Verify Oracle Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card Operation

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This topic provides instructions to verify Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card operation for the host for supported Oracle Solaris and Linux operating systems. Verify Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card and 3.2 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 F320 PCIe Card status indicators (LEDs).
Verify that the Service Action Required status indicator is not lit and that the green Power status indicator is lit on the Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Cards that you updated. Refer to Status Indicators in Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe Card User Guide.
Log into the target system.
Refer to the server installation guide.

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 F320 Flash Cards and verify that the latest firmware packages are installed.

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      0x005d    LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i      4.230.40-3739  6.17.04.2      06.06.10.05    4.16.08.00     -         
c1    NVMe   Samsung        0xa821    MS1PC5ED3ORA3.2T          KPYAIR3Q       -              -              -              -         
c2    NVMe   Samsung        0xa821    MS1PC5ED3ORA3.2T          KPYAIR3Q       -              -              -              -         
c3    NET    Intel          0x1528    Intel(R) Ethernet Control -              -                                            80000479  
c4    NET    Intel          0x1528    Intel(R) Ethernet Control -              -                                            8000047A

Verify host recognition of all Oracle F320 Flash Cards by checking controller ID enumeration.
In the above example, Oracle F320 Flash Card controllers c1 and c2 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.
Ensure that all Oracle F320 Flash Card firmware versions are current in the output returned by the above command.
See Minimum Supported Card Firmware Version.

Check NVMe device status (Optional).
1. To identify NVMe controllers and current firmware versions type:
  # nvmeadm list -v
```
# nvmeadm list -v        
SUNW-NVME-1
        PCI Vendor ID:                  144d
        Serial Number:                  S2FHNYAG800126
        Model Number:                   MS1PC5ED3ORA3.2T
        Firmware Revision:              KPYAIR3Q
        Number of Namespaces:           1
SUNW-NVME-2
        PCI Vendor ID:                  144d
        Serial Number:                  S2FHNYAG800030
        Model Number:                   MS1PC5ED3ORA3.2T
        Firmware Revision:              KPYAIR3Q
        Number of Namespaces:           1
```
2. Verify host recognition of all Oracle F320 Flash Cards by checking controller ID enumeration.
  In the above example, Oracle F320 Flash Card controllers SUNW-NVME-1 and SUNW-NVME-2 are enumerated in the output returned by the above command.
3. Ensure that all Oracle F320 Flash Card firmware revisions are current in the device output returned by the above command.
  To identify NVMe controllers that have updated firmware, view the Firmware Revision: row in the output from the nvmeadm list -v command.
  
  In the above example, controller SUNW-NVME-1 and SUNW-NVME-2 show firmware version KPYABR3Q in the output returned by the above command.
  
  See Minimum Supported Card Firmware Version.

Check health of the Oracle F320 Flash Card.

To check the selected Oracle F320 Flash Card health and SMART information, type:

# nvmeadm getlog -h

Ensure the Oracle F320 Flash Cards have remaining drive life in the output returned by the above command.

# nvmeadm getlog -h SUNW-NVME-1
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 318 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 100 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 0 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x35902b of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x152f5f of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0x46fb6c3
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x1798e3a
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0x6d
        Number of Power Cycle: 0xf58
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x646
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0xf40
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0

SUNW-NVME-2
SMART/Health Information:
        Critical Warning: 0
        Temperature: 316 Kelvin
        Available Spare: 100 percent
        Available Spare Threshold: 10 percent
        Percentage Used: 0 percent
        Data Unit Read: 0x4d8ed21 of 512k bytes.
        Data Unit Written: 0x14d8369 of 512k bytes.
        Number of Host Read Commands: 0xb5e88c6
        Number of Host Write Commands: 0x1bcf428e
        Controller Busy Time in Minutes: 0x163
        Number of Power Cycle: 0x5b
        Number of Power On Hours: 0x683
        Number of Unsafe Shutdown: 0x46
        Number of Media Errors: 0x0
        Number of Error Info Log Entries: 0x0

The critical warning parameters are described in the following list.

0 - Available spare space has fallen below threshold.
1 - Temperature exceeded critical threshold.
2 - Reliability has degraded due to significant media related errors or any internal error that degrades device reliability.
3 - Media has been placed in read only mode.
4 - Volatile memory backup device has failed.

Related Information

Minimum Supported Card Firmware Version
Oracle Server CLI Tools User's Guide at: http://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs