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User Guide Seagate® X8 Accelerator for Linux Powered by Virident ST2200FS0000 ST1100FS0000 ST1100FR0000 ST550FR0000 100728272 Rev. A June 2013 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 2
in any form without written permission of Seagate Technology LLC. Call 877-PUB-TEK1 (877-782-8351) to request permission. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 3
Settings 6 4.1 Fan Speed Settings in BIOS 6 4.2 Processor Settings in BIOS 6 5.0 OS Settings 7 5.1 Ubuntu: Use "Generic" Kernels for Highest IO Performance 7 5.2 SUSE: Enable Unsupported Modules to Allow Driver 20 12.0 MySQL Settings 20 iii Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux, Rev. A - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 4
Contents 13.0 Troubleshooting 21 13.1 Cannot Find Block Device /dev/vgca0 21 13.2 Performance is Lower than Expected 22 13.3 Driver Crash on System Boot 22 13.4 IOs are not Being Processed because the Driver is Hung 22 14.0 Onboard Diagnostic LEDs 22 15.0 Contacting Support 22 iv Seagate X8 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 5
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rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(l)(iii) of DFARS 252.227-7013 (The Rights in Technical Data and Computer and logos are the trademarks of Seagate. Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux, Rev. A 3 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 8
utilizes the industry standard PCIe bus interface along with an innovative hardware and driver architecture to deliver highest sustained application performance over its life time and enterprise and other applications will need additional DRAM. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 4 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 9
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 X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 5 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 10
Logical Processors • Turbo Mode Finally, if there are performance profiles (System Power Modes) available, set them to "Maximum Performance." NOTE Intel has identified an issue in Xeon E5-2600 series processors /xeon-e5-family-spec-update.pdf SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 6 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 11
SETTINGS 5.1 UBUNTU: USE "GENERIC" KERNELS FOR HIGHEST IO PERFORMANCE While both "-server" and "-generic" kernels are supported by the Seagate X8 Accelerator device driver, in Red Hat or CentOS: # service cpuspeed stop # chkconfig cpuspeed off SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 7 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 12
DRIVER Installation driver is found on the USB drive shipped with the X8 Accelerator or at http://www.seagate.com/support/ downloads/ for the supported not function correctly to manually install the driver. All the following installation instructions need to be executed as GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 8 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 13
the driver without rebooting the system, enter the following command: # service vgcd Driver Uptime: 2:31 Card_Name Num_Partitions /dev/vgca 1 Card_Type Status ST2200FS0000 This way the administrator made changes and settings are preserved through an upgrade or uninstall GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 9 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 14
PERFORMANCE 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. From the same page where you download drivers and utilities - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 15
XFS allows setting "sector" I/O errors. If you see such problem, do not use the "-s size=4096 that additional space be set aside for the EXT3 mount is not attempted before X8 Accelerator drivers are loaded during boot-up process. variable MOUNT_POINTS. During driver load, all devices specified - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 16
[-d|--drive ] vgc-monitor [-h|--help] Options: -d | --drive : drive name vgc[a,b,---]. display info for the given drive -h | --help : display this help and exit no arguments: display info for all drives Example. Detailed output for vgca drive: SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 17
vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime Card_Name Num_Partitions vgca 1 Card_Type ST2200FS0000 : 2:36 Status Good Serial be required. Both types of sanitization are supported by the Seagate Secure Erase Utility. The 88 - Complies with instructions for Flash EPROM GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 13 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 18
to clear or purge Seagate X8 Accelerator drive partitions Usage: vgc-secure-erase [-c|--clear] : The partition name representing the Virident Drive instance vgcxx (e.g. vgca0). options/parameters that : The partition name representing the Virident Drive instance vgcxx (e.g. vgca0). If no option - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 19
/dev/vgca0 failed. Please check kernel syslog for more details. Please unmount the device before secure erase (umount / dev/vgca/mnt). SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 15 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 20
If your application is write intensive, setting Max Performance mode instead of the supports only one physical partition. # 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 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 21
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 : .86% NOTE 550GB and 1100GB devices do not support split partition. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 17 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 22
saves support tar file to Seagate technical support whenever requesting technical assistance. The "-v" option results in support file size growing to several gigabytes in size. NOTE the "-v" option unless requested by Seagate support engineer. Example. Saving diagnostics information for - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 23
facilitate service in 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 this drive, type to continue: yes *** Formatting drive. Please wait... *** SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 24
SETTINGS 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 innodb_io_capacity=10000 innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR USER GUIDE FOR LINUX, REV. A 20 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 25
] [ OK ] Step 4. If manually starting the service with "service vgcd start" fails, then please check drive 'a',PCIe 0000:82:00.0 does not match the installed driver. Please install vgc-firmware bundle from support site to upgrade the firmware." Solution: Update the firmware using instructions - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 26
what each combination 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. A 22 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 27
/dev/vgca0 21 Contacting Support 22 Creating File Systems 11 D Data Sanitization Standards 13 Double Board 5 Driver Crash on System Boot 22 the Driver 9 SUSE Enable Unsupported Modules to Allow Driver Loading 7 System BIOS Settings 6 System Requirements 4 T Thermal Throttling 20 Troubleshooting 21 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for Linux - Page 28
Seagate Technology LLC AMERICAS Seagate Technology LLC 10200 South De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, California 95014, United States, 408-658-1000 ASIA/PACIFIC Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888 EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
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100728272
Rev. A
June 2013
ST2200FS0000
ST1100FS0000
ST1100FR0000
ST550FR0000
User Guide
Seagate
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X8 Accelerator for Linux
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