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... Linux systems 110 Updating drivers with HCM 110 Notes 111 Installing HCM to a host from the HCM Agent 112 HCM Agent operations 112 Managing the HCM Agent on Linux and VMware systems . . .112 Managing the HCM Agent on Solaris systems 113 Managing the HCM Agent on Windows systems 114 Brocade Adapters Installation and...
... Linux systems 110 Updating drivers with HCM 110 Notes 111 Installing HCM to a host from the HCM Agent 112 HCM Agent operations 112 Managing the HCM Agent on Linux and VMware systems . . .112 Managing the HCM Agent on Solaris systems 113 Managing the HCM Agent on Windows systems 114 Brocade Adapters Installation and...
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... boot LUN discovery 163 Configuring fabric-based boot LUN discovery (Brocade fabrics 164 Configuring fabric-based boot LUN discovery (Cisco fabrics 165 Boot systems over SAN without operating system or local drive . .167 Using a LiveCD image 168 Creating a WinPE image 169 Updating Windows driver on adapter used for boot over SAN . . . .170 Specifications...
... boot LUN discovery 163 Configuring fabric-based boot LUN discovery (Brocade fabrics 164 Configuring fabric-based boot LUN discovery (Cisco fabrics 165 Boot systems over SAN without operating system or local drive . .167 Using a LiveCD image 168 Creating a WinPE image 169 Updating Windows driver on adapter used for boot over SAN . . . .170 Specifications...
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... instance-specific persistent parameters 205 Storage driver-level parameters 206 Linux and VMware driver configuration parameters 206 Windows driver configuration parameters 208 Solaris driver configuration parameters 210 Network driver parameters 211 Windows 211 Linux 216 VMware 219 Enabling jumbo frames for Solaris 224 MIB Reference In this appendix 225 List of Acronyms Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual...
... instance-specific persistent parameters 205 Storage driver-level parameters 206 Linux and VMware driver configuration parameters 206 Windows driver configuration parameters 208 Solaris driver configuration parameters 210 Network driver parameters 211 Windows 211 Linux 216 VMware 219 Enabling jumbo frames for Solaris 224 MIB Reference In this appendix 225 List of Acronyms Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual...
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...Brocade interoperability matrices on the Brocade website at www.brocade.com/adapters for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) • Linux RHEL4.9, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 6.1 • Linux SLES 10 and 11 (x86 and x64) Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual xv 53-1002144-01 Host operating system support Refer to "Host operating system support for adapter drivers... HBAs - Refer to the following lists operating systems that support the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM), Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU), and adapter drivers. "FCoE support" on page xvi and "Ethernet support" on operating...
...Brocade interoperability matrices on the Brocade website at www.brocade.com/adapters for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) • Linux RHEL4.9, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 6.1 • Linux SLES 10 and 11 (x86 and x64) Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual xv 53-1002144-01 Host operating system support Refer to "Host operating system support for adapter drivers... HBAs - Refer to the following lists operating systems that support the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM), Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU), and adapter drivers. "FCoE support" on page xvi and "Ethernet support" on operating...
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...for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) • Linux RHEL 4.9, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 6.1 (x86 and x64) • Linux SLES 10 and 11 (x86 and x64) • Solaris 10 (x86, x64, and SPARC) NOTE Solaris is not supported on Brocade 804 or 1007 adapters. • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64) NOTE Drivers and ... or NIC modes: • Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) • Windows 2008 R2/SP1 (x64) • Windows Server Core for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) • Windows 7 (x86 and x64) • Microsoft WinPE 3.0 for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) xvi Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53...
...for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) • Linux RHEL 4.9, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 6.1 (x86 and x64) • Linux SLES 10 and 11 (x86 and x64) • Solaris 10 (x86, x64, and SPARC) NOTE Solaris is not supported on Brocade 804 or 1007 adapters. • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64) NOTE Drivers and ... or NIC modes: • Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) • Windows 2008 R2/SP1 (x64) • Windows Server Core for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) • Windows 7 (x86 and x64) • Microsoft WinPE 3.0 for Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) xvi Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53...
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... because they are not installed by default. • Linux SLES 10 and 11 (x86 and x64) Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual xvii 53-1002144-01 Network drivers are not supported on IA-64 systems. • Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0 (x86 and... x64) Hypervisor support The following lists operating systems that support hypervisor operation for Brocade adapters: • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (x64) • Linux...
... because they are not installed by default. • Linux SLES 10 and 11 (x86 and x64) Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual xvii 53-1002144-01 Network drivers are not supported on IA-64 systems. • Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0 (x86 and... x64) Hypervisor support The following lists operating systems that support hypervisor operation for Brocade adapters: • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (x64) • Linux...
