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Disabling auto attach, Enabling auto attach, Uninstalling the io accelerator driver package – HP IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class User Manual

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Disabling auto attach

When the IO Accelerator driver is installed, it is configured to automatically attach any devices when the

driver is loaded. When necessary, disable the auto attach feature.
To disable auto attach using ESX:

1.

To set the auto_attach parameter to 0, run the following command:
esxcfg-module -s 'auto_attach=0' iomemory-vsl

2.

Restart the system.

To disable auto attach using ESXi:

1.

To set the auto_attach parameter to 0, run the following vCLI command:
$ vicfg-module --server iomemory-vsl -s 'auto_attach=0'

2.

Restart the system.

Enabling auto attach

To enable auto attach using ESX:

1.

To set the auto_attach parameter to 1, run the following command:
# esxcfg-module -s 'auto_attach=1' iomemory-vsl

2.

Restart the system.

To enable auto attach using ESXi:

1.

To set the auto_attach parameter to 1, run the following vCLI command:
$ vicfg-module --server iomemory-vsl -s 'auto_attach=1'

2.

Restart the system.

Uninstalling the IO Accelerator driver package

Uninstalling the software in ESX 4.x

1.

To find the ioMemory VSL Bulletin ID, run the following command:
$ esxupdate query
Sample output:
------Bulletin ID------ -----Installed-----
---------------------Summary----------------------
iomemory-vsl-3.0.6.360 2012-01-16T03:49:33 iomemory-vsl: block driver
for ESX/ESXi 4.X

2.

Run the following command to remove VSL using its Bulletin ID:
$ esxupdate -b remove

To uninstall the IO Accelerator driver package and command-line utilities run the following command:
$ rpm -e fio-util
Uninstalling the software in ESXi 4.x
To uninstall the VSL package, follow this procedure using the vCLI from a remote system:

1.

To determine the bundle bulletin name, run the following command: