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... updating drivers. Configurations are supported on Brocade CNAs and on a single physical NIC in CNA or NIC mode. Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNICs) are not lost during upgrade and can improve performance for individual vNICs. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) NOTE UEFI is not... environments by providing multiple receive and transmit queues, which allows processing to the host operating system. PCI BIOS 2.1 or later Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 27 53-1002144-01 For more information, refer to coexist on Fabric Adapter 10 GbE ports configured...
... updating drivers. Configurations are supported on Brocade CNAs and on a single physical NIC in CNA or NIC mode. Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNICs) are not lost during upgrade and can improve performance for individual vNICs. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) NOTE UEFI is not... environments by providing multiple receive and transmit queues, which allows processing to the host operating system. PCI BIOS 2.1 or later Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 27 53-1002144-01 For more information, refer to coexist on Fabric Adapter 10 GbE ports configured...
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...the host and log on RHEL and SLES systems: brocade_install_rhel.sh [-u,-h][--update\--add\--rm-initrd][--force-uninstall][--snmp] [--snmp-only] Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 95 53-1002144-01 a. tar -zxvf brocade_driver_linux__rhel_.tar.gz d. Using software installation scripts and system... driver without removing the existing driver. The upgrade reloads the adapter firmware and reinitializes the link. • When upgrading Windows 2008 drivers on adapters used for hot fix brocade_install.bat W2K3_HOTFIX="" Upgrading driver on Windows systems To update the drivers...
...the host and log on RHEL and SLES systems: brocade_install_rhel.sh [-u,-h][--update\--add\--rm-initrd][--force-uninstall][--snmp] [--snmp-only] Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 95 53-1002144-01 a. tar -zxvf brocade_driver_linux__rhel_.tar.gz d. Using software installation scripts and system... driver without removing the existing driver. The upgrade reloads the adapter firmware and reinitializes the link. • When upgrading Windows 2008 drivers on adapters used for hot fix brocade_install.bat W2K3_HOTFIX="" Upgrading driver on Windows systems To update the drivers...
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...problems: • Storage devices and targets not being discovered by device manager or appearing incorrectly in the list # vihostupdate -q Upgrading driver on VMware systems To update the driver package, simply install the new driver using steps under "Software installation and driver ... and removal on VMware systems" on page 43. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 103 53-1002144-01 Reboot ESXi 4. Confirming driver package installation Adapter driver packages from Brocade contain the current driver, firmware, and HCM agent for specific operating systems. Make sure...
...problems: • Storage devices and targets not being discovered by device manager or appearing incorrectly in the list # vihostupdate -q Upgrading driver on VMware systems To update the driver package, simply install the new driver using steps under "Software installation and driver ... and removal on VMware systems" on page 43. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 103 53-1002144-01 Reboot ESXi 4. Confirming driver package installation Adapter driver packages from Brocade contain the current driver, firmware, and HCM agent for specific operating systems. Make sure...
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...without operating system or local drive" on the device tree, and then select Adapter Software from the "Boot Firmware" area. 2. Select your operating system from the Brocade adapters website using the Adapter Software dialog box. Download the boot code image from the Configure menu. Click ... VMware ESX driver requires rebooting the system, the boot code cannot be updated along with operating system and Brocade adapter drivers installed, you can use BCU commands to upgrade adapter flash memory with the latest boot code. 1. For servers with the driver using the following steps:...
...without operating system or local drive" on the device tree, and then select Adapter Software from the "Boot Firmware" area. 2. Select your operating system from the Brocade adapters website using the Adapter Software dialog box. Download the boot code image from the Configure menu. Click ... VMware ESX driver requires rebooting the system, the boot code cannot be updated along with operating system and Brocade adapter drivers installed, you can use BCU commands to upgrade adapter flash memory with the latest boot code. 1. For servers with the driver using the following steps:...
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..., 50 DCB features, 22 driver packages, 37 environmental and power requirements, 178 Ethernet features, 22 fabric OS support, xiv FCoE features, 20 firmware, 38 hardware specifications, 180 host compatibility, 5, 10, 12 host support, xv illustration, 7 installing driver package with software installer, 69 LED ... 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, 170 238 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Guide 53-1002144-01
..., 50 DCB features, 22 driver packages, 37 environmental and power requirements, 178 Ethernet features, 22 fabric OS support, xiv FCoE features, 20 firmware, 38 hardware specifications, 180 host compatibility, 5, 10, 12 host support, xv illustration, 7 installing driver package with software installer, 69 LED ... 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, 170 238 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Guide 53-1002144-01