HP PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers Installation Manual
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1. ceeeeees 14 Very itch me WN SIGN Olt Oi aeneo 15 e OS e AREE EE EEEE 16 7 LED Codeseira EET EEEE 19 EE e EE EEEE IE AE ER A E A AS 20 Contents 3 1 Introduction This document describes how to install an HP PCle Workload Accelerator half height half length HHHL PCle NAND Flash SSD into a host system and complete the required steps to get the drive into a functional state Additional documentation is referenced as needed This document provides e An overview of the HP PCle Workload Accelerator HHHL form factor SSD e A description of the software and hardware provided by HP e System recommendations e Device installation e Support pack installation e Installation verification steps e Troubleshooting steps e A description of LED codes HP PCle Workload Accelerator Overview 4 The HP PCle Workload Accelerator solid state drive SSD is a PCI Express PCle Gen 2 compatible drive that conforms to the PCle Card Electromechanical CEM specification version 2 0 section 6 1 low profile add in card size This is also called the half height half length HHHL form factor The HP PCle Workload Accelerator HHHL drive is available in two capacities 350GB and 700GB Both options have the same HHHL form factor and support a x8 link width and PCle Gen 2 compatible motherboard slot The HP PCle Workload Accelerator HHHL card is shown in the following figures Introduction Figure 1 HP PCle Workload Accelerato2. Update the device driver on your system For a new or existing installation see the following procedure 5 Install the latest HPWAM software Prerequisites TI a Before installing HPWAM install JRE 1 6 or later 64 bit version For JRE installationinstructions and downloads go to www java com b If you have already installed HPWAM the latest version can be installed over an existing installation c Run the installer located at Workload Accelerator Manager Windows Workload Accelerator Manager x86_64 Setup exe Updating the Device Driver New or Existing Installation 1 n In the Windows Driver folder of the support pack double click the MicronP320hDriveX64 MSI installer file The Micron RealSSD PCle Device Drivers lt Driver Version gt Setup dialog box displays lt Driver Version gt is the driver release version available in the current support pack Select the I accept the terms of the License Agreement check box and click the Install button to continue If you do not agree with the licensing terms cancel the installation by clicking the Cancel button When cancelling the Are you sure you want to cancel Micron RealSSD PCle Device Drivers lt Driver_Version gt installation message displays Click the Yes button and then the Finish button to cancel installation If you accepted the license agreement the Install dialog box displays a progress bar After the installation process completes the Window Security dialog box d
3. later to install the driver If your operating system or kernel version is earlier upgrade to the latest HP supported Linux operating system release and re install the driver Problem The HPWAM GUI does not display correctly or does not load at all Solution The HPWAM GUI requires that 64 bit Oracle only JRE version 1 6 update 10 or later be installed on the system before it can be used Ensure that multiple versions of Java are not running on the system and that the system path is pointing to an Oracle Java version 1 6 update 10 or later The HPWAM CLI does not require Java All HPWAM functions are available through the CLI if Java is not pre installed on the host system Problem A secure erase must be performed on the drive but HPWAM is prompting for a password What is the password Solution The password for performing a secure erase on the drive is lower case Problem The firmware was successfully updated on the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive but HPWAM still shows the previous version Solution Restart warm boot the system and run HPWAM again The updated firmware version should display Problem Performance tests run on the HP PCle Workload Accelerator are lower than the values specified in the data sheet Solution Follow these steps to optimize the performance of the HP PCle Workload Accelerator 1 Verify you are following HP s recommended SSD testing flow when running performance tests on the HP PCle Workload
