You use the Flash Accel Management Console (
FAMC) to discover hosts and virtual machines in your datacenters, install
Flash Accel Host and Guest OS Agents, and enable caching on virtual machines and disks.
Note: If you are already familiar with Flash Accel concepts and prerequisites, and are comfortable performing
Flash Accel setup with minimal procedural guidance, you may prefer to use the
Flash Accel Management Console Quick Start.
Flash Accel installation files are delivered in two packages: an OVA file that contains the virtual appliance for the
FAMC, and a Debian file, called the
base package, that contains the
Flash Accel Host and Guest OS Agents. After you deploy the
FAMC virtual appliance, you can import the base package into the
FAMC. You can then use the
FAMC to install the agents.
You need to configure the Flash Accel Management Console with the network information and credentials it uses to connect to your vCenter Server and to the hosts and VMs in the vCenter.
Discovering a resource gives
Flash Accel access to it. You need to discover datacenter resources before you can configure them for caching.
The Flash Accel base package contains the installation packages for the Host and Guest OS Agents. You need to import the base package before you can install the agents.
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.
Flash Accel Guest OS Agents manage caching functionality on virtual machines. You should install the Guest OS Agent on each virtual machine you plan to cache. You can install the agent on a single VM, or use a bulk install to install agents on multiple VMs.
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