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... detailed in the current release notes for your adapter software version. In actual examples, command lettercase is supported only on adapter software release 3.0 and the Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter. What's new in this document. • Solaris 11, except Open Solaris (x86, x64, and SPARC) • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64) NOTE HCM...
... detailed in the current release notes for your adapter software version. In actual examples, command lettercase is supported only on adapter software release 3.0 and the Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter. What's new in this document. • Solaris 11, except Open Solaris (x86, x64, and SPARC) • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64) NOTE HCM...
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.... SLES systems brocade_install_sles.sh For VMware ESX and ESXi systems, download and extract the appropriate tar.gz file for your system. After extracting files, execute the following commands, depending on your system: - Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 39 53-1002144-01...your host system allow any standard Common Information Model (CIM) and SMI-S based management software to manage installed Brocade adapters. VmWare ESXi systems, use the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (B ASI) to install software. • HCM agent The agent provides an interface for your...
.... SLES systems brocade_install_sles.sh For VMware ESX and ESXi systems, download and extract the appropriate tar.gz file for your system. After extracting files, execute the following commands, depending on your system: - Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 39 53-1002144-01...your host system allow any standard Common Information Model (CIM) and SMI-S based management software to manage installed Brocade adapters. VmWare ESXi systems, use the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (B ASI) to install software. • HCM agent The agent provides an interface for your...
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... fabric device management interface (FDMI). Hot fix KB932755 (or later) is the minimum requirement and KB943545 is limited to the latest release notes for Brocade adapters x86 x84 Intel IA64 SPARC VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1 N/A Yes N/A N/A VMware ESX 5.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V ... on Solaris systems. Hypervisor support Table 8 describes Hypervisor support for network and storage drivers (continued) Solaris 10.0 VMware ESX/ESXi ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0 Oracle VM 3.0 Network driver supported - 32b Storage driver supported...
... fabric device management interface (FDMI). Hot fix KB932755 (or later) is the minimum requirement and KB943545 is limited to the latest release notes for Brocade adapters x86 x84 Intel IA64 SPARC VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1 N/A Yes N/A N/A VMware ESX 5.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V ... on Solaris systems. Hypervisor support Table 8 describes Hypervisor support for network and storage drivers (continued) Solaris 10.0 VMware ESX/ESXi ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0 Oracle VM 3.0 Network driver supported - 32b Storage driver supported...
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..." on systems where adapters are also referred to display appropriate download files or download the ISO image. HCM is not supported on VMware ESXi systems. NOTE HCM is installed with any version of the driver package. You can also manage the current version, as well as all... system • BIOS Boot code for x86 and x64 platforms • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot code for complete information. 42 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 You can download driver packages or an ISO 9660 (.iso) optical disk image files to Chapter 4,...
..." on systems where adapters are also referred to display appropriate download files or download the ISO image. HCM is not supported on VMware ESXi systems. NOTE HCM is installed with any version of the driver package. You can also manage the current version, as well as all... system • BIOS Boot code for x86 and x64 platforms • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot code for complete information. 42 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 You can download driver packages or an ISO 9660 (.iso) optical disk image files to Chapter 4,...
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... 11 SP1 (x86) Linux SLES 11 SP1 (x86_64) Solaris 10.0 (x86) Solaris 10.0 (x86_x64) Solaris 10.0 SPARC (x86_64) VMware ESX/ESXi (x64) 4.0 VMware ESX/ESXi (x64) 4.1 Supported software installation packages (continued) Brocade Adapter Software Installer Driver Package brocade_adapter_software_installer_ • brocade_driver_linux_.tar.gz3 linux_.bin • brocade_driver_linux_sles11_.tar.gz4 Installs HCM and appropriate driver...
... 11 SP1 (x86) Linux SLES 11 SP1 (x86_64) Solaris 10.0 (x86) Solaris 10.0 (x86_x64) Solaris 10.0 SPARC (x86_64) VMware ESX/ESXi (x64) 4.0 VMware ESX/ESXi (x64) 4.1 Supported software installation packages (continued) Brocade Adapter Software Installer Driver Package brocade_adapter_software_installer_ • brocade_driver_linux_.tar.gz3 linux_.bin • brocade_driver_linux_sles11_.tar.gz4 Installs HCM and appropriate driver...