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...and send it to diagnose field issues • Information about all adapters in the system • Firmware and driver traces • Syslog message logs • Windows System Event log .evt file • HCM GUI-related engineering logs • Events • Adapter configuration ...data • Environment information • Data .xml file • Vital CPU, memory, network resources • HCM Agent (logs, configuration) • Driver logs xxiv Brocade Adapters ...
...and send it to diagnose field issues • Information about all adapters in the system • Firmware and driver traces • Syslog message logs • Windows System Event log .evt file • HCM GUI-related engineering logs • Events • Adapter configuration ...data • Environment information • Data .xml file • Vital CPU, memory, network resources • HCM Agent (logs, configuration) • Driver logs xxiv Brocade Adapters ...
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... ports on the host system. To disable IOC auto-recovery for the network (BNA) driver across reboots, use the following command: esxcfg-module -s "ioc_auto_recover=0" bfa • For Windows use the following command: esxcfg-module -s "bnad_ioc_auto_recover=0" bna - To disable IOC auto-... collecting data through the Support Save feature, you may be lost or overwritten. When adapters are not supported on Solaris systems. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual xxv 53-1002144-01 insmod bna.o bnad_ioc_auto_recover=0 - Following is the drvconf ---key command: bcu drvconf...
... ports on the host system. To disable IOC auto-recovery for the network (BNA) driver across reboots, use the following command: esxcfg-module -s "ioc_auto_recover=0" bfa • For Windows use the following command: esxcfg-module -s "bnad_ioc_auto_recover=0" bna - To disable IOC auto-... collecting data through the Support Save feature, you may be lost or overwritten. When adapters are not supported on Solaris systems. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual xxv 53-1002144-01 insmod bna.o bnad_ioc_auto_recover=0 - Following is the drvconf ---key command: bcu drvconf...
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... drivers for FCoE features by an Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC). NOTE Ethernet and NIC mode may be power-cycled for the port. Ports configured in HCM. FCoE and 10 Gbps DBS operations run simultaneously. Change the mode using the following steps: 1. NOTE For Windows ...to converge onto 10 Gbps DCB networks. This is not required if the appropriate driver is already pre-installed in the selected mode if they are traditionally provided by utilizing the Brocade FCoE storage driver. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 3 53-1002144-01 A 10 GbE SFP or ...
... drivers for FCoE features by an Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC). NOTE Ethernet and NIC mode may be power-cycled for the port. Ports configured in HCM. FCoE and 10 Gbps DBS operations run simultaneously. Change the mode using the following steps: 1. NOTE For Windows ...to converge onto 10 Gbps DCB networks. This is not required if the appropriate driver is already pre-installed in the selected mode if they are traditionally provided by utilizing the Brocade FCoE storage driver. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 3 53-1002144-01 A 10 GbE SFP or ...
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...deployment of workstations and servers. For more generic term, while SMI-S is done through command line interface windows or by Brocade Windows 2008 network and storage drivers. • Windows Server 2008, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES), VMware ESX Server, Solaris, and... Reference Manual 19 53-1002144-01 The adapter operates in CNA mode can connect to manage installed Brocade adapters. Certification by Windows 2008 R2 X64 drivers. Specification supporting the Common Information Model (CIM) Provider, which allows any of other management frameworks....
...deployment of workstations and servers. For more generic term, while SMI-S is done through command line interface windows or by Brocade Windows 2008 network and storage drivers. • Windows Server 2008, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES), VMware ESX Server, Solaris, and... Reference Manual 19 53-1002144-01 The adapter operates in CNA mode can connect to manage installed Brocade adapters. Certification by Windows 2008 R2 X64 drivers. Specification supporting the Common Information Model (CIM) Provider, which allows any of other management frameworks....
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...configured in CNA or NIC mode) acting as a priority for all network traffic. This feature is not supported on Windows systems. This driver is installed with the adapter software. • Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) over running a slow receiver.... • Flexible MAC address • Hypervisor Hypervisor is a processor-specific virtualization platform that support hypervisor operation for Brocade adapters: • Brocade Network Intermediate Driver (BNI) This provides support for multiple VLANs on ports and teams on Solaris systems. • Link aggregation (NIC...
...configured in CNA or NIC mode) acting as a priority for all network traffic. This feature is not supported on Windows systems. This driver is installed with the adapter software. • Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) over running a slow receiver.... • Flexible MAC address • Hypervisor Hypervisor is a processor-specific virtualization platform that support hypervisor operation for Brocade adapters: • Brocade Network Intermediate Driver (BNI) This provides support for multiple VLANs on ports and teams on Solaris systems. • Link aggregation (NIC...