4. Accelerator 2 Verify the Power Limiting setting on the HP PCle Workload Accelerator is disabled In the command line run rssdm L d Power limiting throttles host I O traffic to keep drive power under the 25W PCle CEM slot limit The side effect of this behavior is reduced performance 3 Make sure the system running the performance tests meets the hardware requirements 4 Follow the recommendations documented in Micron s How System Settings Impact PCle SSD Performance white paper 5 Update the P320h driver and firmware to the version available in the latest support pack on micron com 6 Check the HP PCle Workload Accelerator temperature to verify that thermal limiting is not affecting performance Troubleshooting a Run rssdm S b Check SMART attribute 194 enclosure temperature and compare value to the temp throttle threshold in C c If the enclosure temperature is greater than or equal to the threshold temperature performance decreases Problem How can the Power Limiting setting be enabled on the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Solution If your system is running a support pack release later than B126 01 the power limiting setting is disabled by default To enable the power limiting setting use the RSSDM command line interface CLI 1 In the command line type the following command where lt Drive_id gt is the ID number of the HP PCle Workload Accelerator which can be found by running rssdm L rssdm M p 1 n l
5. BIOS later class chipset motherboards are recommended e Performance optimized legacy or UEFI BIOS Processor CPU type cores and cache size e 64 bit processors are required e Single dual or higher number of processors can be used e Intel Xeon Nehalem EP or better processor with four or more cores processor e 12MB local cache is recommended e Processors with clock speeds greater than 3GHz are recommended for best performance Memory System RAM A minimum of 6GB DRAM is recommended Chipset Type An Intel 5520 or later generation chipset is recommended Slots Type speed and link width e A PCle Gen 2 speed x8 link width slot is required e A PCle Gen 1 slot can be used but drive performance will be impacted Power requirements Slot power consumption and external e Slots must be at least 25W supply compatible PCle e No external power connection is required for the P320h drive Supported Operating Systems and Software e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x86 64 e Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper V x86 64 6 Introduction Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x86 64 SP128 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper V x64 Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL version 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 SP 128 6 1 or 6 2 x86 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise SLES version 11 SP1 or SP2 x86 64 Software Requirements
6. The HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive is compatible with both Windows and Linux 64 bit compatible operating systems only If your 64 bit operating system is not on our list it may be possible to install and use the HP PCle Workload Accelerator software but HP does not guarantee compatibility Java Runtime Environment JRE version 1 6 or later 64 bit version Before using the RealSSD Manager RSSDM GUI you must download and install JRE from_www java com HP PCle Workload Accelerator Overview 7 2 Components Provided by HP Hardware HP provides the number of HP PCle Workload Accelerator drives of the appropriate capacity that have been ordered or specified by the customer NOTE The HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive is not usable until the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack is downloaded from micron com and installed on the host system For specific OEMs the support pack is provided either separately on micron com or directly from HP Software HP provides a support pack for the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive which contains e HP specitic HP PCle Workload Accelerator driver required for Windows and Linux operating systems e Linux driver source code and makefile for non supported Linux operating systems e Drive firmware update as a unified binary image UBI file required e HP PCle Workload Accelerator Manager HPWAM drive management tool for Windows and Linux recommended e HP PCle
7. gt where lt rpm name gt is mtip32xx lt version gt x86_64_rhel5ux rpm b Run depmod c Reboot the system To upgrade your driver to a newer version Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Software a As root user run rpm Uvh lt rpm name gt where lt rpm name gt is mtip32xx lt version gt x86_64_rhel5ux rpm b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system NOTE In both steps lt rpm name gt is replaced by the Linux driver located in the Linux Driver folder of the support pack Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Driver for RHEL 6 1 and 6 2 For RHEL versions 6 1 and 6 2 the package name of our RHEL driver is kmod mtip32xx lt version gt el6 x86_64_rhel6ux rpm 1 If a device driver was previously installed and your system has the HP driver version 1 2 30 or earlier you must first uninstall the existing driver a Asa root user run rpm e lt driver_name gt where lt driver name gt is mtip32xx or mtip2xx for version 1 2 30 or earlier b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system For a new installation a As a root user run rpm ivh lt rpm name gt where lt rpm name gt is kmod mtip32xx lt version gt el6 x86_64_rhel6ux rpm b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system To upgrade your driver to a newer version a As a root user run rpm Uvh lt rpm name gt where lt rpm name gt is kmod mtip32xx lt version gt el6 x86_64_rhel6ux rpm b As a root use