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... specific operating system release levels, service pack levels, and other patch requirements, please refer to install HCM 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. Downloading software and documentation To download the software installer, driver packages, boot...
... specific operating system release levels, service pack levels, and other patch requirements, please refer to install HCM 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. Downloading software and documentation To download the software installer, driver packages, boot...
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...use the VMware Image Builder PowerCLI to Windows installation. If downloading software, acknowledge the adapter Download Agreement. 52 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 1 Downloading software and publications TABLE 10 Boot installation packages (... Driver Update Disk Image Linux SLES 11 SP1 Solaris 10 brocade_adapter_sles11sp1_dud_.iso4 brocade_adapter_sol_dud_.iso7 VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 bfa_esx4x_.iso8 bna_esx4x_.iso9 bfa_esx41_.iso8 bna_esx41_.iso9 bfa_esx50_.zip8 bna_esx50_.zip9 LiveCD Boot Code live_cd_...
...use the VMware Image Builder PowerCLI to Windows installation. If downloading software, acknowledge the adapter Download Agreement. 52 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 1 Downloading software and publications TABLE 10 Boot installation packages (... Driver Update Disk Image Linux SLES 11 SP1 Solaris 10 brocade_adapter_sles11sp1_dud_.iso4 brocade_adapter_sol_dud_.iso7 VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 bfa_esx4x_.iso8 bna_esx4x_.iso9 bfa_esx41_.iso8 bna_esx41_.iso9 bfa_esx50_.zip8 bna_esx50_.zip9 LiveCD Boot Code live_cd_...
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...you want to your system as since a system reboot is running using steps under "Installing driver packages on Solaris systems" on ESX and ESXi systems. NOTE Since the ESX 5,0 driver installation process does not enforce maintenance mode, it is required to remove the packages. 1. by entering... 6. The new drivers are provided in maintenance mode, as root user. 2. Respond to prompts "Do you must reboot the host system. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 99 53-1002144-01 When a driver is installed and the host system is connected to "Adapter LED operation (stand...
...you want to your system as since a system reboot is running using steps under "Installing driver packages on Solaris systems" on ESX and ESXi systems. NOTE Since the ESX 5,0 driver installation process does not enforce maintenance mode, it is required to remove the packages. 1. by entering... 6. The new drivers are provided in maintenance mode, as root user. 2. Respond to prompts "Do you must reboot the host system. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 99 53-1002144-01 When a driver is installed and the host system is connected to "Adapter LED operation (stand...
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...; For ESX 5.0 systems, use the following command. Refer to your system's /tmp directory. 2. h Displays help for ESX 4.X and ESXi 5.0 systems. For ESXi 4.X systems, use steps under "Installation on ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 systems" on using the following command: brocade_install.sh -u brocade_install_esxi.sh -u 100 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Installation on ESX 4.X and...
...; For ESX 5.0 systems, use the following command. Refer to your system's /tmp directory. 2. h Displays help for ESX 4.X and ESXi 5.0 systems. For ESXi 4.X systems, use steps under "Installation on ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 systems" on using the following command: brocade_install.sh -u brocade_install_esxi.sh -u 100 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Installation on ESX 4.X and...
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...LED operation (stand-up adapters by using the following commands: brocade_install.sh -h brocade_install_esxi.sh -h 4. Power on ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 systems Drivers are installing the driver. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 101 53-1002144-01 Look for bfa (storage driver) and bna (network driver)... entries and related build number. 6. Using the vSphere Client, right click ESXi and select the Enter Maintenance ...
...LED operation (stand-up adapters by using the following commands: brocade_install.sh -h brocade_install_esxi.sh -h 4. Power on ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 systems Drivers are installing the driver. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 101 53-1002144-01 Look for bfa (storage driver) and bna (network driver)... entries and related build number. 6. Using the vSphere Client, right click ESXi and select the Enter Maintenance ...
