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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 66
...most cases, both the required storage and network drivers are
included in installation packages. For systems not supporting network drivers, only the storage driver is included.
• Firmware
Firmware is installed in the adapter's on-board flash memory and operates on the adapter's CPU. It provides an interface to the host device driver and off-loads many low-level hardware-specific programming...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 70
... the Downloads list to display appropriate download files or download the ISO image.
You can download driver packages or an ISO 9660 (.iso) optical disk image files to configure boot LUNs and boot images for adapters installed in systems without operating systems or hard drives. Refer to Chapter 4, "Boot Code" for complete information.
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...systems. The HCM agent is not supported on ESXi platforms.
brocade_driver_esx50_.tar.gz7
4.x storage and network drivers with user applications, such as HCM Agent, Brocade Adapter Software Installer, and BCU for x86, EM64T, and AMD64 platforms.
1. Windows 2008 x86 drivers are used for Windows 7 x86 support.
2. Windows 2008 R2 X64 drivers support Windows 7 x64.
3. This package is the source-based...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 78
... list to display appropriate download
files.
• Select Download ISO Image to download brocade_adapter_software_ISO_.iso. • Adapter boot code image. This contains BIOS and UEFI boot code and firmware used by the
boot code to boot from the adapter. Load this code to option ROM on the adapter using the BCU boot --update command. Download this image from the Brocade adapters website using...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 80
... from the Downloads list to display appropriate download files. 4. On the download screen, select the appropriate software from the Software Installer, drivers,
boot code, and Driver Update Disks (DUD) areas. Select product publications from the Documentation section. 5. If downloading software, acknowledge the adapter Download Agreement.
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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 91
...blade server through local or remote console connection. • The blade enclosure's Hardware Owner's Manual.
Updating PHY firmware
The Ethernet PHY module, located in the 1740 mezzanine card port hardware only, aids in communications to and from the Ethernet LAN. Instructions are provided in this section to update this firmware if required.
Determining firmware version
To query the PHY module...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 103
...the Download Individual Software Installers, Drivers, or Documents list. Refer to "Boot code updates" on page 118 for instructions to install the boot image.
NOTE Installing management utilities on Windows systems creates a Brocade BCU shortcut on your system desktop. Use this shortcut to launch the BCU> command prompt and enter BCU commands.
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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 108
3 Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer
• Select Download ISO Image and download an ISO 9660 (.iso) optical disk image. This
contains the Brocade Adapter Software Installer, individual driver packages containing installer scripts, HCM, and documentation. You can use this ISO file to create a CD that you can carry to your system for installation.
• To enter these commands, first ...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 116
... at www.brocade.com/adapters whenever you install or update adapter driver packages. On the website, navigate to the drivers Downloads page. Select your operating system from the Downloads list or download the ISO image. Refer to "Boot code updates" on page 118 for update instructions.
Software downgrade using Adapter Software Installer
Although driver and HCM downgrades are not supported, the...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 117
... on your system instead of using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer.
NOTE To upgrade existing software using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer, refer to "Using the GUI-based installer" on page 69.
Instructions are provided in this section for the following tasks:
• Selectively installing network drivers, storage drivers, and utilities to Windows, Linux, and
VMware systems using...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 118
... use Windows Firewall and Advanced Service (WFAS) to open port 34568. • The storage driver will claim all Brocade Fiber Channel HBAs, FCoE CNAs, and Fabric Adapters
with ports configured in HBA and CNA mode installed in a system.
• Installing a driver package or other adapter software does not automatically start the HCM
Agent. You must manually start the agent using instructions under...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 119
... names for the adapter ports with the switch.
With Device Manager, the driver cannot obtain the operating system information to register these names.with the switch.
- Avoids errors, especially for Windows 2003 systems, that can occur from removing
software with the Device Manager that was originally installed with the Brocade installer programs, then attempting future updates or removals.
•...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 177
...c. Download the dud from the "Driver Update Disks (DUDs)" area.
3. Unzip the file and copy to a formatted disk to create the adapter driver update disk.
4. Insert the Windows 2003 operating system installation media into the host system's CD/DVD drive and boot from the CD or DVD.
5. Respond to prompts that display as Windows installs. When prompted to press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or RAID...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 178
...as BIOS or UEFI loads successfully. System boot setup screens should also display a hard drive entry containing the Brocade adapter, boot LUN number, and target storage device.
Installing Windows Server 2008 and the driver Use the following steps to install Windows Server 2008 and the adapter driver on an unformatted disk that you configured as a bootable device when setting up the adapter BIOS or...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 179
...LUN.
After Windows installs on the remote LUN, the system should automatically reboot from the LUN.
Messages should display on the host system as the Brocade BIOS or UEFI loads successfully. System boot setup screens should also display a hard drive entry containing the Brocade adapter, boot LUN number, and target storage device.
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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 197
... a hard disk or operating system) that contains Brocade Fibre Channel adapters and accomplish the following tasks.
• Update the firmware and BIOS/EFI images in the adapter. The adapter tools and utilities
bundled in the driver aid in updating the adapter flash.
• Install pre-configured Windows system images from a network share onto new computers that
access the storage through Brocade...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 265
..., 146 configuring with BIOS utility, 136 definition, 20 general requirements, 130 host requirements, 122, 130 installing image on boot LUNs, 148 introduction, 127 storage requirements, 130 updating Windows 2008 driver, 170 boot support for adapters, 117 booting without local drive, 167 booting without operating system, 167
Brocade Adapter Software Installer (BASI)
RHEL 6.0 x64 systems, 69 using...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 266
... and commands, 89 installing with software installer, 69 intermediate, 37 network, 37 removal with scripts and commands, 89 removing with software uninstaller, 83 removing with software uninstaller commands, 85 selectively install, 89 storage, 37 upgrading, 89 driver update disk (dud), 49 driver update for booting over SAN, 170
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PCIe support
CNA, 11 Fabric Adapter, 5 HBA, 15 persistent binding, 20 PHY firmware, updating, 63
PHY module firmware
determining firmware version, 63 updating, 63 physical characteristics of CNAs, 179 physical characteristics of Fabric Adapters, 171 physical characteristics of HBAs, 187 preinstall option, 92 product information resources, xx product overview, 5, 12 publications download, 52...
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual - Page 271
..., 43 software removal Windows 2008, 85 software uninstaller commands, 86 software utilities, 38 SoL support, 12
Solaris systems
enabling jumbo frames, 224 install and remove software with install script, 97 installing on boot LUN, 156 manually removing driver, 99 modifying agent operation, 113 storage driver configuration parameters, 210 upgrading driver, 99
stand up adapters
installation, 56...