8. system Run HPWAM either the GUI or CLI and check the status of the drive a f using the GUI verify that HPWAM loads and that the drive information is shown in the SSD Info section b If using the CLI run rssdm L and rssdm L d and verify that the drive information firmware and status indicate that the drive is present and functional The drive is installed and is ready for testing 6 Troubleshooting 16 Review the following troubleshooting steps if problems are encountered when following the installation instructions in this document Problem The drive is not appearing online or times out in the Windows Disk Manager with an I O error Solution Confirm the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive and driver have been successfully installed Check whether the LED status on the adapter board is blinking with an alternating flashing pattern If this flashing pattern occurs wait until the LED stops blinking this can take several minutes reboot the system and try again Review the Windows System Event or Linux message logs for HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive messages related to this event Solution Check the LED codes Problem Install errors are occurring after an attempt was made to install the driver from the appropriate rpm file Solution Verify the version of RHEL or SLES you are using The driver supports either RHEL 5 5 and later or SLES 11 and later Run uname a to check the kernel version It should be 2 6 25 or
9. HP PCle Workload Accelerator HHHL SSD Installation Guide HP PCle Workload Accelerator Half Height Half Length NAND Flash SSD Abstract his document describes how to install an HP PCle Workload Accelerator half height half length HHHL PCle NAND Flash SSD into a host system art Number 727351 001 hed February 2013 Copyright 1999 2013 Hewlett Packard Inc Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Contents Te MBSE ion heen ec esha acted acca AEA E 4 HP PCle Workload Accelerator Overview c cccssccesccccsecueecceuseccucecececucecuucecueceeateceueceeaueeeneees 4 System REconnimend tons ucoscseecdenekivsactnestiadcnativsexteessiaheetemnened ioe nenabetie new 6 Hardware Recommendations cccccseecccecceceecectececuucecueceescecuueeueeeeucecauceeeceeuteeeueeceaeceeaeeees 6 Sup
10. Workload Accelerator SSD installation guide this guide e HPWAM user guide Visit hp com to access and download the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack 8 Components Provided by HP 3 Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Hardware To install the HP PCle Workload Accelerator hardware in a system 1 2 3 6 Power down the host system Ensure that you are ESD grounded before touching the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive or the host system Remove the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive from the ESD packaging and verify that it is not damaged If you suspect that the board is damaged contact your local HP representative or the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Applications Team Remove the lid or case on the host system to expose the PCle slots into which the drive will be inserted Check the documentation for the system or motherboard to locate an available Gen 2 x8 PCle slot Introduction page 15 and verify that your slot is 25W capable Figure 3 PCle slots Insert the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive into an available Gen 2 compatible x8 link width PCle slot Figure 4 Inserting the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Drive into an Available PCle Slot 7 Power up the host system If possible ensure that the LEDs are visible when the cover is replaced 8 When the system powers back on check the LED state on the HP PCle Workload Accelerator The LED closest to the PCle connector on the bottom of the c
11. ard should be solid green which indicates that the drive is ready to be used If it is not refer to Figure 1 page 5 for a description of the LED codes 9 Replace the lid or case on the host system 10 Verity that the host system successfully boots into the operating system If it does not see Troubleshooting page 16 10 Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Hardware 4 Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Software Prerequisites Review the following requirements before installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack software e The HP PCle Workload Accelerator hardware must first be installed before installing the support pack software in the host system e The system both the operating system and all processors must be 64 bit compatible e If using the HPWAM GUI the 64 bit version of JRE version 1 6 or later must be installed on the system prior to use e For new installs the HP driver must be installed before the HP PCle Workload Accelerator hardware can be used and recognized by the system HPWAM performs firmware updates secure erases and other operations on a drive by drive basis This means that the specific drive to be updated must first be selected either in the server tree view in the HPWAM GUI or by drive number in the HPWAM command line interface CLI before operations on that drive can be performed Detailed instructions for using the HPWAM tool to perform operations on th
