, the Windows power saving mode should be set to...Seagate X8 Accelerator card" And, when the drive is Loaded and Functioning After the system has rebooted, the Seagate X8 Accelerator Drive should be visible in the device manager in the following sections: Also, please use the X8 Accelerator Manager to "High Performance". To verify if device is loaded check: Under System Devices as "Seagate X8 Accelerator X8 Accelerator Controller" Under Storage Controllers as "Seagate X8 Accelerator...
... for Performance To achieve the highest possible performance from the Seagate X8 Accelerator Drive, the Windows power saving mode should be set to...Seagate X8 Accelerator card" And, when the drive is Loaded and Functioning After the system has rebooted, the Seagate X8 Accelerator Drive should be visible in the device manager in the following sections: Also, please use the X8 Accelerator Manager to "High Performance". To verify if device is loaded check: Under System Devices as "Seagate X8 Accelerator X8 Accelerator Controller" Under Storage Controllers as "Seagate X8 Accelerator...