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Installing Flash Accel on ESXi hosts
Flash Accel Host Agents manage caching functionality on ESXi hosts. You should install the Host Agent on each host where you have installed a flash device. You can install the agent on a single host, or use a bulk install to install agents on multiple hosts.
Before you begin 
ESXi hosts must be in maintenance mode before you can install Flash Accel Host Agents. All running virtual machines must be migrated to another host (either manually or automatically by DRS) or shut down. You can then right-click the host using the vSphere Client and select Enter Maintenance Mode. See the VMware documentation for more details.
Steps 
1.
Ensure that each ESXi host meets the requirements and that each host is in maintenance mode.
2.
From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, click the wrench icon for the host on which you want to install Flash Accel software and select Software > Install.
From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, select each host on which you want to install Flash Accel software and click Host Agent Install in the Bulk Actions area of the home page.
The host installation dialog box appears.
3.
Click Install.
The host installation dialog box remains open while the installation is in progress. The message "Installation Process completed successfully on the Host "host_name"." displays when the software has been installed.
4.
Result 
The Flash Accel Host Agent is installed on the ESXi host and the Flash Accel software can now take control of the flash device.
After you finish 
You must take ESXi hosts out of maintenance mode before you can initialize the flash device. In the vSphere Client, right-click the ESXi host and select Exit Maintenance Mode. You can then power on the VMs on this host, or if you had moved them to another host, move the VMs back over to this host.
Parent Topic: Getting started with Flash Accel


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