12. e drive are documented in the HPWAM user guide Please note that HPWAM has both GUI and CLI options available for both the Windows and Linux operating systems The HPWAM user guide is installed and available in the directory where the HPWAM software is installed Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Support Pack This section describes how to install the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack software in both Windows and Linux operating systems Links to detailed instructions are provided where available To install the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack 1 Before installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack software the HP PCle Workload Accelerator hardware must be installed 2 Install the HP PCle Workload Accelerator support pack which includes the HPWAM software See Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Support Pack on a Windows System page 11 or Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Support Pack on a Linux System page 12 3 Update the HP PCle Workload Accelerator unified binary image UBI See Updating the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Firmware Unified Binary Image UBI page 14 4 Reboot the system 5 Verify that the installation was successful See Verifying the Installation page 15 Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Support Pack on a Windows System 1 Install the HP PCle Workload Accelerator drive 2 Shut down your PC 3 Boot into Windows 4
13. isplays the message Would you like to install this device software Click the Install button Optionally select the Always trust software from Micron Technology check box Click theFinish button when the setup wizard indicates that the driver installation has completed The drive is installed and ready for use on your system It may be necessary to open the Windows Device Manager and click the Scan for Hardware Changes button to see the drive and its driver Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Support Pack on a Linux System This section describes how to install the HP PCle Workload Accelerator software on a Linux system Start by shutting down your PC then boot into Linux NOTE Refer to the Readme document in the Linux Driver folder in the support pack for additional notes on version specific release behavior Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Driver for RHEL 5 5 5 6 5 7 and 5 8 For RHEL versions 5 5 5 6 5 7 and 5 8 the package name of our RHEL driver is mtip32xx lt version gt x86 64 rhel5ux 12 1 If a device driver was previously installed and your system has the HP driver version 1 2 30 or earlier you must first uninstall the existing driver a Asa root user run rpm e lt driver_name gt where lt driver name gt is mtip32xx or mtip2xx for version 1 2 30 or earlier b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system For a new installation a As a root user run rpm ivh lt rpm name
14. m that monitors temperature in the background while host I O traffic is being processed on the drive If the SSD temperature exceeds a preset limit host traffic will be progressively reduced until the temperature goes below the threshold point Once below this threshold point host traffic will be unthrottled and full performance restored If the temperature continues to increase above the threshold point host IOPS will continue to be throttled until the drive is in the thermal shutdown state In this state the drive will be disabled from all I O traffic but will continue to be recognized by the system To verify the state e In Linux run the rssdm L command or check the Linux message logs the drive will be reported to be in the thermal shutdown state e In Windows check the Event Error log and verify a thermal shutdown event occurred To recover from a thermal shutdown state 1 Shut down the system 2 Remove the HP PCle Workload Accelerator from the system and allow it to cool 3 If the HP PCle Workload Accelerator is running firmware older than version 1 45 upgrade the firmware to the latest available support pack release 4 Check the SSD placement in the system motherboard and make sure there is sufficient airflow around the SSD as specified in the data sheet If possible place the SSD in a PCle slot that provides unobstructed airflow i Power the system on 6 Run the rssdm L command to verify the SSD temperatu
15. n the safe or parked mode Internal data has been written to NAND and the drive is safe to power down Off Off Indicates that the drive requires a secure erase or has encountered a critical error The drive is not operational 8 References e HP PCle Workload Accelerator Manager User Guide e PCle Express CEM Specification Version 2 0 e _ Java Runtime Environment version 1 6 x64 and later 20 References x 72 735 141 00 1 Printed in the US
