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Fio-config options – HP IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class User Manual

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Option

Description

-e

Enumerates configuration parameter names and values.

-g

Gets the configuration parameter.

-p

Set and persist the configuration parameter.

-s

Set the configuration parameter in memory only.

-V

Print verbose information.

-v

Print version information.

fio-config options

The following table describes the driver parameters you can set with the fio-config utility.

IMPORTANT:

fio-config options must be entered in uppercase to function properly.

IMPORTANT:

MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts) is enabled by default and it cannot be disabled

using fio-config.

Option

Default

(min/max)

Description

AUTO_ATTACH

1 (0,1)

Always attach the device on driver load (1).

IODRIVE_TINTR_HW_WAIT

0 (0, 255)

Interval (microseconds) to wait between hardware
interrupts

FIO_EXTERNAL_POWER_OVERRIDE

No devices

selected

Allows selected devices to draw full power from the

PCIe slot. Where the for this parameter is a

comma-separated list of adapter serial numbers.

FORCE_MINIMAL_MODE

0 (0,1)

Force minimal mode on the device (1), this

parameter is set to false (0) by default.

PARALLEL_ATTACH

0 (0,1)

Enable parallel attach of multiple devices (1), this

parameter is set to false (0) by default.

FIO_PREALLOCATE_MEMORY

0

For the selected device, preallocate all memory

necessary to have the drive usable as swap space.

For example:

fio-config /dev/fct0 -p

FIO_PREALLOCATE_MEMORY =

"1234,54321"

where "1234" and "54321" are serial numbers
obtained from fio-status.

WIN_DISABLE_ALL_AFFINITY

0 (affinity is
enabled)

When WIN_DISABLE_ALL_AFFINITY is set to 0,

the driver will enable interrupt and worker thread

affinity in the driver. When
WIN_DISABLE_ALL_AFFINITY is set to 1, the

driver will disable all affinity settings. This is an

override of any other affinity settings. The driver

must be reloaded for this parameter to take effect.

WIN_DISABLE_DEFAULT_NUMA_AFFINIT
Y

0 (default;
NUMA

affinity is

enabled)

When WIN_DISABLE_DEFAULT_NUMA_AFFINITY
is set to 0, during initialization, the driver will query

the Windows® operating system for the affinity

settings assigned to the adapter by the OS. This
setting is known as the "default NUMA affinity".

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