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Virident FlashMAX II

User’s Guide for VMware ESXi

© 2012- 13 Virident Systems

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Summary of Contents for FlashMAX II

Page 1: ...Virident FlashMAX II User s Guide for VMware ESXi 2012 13 Virident Systems ...

Page 2: ...ing VMware vSphere Update Manager VUM 6 5 1 3 Reboot 8 5 1 4 Confirm driver installation after reboot 8 5 2 Ensuring FlashMAX II is Operational 8 5 3 Firmware Upgrade 8 5 3 1 FlashMAX II Firmware Upgrade Procedure 9 6 Configuring FlashMAX II Datastore using vSphere Client 10 7 FlashMAX II Configuration Management Utilities 15 7 1 Esxcli vgc config 15 7 2 Esxcli vgc monitor 17 7 3 Esxcli vgc beacon...

Page 3: ... Guest VM 24 10 3 1 After adding 4 vmdks using VM Edit Settings will see VM properties hardware tab shows as below 24 11 Troubleshooting on ESXi Systems 26 11 1 Device not detected on ESXi 26 11 2 Firmware Mismatch or Device not Initialized 26 11 3 Thermal Shutdown 27 11 4 Device is Degraded or in Read Only mode 27 11 5 Searching for errors in the logs 27 12 Onboard diagnostic LEDs 28 13 Contactin...

Page 4: ...o Virident 5 No warranties ALL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND NO CONDITIONS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY VIRIDENT IN RESPECT OF THE PROGRAM OR DOCUMENTATION VIRIDENT DOES NOT WARRANT OR ENTER INTO ANY TERM TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROGRAM WILL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE ERROR FREE ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDIN...

Page 5: ...ning exports in effect from time to time B Governing Law and Jurisdiction This Agreement is deemed to have been entered into in the State of California and its interpretation construction and the remedies for its enforcement or breach are to be applied pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of the State of California excluding its conflict of law provisions The UN Convention on the Internatio...

Page 6: ...i 5 0 5 1 based systems 2 System Requirements For optimal performance the system hardware needs to meet the following requirements Model PCI Express Airflow Processor Memory FlashMAX II 550GB and 1 1TB Gen 2 x8 electrical 150 LFM 45C inlet Multicore Intel Xeon 5500 or AMD Opteron 2GB for 550GB 3GB for 1 1TB FlashMAX II 2 2TB Gen 2 x8 electrical 200 LFM 45C inlet Multicore Intel Xeon 5500 or AMD Op...

Page 7: ...follow the double board instructions To replace brackets for a single board device please remove only the two screws closest to the bracket see picture below Please slide the bracket in horizontally to line up with the screw holes You will need an m 2 5 screw driver and an m 2 5 nut driver The screws need to be tightened to 4lb in 0 45Nm Double Board To replace brackets for a double board device o...

Page 8: ... documentation for PCIe slot specifications Some systems have PCIe slots with x8 physical connectors but only provide x4 electrical connectivity From a performance point of view these slots behave like an x4 slot Check your system documentation for PCIe slot specifications 4 System BIOS Settings After a system restart prior to booting the operating system enter the system BIOS setup to verify seve...

Page 9: ...States C1 Enhanced States Link Active State Power Management Enable the following on Intel based systems Hyperthreading Logical Processors Turbo Mode Finally if there are performance profiles System Power Modes available set them to Maximum Performance Intel has identified an issue in Xeon E5 2600 series processors that may result in severe drops of PCIe and FlashMAX II bandwidth when running work...

Page 10: ... logging in via SSH SSH service must be enabled Syntax Example 2 Remotely using the vSphere Remote CLI utility VCLI http www vmware com support developer vcli Note that if any command uses a filename the file should be present on the target system and not on the system where VCLI is executed Syntax Example esxcli command name space command arguments esxcli software vib list esxcli server ESX host ...

Page 11: ...anager and install the required plugin for vSphere client Import the downloaded device driver bundle into the update manager Patch Repository as show below lspci grep i virident 000 131 00 0 Memory controller Virident Systems Inc FlashMAX II vgca esxcli software vib install d tmp VSI FlashMAXII ESXi5x 3 1 1 51450 C6 zip Installation Result Message The update completed successfully but the system n...

Page 12: ...ident FlashMAX II User s Guide Version 3 1 1 7 2 Create a new baseline with type as Host Extension and include the driver from the repository 3 Attach proper baseline to host or cluster and stage remediate ...

Page 13: ...onal parameters such as FlashMAX II device health use the esxcli vgc monitor command documented in this Guide In addition please review the section on configuring datastore on ESXi systems as well 5 3 Firmware Upgrade In some cases your FlashMAX II device may require firmware upgrade Use the vgc monitor utility to check whether or not the firmware is up to date If the firmware is up to date the fo...

Page 14: ...li vgc monitor drive vgc monitor 3 1 1 51450 C6 Driver Uptime 0 06 Card_Name Num_Partitions Card_Type Status dev vgca 1 VIR M2 LP 2200 2A Good Partition Usable_Capacity RAID dev vgca0 2222 GB enabled esxcli vgc monitor drive vgc monitor 3 1 1 51450 C6 dev vgca Could not get information about FlashMAX drive dev vgca No such device rc 19 Unclaimed Drives 0000 86 00 0 FLASH memory Virident Systems In...