16. ore data can continue to be backed up 18 Troubleshooting 7 LED Codes Table 2 LED Codes HHHL Green LED Amber LED Off Off Red LED Off Description Indicates that power is off Green amber flashing alternately 200ms Off Indicates that power is on and the drive is busy with an internal operation Wait until the operation completes The drive state should change to a solid green LED state On Off Off Indicates that either an ATA command is being processed or power is on firmware is initialized and there is no host activity The drive is operational in either state Flashing 30ms Off Flash error code Flash error code Off Flashing 30ms Off Flash error code Off Indicates that PCle NAND host activity is in process The drive is busy but operational Indicates an error code Error codes are three digits long and are displayed by blinking the first digit then the second then the third with pauses in between and a long pause before repeating The drive is not operational Firmware fatal error codes e 112 Failure during DRAM initialization e 113 Not enough DRAM to run in the configured mode e 313 DRAM UECC error e 441 Error during chip initialization e All Incorrect drive parameters in the firmware image Indicates that the drive is backing up internal data to NAND The drive is busy but operational Off On Off Indicates that the drive is i
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18. r run depmod c Reboot the system NOTE In both steps lt rpm name gt is replaced by the Linux driver located in the Linux Driver folder of the support pack Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Driver for SLES 11 For SLES the package name of our SLES driver is mtip32xx kmp default lt version gt lt kernal_version gt x86_64 rpm If a device driver was previously installed and your system has the HP driver version 1 2 30 or earlier you must first uninstall the existing driver a Asa root user run rpm e lt driver_name gt where lt driver name gt is mtip32xx or mtip2xx for version 1 2 30 or earlier b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system For a new installation a As a root user run rpm ivh lt rpm name gt where lt rpm name gt is mtip32xx kmp default lt version gt lt kernel_version gt x86_64 rpm b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system To upgrade your driver to a newer version Prerequisites 13 a As a root user run rpm Uvh lt rpm name gt where lt rpm name gt is mtip32xx kmp default lt version gt lt kernel_version gt x86_64 rpm b As a root user run depmod c Reboot the system NOTE In both steps lt rpm name gt is replaced by the Linux driver located in the Linux Driver folder of the support pack Installing the HPWAM Software on a Linux System Once you have installed the Linux driver install HPEWAM using the following instruc
19. r HHHL card Component side LEDs Daughter Board P320h Controller Daughter Board PCle Gen 2 x8 Connector Figure 2 HP PCle Workload Accelerator HHHL card Solder Side DRAM Cache FI EESDGARTEAN ANNE E00 NGINEERING SAMPLE PCle Gen 2 x8 Connector HP PCle Workload Accelerator Overview 5 A total of 64 NAND placements are on the drive The 350GB drive has four NAND die per package and the 700GB drive has eight NAND die per package NAND are placed on both the component and solder sides of the drive along with the component and solder sides of two daughter boards as shown in Figure 1 page 5 and Figure 2 page 5 Figure 1 page 5 shows the drive s LEDs The state of these LEDs such as color and blinking pattern convey important information about the drive s status and behavior For a description of the LED codes see LED Codes page 19 System Recommendations To help achieve optimal performance for the HP PCle Workload Accelerator review the system recommendations listed below Italics indicate a hardware requirement Hardware Recommendations The following table lists system hardware platform recommendations for using the HP PCle Workload Accelerator except where specifically noted Table 1 Category Description Requirements System Type BIOS e Enterprise server class systems with e Performance optimized legacy or Intel Tylersburg Sandy Bridge or UEFI
20. re If the temperature remains below the thermal threshold limit the SSD is ready for use at full performance If the temperature exceeds the thermal threshold limit the SSD can still be used but performance will be reduced because of the thermal limiting effect Problem The Flash Translation Layer FTL rebuild status in the Windows Event Log and Real SSDManager does not steadily increase Solution This is expected behavior because of the firmware algorithm that reports the progress of this rebuild Whenever a drive experiences a nonstandard or unexpected power down event the drive needs to rebuild its internal LBA to NAND address lookup FTL tables to prevent data loss The drive does not respond to host commands during this rebuild Because this process takes some time to complete both the Windows Event Log and RealSSD Manager record the percentage complete until the drive is online again In the RealSSD Manager the progress of the rebuild is reported in both the CLI and GUI Problem For HP PCle Workload Accelerator SSDs with a driver from Support Pack version 128 07 or earlier when the SSD enters write protect mode at end of life EOL the SSD will no longer be functional Solution Before the SSD reaches EOL update the driver to a version in Support Pack 131 02 or later To monitor EOL poll SMART attributes 202 and 242 Note When the SSD reaches write protect mode the SSD will continue to have read access in the system and theref
