Verify Oracle Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card Operation

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This topic provides instructions to verify Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card operation on the host for supported Oracle Solaris and Linux operating systems. Verify Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card and 1.6 TB NVMe SSD operation using Oracle Hardware Management Pack utility CLI tools.

Note - Refer to the server documentation for detailed instructions.

Before You Begin

Verify that Oracle Hardware Management Pack is installed on the host.

Refer to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack documentation for instructions at: http://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs
Ensure that you have access to the server (either directly or over the network).

Observe the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card status indicators (LEDs).
Verify that the Service Action Required Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card status indicator is not lit and that the green Power status indicator is lit on the Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card and 1.6 TB NVMe SSDs that you updated.

Refer to Status Indicators in Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe Card User Guide.
Log into the target system.
For example, to log into the target system through SSH or through Oracle ILOM Remote System Console, do one of the following:
- If you are using an SSH client connection, perform these steps.
  1. From a shell command line in a terminal window, establish an SSH connection to the server host.
    Type: ssh root@hostname, where hostname can be the DNS name or the IP address for the server host.
  2. Log into the system using an account with root access.
  3. Proceed to Step 3.
- If you are using a KVM console, refer to the server administration guide and perform these steps.
  1. Access the host console locally or remotely:
    To establish a local connection to the host console, perform the following steps:
    1. Connect a VGA monitor to the VGA port on the server.
    2. Connect a USB keyboard and mouse to the USB connectors on the server.
    3. To establish a remote connection to the host console:
      Launch an Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus session.
      
      For instructions, see Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions in the server administration guide.
  2. Ensure that the server is powered on and booted.
  3. Access the operating system command-line interface.
    You issue Oracle Hardware Management Pack commands from the operating system command-line interface.
Identify all Oracle F160 Flash Cards and verify that the latest firmware packages are installed.
1. Type the following command:
  # fwupdate list controller
```
# fwupdate list controller
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID    Type   Manufacturer   Model     Product Name              FW Version     BIOS Version   EFI Version    FCODE Version  Package Version  NVDATA Version    XML Support
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    SAS    LSI Logic      0x0097    SAS9311-8i                06.00.02.00    08.13.00.00    07.00.00.00    01.00.65.00    - 06.03.00.10       N/A
c1    NVMe   Intel          0x0953    INTEL SSDPEDME016T4S      8DV1RA12 
c2    NVMe   Intel          0x0953    INTEL SSDPEDME016T4S      8DV1RA12 
```
2. Verify host recognition of all Oracle F160 Flash Cards by checking controller ID enumeration.
  In the above example, Oracle F160 Flash Card controllers c1 and c2 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.
3. Ensure that all Oracle F160 Flash Card firmware revisions are current in the output returned by the above command.
  See Minimum Supported Card Firmware Version.

Check NVMe device status.

To identify NVMe controllers and current firmware versions type:

# nvmeadm list -v

To identify NVMe controllers that have updated firmware, view the Firmware Revision: row in the output from the nvmeadm list -v command.

In the following example, controller F160-NVME-1 and F160-NVME-1 show firmware version 8DV1RA12 in the output returned by the above command.

# nvmeadm list -v
F160-NVME-1
        PCI Vendor ID:                  8086
        Serial Number:                  CVMD446000AQ1P6KGN 
        Model Number:                   INTEL SSDPEDME016T4S                   
        Firmware Revision:              8DV1RA12
        Number of Namespaces:           1
F160-NVME-2
        PCI Vendor ID:                  8086
        Serial Number:                  CVMD446000CF1P6KGN 
        Model Number:                   INTEL SSDPEDME016T4S                   
        Firmware Revision:              8DV1RA12
        Number of Namespaces:           1
root:~#

Check health of the Oracle F160 Flash Card.

To check the selected Oracle F160 Flash Card health and SMART information, type:

# nvmeadm getlog -h

Ensure the Oracle F160 Flash Cards have remaining drive life in the output returned by the above command.

# nvmeadm getlog -h 
F160-NVME-1
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 312 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 100 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 0 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x1 of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x0 of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0x30313b3
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x302f25d
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0x0
        Number of Power Cycle: 0xf
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x1c
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0xf
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0
F160-NVME-2
SMART/Health Information:....

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