Page 15: ...data loss All data on all FlashMAX drives must be backed up 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 STARTED Do you want to continue Yes No yes Firmware upgrade starts within few seconds Please wait Initialize dev vgcmgmta zion_secondary_image Erasing 128 Kibyte 1fe0000 100 complete Upgrading ...

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Page 20: ... the number of physical partitions n XX and a write performance profile m YYY of the Virident FlashMAX II devices esxcli vgc config h Usage esxcli vgc config cmd cmd options Available Commands drive drive related options list List all configuration partition Partition related options reset Reset Configurations to Factory default esxcli vgc config list Description Lists available devices configurat...

Page 21: ...ired m mode str maxperformance maxcapacity mode required n num partitions str Number of partitions 1 2 required Example esxcli vgc config drive d dev vgca m maxperformance n 2 esxcli vgc config partition Description Configure individual partition modes Note that this operation will result in loss of all data on the partition Syntax esxcli vgc config partition cmd options Cmd options m mode str max...

Page 22: ...first section of the monitor output shows physical characteristics of the Virident FlashMAX II device such as raw device size serial number and overall device health while the latter half shows the configured mode total read write bytes and remaining flash life esxcli vgc config reset Description Resets the drive configuration to Factory defaults Note that this operation will result in loss of all...

Page 23: ...fied using two on board LEDs flashing in unison esxcli vgc monitor drive d dev vgca vgc monitor 3 1 1 51450 C6 Driver Uptime 10 29 Card_Name Num_Partitions Card_Type Status dev vgca 1 VIR M2 LP 2200 2A Good Serial Number SJT00213 Card Info Part SJT00213 Rev FlashMax II 47955 module 47956 x8 Gen2 Temperature 53 C Safe Card State Details Normal Action Required None Partition Usable_Capacity RAID dev...

Page 24: ...Commands drive Vgc beacon with drive options pciaddr Vgc beacon with pci address options esxcli vgc beacon drive cmd options Description drive Vgc beacon with drive options Cmd options b blink str 1 0 enable beacon disable beacon d drive str drive name dev vgc a h Display info for the given drive required esxcli vgc beacon drive d dev vgca b 1 New Beacon value on esxcli vgc beacon drive d dev vgca...

Page 25: ...nt has a Secure Erase Utility that will perform this function for customers who need to securely erase data from a device Data Sanitization Standards 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 t...

Page 26: ...e user data the tool can successfully sanitize a device when these blocks are present Note that this is not an esxcli command and need to be executed at the shell The following example shows the simple command lines respective outputs of vgc secure erase utility opt vgc bin vgc secure erase h Usage vgc secure erase clear purge dev vgcxx Physically erases all data from the partition The operation c...

Page 27: ...ar on device dev vgca1 completed succesfully Operation Summary Number of erase operations skipped due to factory bad blocks 230 Number of erase operations skipped due to grown bad blocks 9 Number of erase operation failures 0 Reformatting the device dev vgca1 opt vgc bin vgc secure erase purge yes dev vgca0 Starting Secure Erase Purge operation Please wait Result Secure Erase Purge on device dev v...

Page 28: ...tuned to provide good performance across a wide range of application workloads It is however possible to optimize performance further by customizing your VM settings or by configuring the devices differently 10 1Usable space vs write performance By default the Virident FlashMAX II device creates physical partitions with a max capacity mode that is optimal for most real world workloads A small port...

Page 29: ...Enterprise VM with 4 LSI SCSI controllers Configure FlashMAX II device in maxperformance mode Create a VMFS5 datastore using the available space Add 4 Virtual Disks to the VM attach each vmdk to the 4 SCSI controllers From within the windows VM create a striped volume with the 4 Virtual Disks Assign a drive letter and use this volume for max performance 10 3 1 After adding 4 vmdks using VM Edit Se...

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Page 31: ...and modules are loaded Ensure the device is configured If not please reset it to factory defaults and try once again If the datastore shows inactive or missing Make Sure the SSD device is in attached state from the Storage adapters list host Configuration page and then perform rescan 11 2 Firmware Mismatch or Device not Initialized If there is a mismatch between the installed driver and the firmwa...

Page 32: ...ll see an error similar to the one shown below in the system message logs Virident 0000000400891803 E ALARM ALARM ALARM 1 TEMPERATURE HAS EXCEEDED BEYOND THRESHOLD in FlashMAX drive a Serial Number VS001E2 000146 11 4Device is Degraded or in Read Only mode This can occur if there are too many flash failures for the device to operate properly If this occurs vgc monitor will display the device as DE...

Page 33: ... state of the system The following table explains what each combination of these LEDs indicates Green Amber Status Indicated OFF OFF No power to the card ON ON Power on no driver loaded ON OFF Power on driver loaded FLASH Data being read FLASH Data being written SLOW FLASH SLOW FLASH Beacon On 13 Contacting Virident Support Email support virident com Phone 1 866 395 9606 Website http support virid...

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