21. stem verify that the drive appears as a recognized device and that the driver has been loaded Refer to the sections in Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Software page 11 for a description of the specific steps used to verity this Verify that the drive is online and ready to be used a In Windows 1 Open the Disk Management tool refer to the documentation for your specific version of Windows The newly installed drive should display 2 A dialog box may appear that prompts you to initialize the master boot record MBR for the drive Select OK and continue The drive should appear as Online with Basic as the format status If the option to initialize the MBR does not appear right click the drive number in the Disk Management tool and select Initialize Drive from the pop up menu Once this operation completes the drive should appear as Online with Basic as the format status b In Linux 1 After the system boots to the desktop open a terminal window 2 Run modinfo mtip32xx The version and module information displays if the driver is installed Otherwise follow the installation steps in Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Support Pack on a Linux System page 12 3 Run fdisk grep rssd The HP PCle Workload Accelerator should appear as dev rssd lt x gt device lt x gt is the drive letter which is typically a for one drive The letter increments for each additional drive in the
22. t Drive_id gt 2 Power cycle the system 3 Verify the setting change by running the following command rssdm L d Problem When disabling an ATA channel using Windows Device Manager in Windows Server 2008 the Microsoft Management Console MMC stops responding the computer will not shut down and a Stop 0x0000009F message appears after 10 minutes Solution This is an issue specific to Microsoft Windows and is not related to the HP PCle Workload Accelerator driver The issue has been corrected for Windows Server 2008 as a hot fix check the Microsoft web site for details Problem The Percentage Lifetime Used or Write Protect Progress SMART parameter report shows 100 for the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Solution These reports both indicate the HP PCle Workload Accelerator is in the write protect state In this state no additional data can be written to the drive the drive is in a read only mode All data on the drive is preserved and can be read or backed up Back up the data on the drive After the data is backed up it is highly recommended to replace the drive and refrain from using it Problem What are the behavior characteristics of a HP PCle Workload Accelerator SSD that becomes too hot Can the drive still be used What steps can be taken to reduce the SSD s temperature Solution Two mechanisms control temperature and prevent damage to the drive thermal limiting and thermal shutdown Thermal limiting is a dynamic mechanis
23. tions HPWVAM will be installed under opt HP WkldAccelManager NOTE Note HPWAM versions 1 58 00 00 and earlier must first be uninstalled before installing HPWAM versions 1 59 00 00 and later 1 If HPWAM was previously installed you are upgrading software As a root user run rpm Uvh lt rpm ile gt 2 For a new installation run rpm ivh lt rpm file gt as a root user NOTE In both steps lt rpm file gt is replaced by the HPWAM located in the Workload Accelerator Manager Linux folder of the support pack Updating the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Firmware Unified Binary Image UBI 14 1 Run HPWAM select the P320h drive and click the Attach Device button if device is not already attached Click the Update button and select the Unified Image menu option Browse to the Unitied Image folder in the support pack and select the UBI file Click the Update button HPWAM displays the Unified image update completed successfully for Drive message Close HPWAM and restart your system A full system shutdown is not required After the system starts up launch HPWAM again Check HPWAM to ensure that the firmware version displayed in the SSD Info window is accurate see the HPWAM user guide for additional information on using the HPWAM software ONDAN Installing the HP PCle Workload Accelerator Software 5 Veritying the Installation To verity that the installation was successtul 1 In the operating sy
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