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vifp listservers 11. Execute the following command on a temporary directory such as from maintenance mode. 102 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Repeat steps 12-15 for each adapter driver to be installed...loop bfa_esx40_2.3.0.0.iso /ISO 13. 3 Using software installation scripts and system commands 5. Mount the adapter driver iso file on the vMA terminal. # vifpinit where ESXi address ESXi server's IP entered at step 9. 12. Run the following command. # vihostupdate -i --bundle= As an example, # vihostupdate -i --bundle=/ISO/offline-bundle/...
vifp listservers 11. Execute the following command on a temporary directory such as from maintenance mode. 102 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Repeat steps 12-15 for each adapter driver to be installed...loop bfa_esx40_2.3.0.0.iso /ISO 13. 3 Using software installation scripts and system commands 5. Mount the adapter driver iso file on the vMA terminal. # vifpinit where ESXi address ESXi server's IP entered at step 9. 12. Run the following command. # vihostupdate -i --bundle= As an example, # vihostupdate -i --bundle=/ISO/offline-bundle/...
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...not installed, try re-installing the driver or re-installing the adapter hardware and then the driver. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 103 53-1002144-01 Right-click the ESXi 4 server and select Reboot. NOTE When upgrading the driver for your host's operating system to ...reboot ESXi server where we are listed under "Driver installation and removal on VMware systems" on page 43. Reboot ESXi 4. The Brocade driver should show up in the host's device manager. • Improper or ...
...not installed, try re-installing the driver or re-installing the adapter hardware and then the driver. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 103 53-1002144-01 Right-click the ESXi 4 server and select Reboot. NOTE When upgrading the driver for your host's operating system to ...reboot ESXi server where we are listed under "Driver installation and removal on VMware systems" on page 43. Reboot ESXi 4. The Brocade driver should show up in the host's device manager. • Improper or ...
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Note that a CNA and a Fabric Adapter with ports configured in CNA or NIC mode are typically named "eth0." ifconfig eth0 193.164.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up VMware Please refer to set the IP address and subnet mask. 3 Setting IP address and subnet mask on CNAs Linux Following is an example for using the ifconfig command to ESX/ESXi Configuration Guide on network configuration for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x and 5.0. 116 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01
Note that a CNA and a Fabric Adapter with ports configured in CNA or NIC mode are typically named "eth0." ifconfig eth0 193.164.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up VMware Please refer to set the IP address and subnet mask. 3 Setting IP address and subnet mask on CNAs Linux Following is an example for using the ifconfig command to ESX/ESXi Configuration Guide on network configuration for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x and 5.0. 116 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01
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... filtering, 26 VLAN tagging, 26 VMware installation on boot LUN, 158 VMware systems firewall issue, 67, 90 installing driver on ESX, 100 installing driver on ESXi, 101 installing driver with script, 100 installing HCM, 66 modifying agent operation, 112 network driver configuration parameters, 219 removing driver with script, 100 storage driver... uninstaller commands, 86 storage driver configuration parameters, 208 WinPE, 19, 30 creating ISO image, 169 ISO image, 168 WMI support, 19 WoL support, 12 244 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Guide 53-1002144-01
... filtering, 26 VLAN tagging, 26 VMware installation on boot LUN, 158 VMware systems firewall issue, 67, 90 installing driver on ESX, 100 installing driver on ESXi, 101 installing driver with script, 100 installing HCM, 66 modifying agent operation, 112 network driver configuration parameters, 219 removing driver with script, 100 storage driver... uninstaller commands, 86 storage driver configuration parameters, 208 WinPE, 19, 30 creating ISO image, 169 ISO image, 168 WMI support, 19 WoL support, 12 244 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Guide 53-1002144-01
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Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide xvii 53-1002145-01 To use HCM on Linux RHEL 6.0 x64 systems, you must ...your adapter software version. For further information about new features not covered in this document This document adds details on adapter release 3.0 and the Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter. NOTE HCM is supported only on the guest operating system for VMware. • Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0... 11, except Open Solaris (x86, x64, and SPARC) • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64) NOTE HCM is not supported in ESXi systems. NOTE HCM is a 32-bit application.
Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide xvii 53-1002145-01 To use HCM on Linux RHEL 6.0 x64 systems, you must ...your adapter software version. For further information about new features not covered in this document This document adds details on adapter release 3.0 and the Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter. NOTE HCM is supported only on the guest operating system for VMware. • Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0... 11, except Open Solaris (x86, x64, and SPARC) • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64) NOTE HCM is not supported in ESXi systems. NOTE HCM is a 32-bit application.