Intel® QuickAssist adapter initialization refers to the process of installing and configuring Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) hardware on a system.
Intel® QAT provides hardware acceleration for cryptographic and compression operations, improving the performance of these tasks in various applications and services, particularly in data centers where these operations are critical and in high demand.
Intel® QAT is a built-in accelerator on 4th Gen and newer Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors that improves performance and helps protect data across today’s fastest-growing workloads. In combination with other specific integrated accelerators, Intel® QAT is a key component of Intel® Accelerator Engines for HPC, analytics, network, and storage workloads.Check your hardware in order to see if your server is compatible with Intel® QAT.
This feature is available with Artica v4.50 Service Pack 1 or Artica v4.50 HotFix 20240302-21
¶ Donwload and Install Intel® QuickAssist binaries into your Artica Systems
The first thing to do is install the components in your Artica system.
You must ensure that you are using at least a kernel with version 4.19.0-25 or 4.19.0-26.
If you have a lower version, we suggest you to upgrade your system.
- On the left menu, choose “
Your System” > “Update” >“Packages center” - On the search field type “
intel” - Click on Install Or Update on the “
Intel Quick Assist” row
- Seelct the latest version and click on Install or Upgrade
¶ Install the service and enable the feature
- On the left menu, choose
Your system > Features - On the search field, type “
intel” - Click on Install button on the
Intel QuickAssistrow
¶ Get the Intel® QuickAssist status
- On the left menu, go to “
Your System” > “System Information” - Down to the Intel QuickAssist row
- Click on the green label to get the service status
