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User Guide Seagate® X8 Accelerator for VMware ESXi Powered by Virident ST2200FS0000 ST1100FS0000 ST1100FR0000 ST550FR0000 100728270 Rev. A June 2013 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - 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 VMware - Page 3
Settings 6 4.1 Fan Speed Settings in BIOS 6 4.2 Processor Settings in BIOS 6 5.0 Software Installation & Update 7 5.1 Device Driver Installation & Update 7 5.1.1 Install/Update Seagate Driver secure-erase for Purging Data on the Drive 24 8.0 Multiple Seagate X8 Accelerator Devices Guide, Rev. A - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 4
12.0 Troubleshooting on ESXi Systems 28 12.1 Cannot Find Block Device /dev/vgca0 28 12.2 Performance is Lower than Expected 29 12.3 Driver Crash on System Boot 29 12.4 IOs are not Being Processed because the Driver is Hung 29 13.0 Onboard Diagnostic LEDs 30 14.0 Contacting Support 30 iv - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 5
Party Software is generally not governed by the terms set forth below but is subject to different terms at http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/. You agree to comply with the terms prohibition; e Use the Product to provide services to third parties; f Take any actions Guide, Rev. A 1 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 6
USE THE PRODUCT OR ANY PART OR COMPONENT THEREOF OR RELATED SERVICE OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROVISION OF using nuclear weapons, materials, or facilities, missiles or supporting missile projects, or chemical or biological weapons. You Guide, Rev. A 2 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 7
restricted 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 the trademarks of Seagate. Seagate X8 Accelerator for VMware ESXi User Guide, Rev. A 3 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 8
mentioned above are only meant for each X8 Accelerator device. OS and other applications will need additional DRAM. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 4 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - 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 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 5 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - 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 family-spec-update.pdf SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 6 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 11
service must be enabled) Syntax ~# esxcli Example ~# esxcli software vib list 2. Remotely using the vSphere Remote CLI utility (VCLI) http://www.vmware.com/support DRIVER INSTALLATION & UPDATE Download the device driver offline bundle from Seagate Support - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 12
Reboot the host for the driver installation to take effect. Please # reboot 5.1.3 Install/Update Seagate Driver Using VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) driver bundle into the update manager Patch Repository as show below. 2. Create a new baseline with type as Host Extension and include the driver - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 13
3. Attach proper baseline to host or cluster and stage/remediate. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 9 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 14
VMware KB article http://kb.vmware.com/kb/ 2004501 5.1.4 Confirm Driver Installation After Reboot ~ ~ # esxcli software vib list | grep Accelerator device health, use the esxcli vgc monitor command documented in this Guide. In addition, please review the section on configuring datastore on ESXi - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 15
: ~ # esxcli vgc monitor drive vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime: 0:06 Card_Name Num_Partitions Card_Type esxcli vgc monitor drive vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Error: Could not get driver uptime Also, drive 'a' (PCI 0000:86:00.0) is 47955, expected 52879. Please use the latest driver - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 16
vgc-update.sh WARNING! This will update the drive firmware. This is sensitive operation and may potentially cause data loss. All data on all drives must be backed up before the firmware update. mandatory for successful firmware update SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 12 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 17
The roll back to driver versions 3.0, 3.1 and 3.1.1 only is supported in this release. NOTE This is a potentially destructive operation and Seagate recommends the back-up of data on the drive before proceeding. ~# cd VIBs Skipped: SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 13 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 18
of driver and utilities VIBs using the offline bundle downloaded from Seagate Support web driver. 5.3.3 Uninstalling X8 Accelerator Driver & Utilities VIBs To uninstall the installed driver and utilities VIBs manually, follow the below instructions for the X8 Accelerator drivers and utilities to be - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 19
6.0 CONFIGURING X8 ACCELERATOR DATASTORE USING VSPHERE CLIENT Add the X8 Accelerator device as a VMware datastore using the vSphere client. Select Configuration-> Storage-> Add Storage... SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 15 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 20
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drive name vgc[a,b,c...]. -p|--partition= partition name vgc[a,b,c...][0-1]. Example: ~ # esxcli vgc config list -d vgca vgc-config: 3.2.55402.C7 Current Configuration: vgca 1 partition(s) vgca0 mode=maxcapacity sector-size=512 raid=enabled SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 24
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...]. vgc-config: 3.2.55402.C7 Operation completed successfully SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 20 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 25
drive configuration to factory default Cmd options: -d|--drive= drive the device driver and usage statistics are logged. A suite of utilities is delivered with the device driver to allow ~ # esxcli vgc monitor drive vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime: 1:25 Card_Name Num_Partitions - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 26
life. ~# esxcli vgc monitor drive -d vgca vgc-monitor: 3.2.55402.C7 Driver Uptime: 15:21 Card_Name : 99.67% 7.3 ESXCLI VGC BEACON To facilitate service in a multiple-device installation, an individual device can drive Locate a drive by blinking its LEDs SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 27
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 file. Seagate support team may ask you to provide this support file when troubleshooting technical issues. NOTE GUIDE, REV. A 23 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 28
FOR PURGING DATA ON THE DRIVE To purge or clear user some cases Purge will be required. Both types of sanitization are supported by the Seagate Secure Erase Utility. The Seagate Secure Erase Utility • NIST SP800-88 - Complies with instructions for Flash EPROM (http://csrc.nist.gov GUIDE, REV. A 24 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 29
/bin/vgc-secure-erase -h 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] written to. SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 25 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 30
consult the corresponding documentation. The system hardware and guest VM is expected to support pass-through mode. And also, guest VM should have enough memory and CPU resources as described in respective user guides. To configure X8 Accelerator in "pass through" mode, please refer VMware vSphere - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 31
After adding 4 vmdks using VM "Edit Settings" will see VM properties hardware tab shows as below SEAGATE X8 ACCELERATOR FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 27 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 32
that is installed, then the device driver will not load. Step 3. Ensure the vgcd service is started. # service vgcd status INFO: kernel modules are loaded If the kernel modules are not loaded, then manually start the service with "service vgcd start". # service vgcd start Loading kernel modules - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 33
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 BIOS settings to ensure that you have setting for maximum performance selected. Your motherboard manual or - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 34
what each combination of these LEDs indicates: 14.0 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 FOR VMWARE ESXI USER GUIDE, REV. A 30 - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 35
Single Guest VM. 26 Single Board 5 Software EULA 1 Software Installation & Update 7 System BIOS Settings 6 System Requirements 4 T Thermal Throttling 28 Troubleshooting on ESXi Systems 28 U Uninstalling X8 Accelerator Driver & Utils VIBs 14 Usable Space vs. Write Performance 26 Using Devices in Pass - Seagate ST1100FS0000 | Seagate X8 Accelerator User Guide for VMware - Page 36
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