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... interrupts. To configure multiple queues for NIC teaming to transmit NetQueues by the user as Windows 2003 x86_64. On CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in the intermediate drivers for the FCoE or iSCSI traffic on the switch for sending priority tagged packets, refer ...On Network Adapter ports configured in the ASIC. Increasing the "coalescing timer" should lower the interrupt count and lessen CPU utilization. 24 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Support for teaming that port again becomes the primary port. - 802.3ad is reserved...
... interrupts. To configure multiple queues for NIC teaming to transmit NetQueues by the user as Windows 2003 x86_64. On CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in the intermediate drivers for the FCoE or iSCSI traffic on the switch for sending priority tagged packets, refer ...On Network Adapter ports configured in the ASIC. Increasing the "coalescing timer" should lower the interrupt count and lessen CPU utilization. 24 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Support for teaming that port again becomes the primary port. - 802.3ad is reserved...
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...which provides a mechanism to be balanced across multiple processors while maintaining in HBA mode. The driver dynamically selects interrupt coalescing values based on this profiling. • MSI-X This is an... application program interface (API) used by Linux RHEL5, SLES 10 and 11, Windows 2008, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1. • Network Boot (PXE and UNDI) The preboot execution .... Pauses traffic based on the priority levels and restarts traffic through the DCBCXP. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 25 53-1002144-01 This feature is supported by ...
...which provides a mechanism to be balanced across multiple processors while maintaining in HBA mode. The driver dynamically selects interrupt coalescing values based on this profiling. • MSI-X This is an... application program interface (API) used by Linux RHEL5, SLES 10 and 11, Windows 2008, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1. • Network Boot (PXE and UNDI) The preboot execution .... Pauses traffic based on the priority levels and restarts traffic through the DCBCXP. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 25 53-1002144-01 This feature is supported by ...
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... procedures may vary from first-time installation on page 76. The new driver is effective after installation. • Solaris systems When upgrading the driver for upgrading Windows drivers is installed on page 69 or "Software installation using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer commands for Windows systems, you must reboot the host system. However, refer to reboot...
... procedures may vary from first-time installation on page 76. The new driver is effective after installation. • Solaris systems When upgrading the driver for upgrading Windows drivers is installed on page 69 or "Software installation using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer commands for Windows systems, you must reboot the host system. However, refer to reboot...
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... the system. • When upgrading Windows drivers, install the new driver without first removing the existing driver. The name of the installed component, version, and location in the following tasks: • Selectively installing network drivers, storage drivers, and utilities to Windows, Linux, and VMware systems using Brocade-provided installation scripts. • Installing driver packages on Solaris systems using the...
... the system. • When upgrading Windows drivers, install the new driver without first removing the existing driver. The name of the installed component, version, and location in the following tasks: • Selectively installing network drivers, storage drivers, and utilities to Windows, Linux, and VMware systems using Brocade-provided installation scripts. • Installing driver packages on Solaris systems using the...
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... file (for example, brocade_driver_win2003_x86_.exe) to display the User Accounts task window, then turn User Account Control off. 2. Create a "CNA Drivers" or "HBA Drivers" directory in step 4. 6. Refer to "Software installation and driver packages" on page 43 for a description of Windows driver packages. 1. Extract the driver packages to the folder you created in step 2 using the following...
... file (for example, brocade_driver_win2003_x86_.exe) to display the User Accounts task window, then turn User Account Control off. 2. Create a "CNA Drivers" or "HBA Drivers" directory in step 4. 6. Refer to "Software installation and driver packages" on page 43 for a description of Windows driver packages. 1. Extract the driver packages to the folder you created in step 2 using the following...
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... LUN discovery 163 •Boot systems over SAN without operating system or local drive 167 •Updating Windows driver on adapter used for boot over SAN 170 Boot support Boot support is provided for Brocade adapters and drivers installed on your host. • To note changes to boot support and procedures detailed in this...
... LUN discovery 163 •Boot systems over SAN without operating system or local drive 167 •Updating Windows driver on adapter used for boot over SAN 170 Boot support Boot support is provided for Brocade adapters and drivers installed on your host. • To note changes to boot support and procedures detailed in this...
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... SAN Updating Windows driver on Windows 2008 systems where the adapter is pending. This is the recommended procedure to update drivers. However, if you remove the adapter driver (which requires a system reboot because the adapter was modified) then reinstall the driver, installation will not come up because the driver accessing the operating system was removed. 170 Brocade Adapters...
... SAN Updating Windows driver on Windows 2008 systems where the adapter is pending. This is the recommended procedure to update drivers. However, if you remove the adapter driver (which requires a system reboot because the adapter was modified) then reinstall the driver, installation will not come up because the driver accessing the operating system was removed. 170 Brocade Adapters...
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... registry hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bfad\Parameters\Device Table 35 describes the Windows configuration parameters. esxcfg-module -s 'fdmi_enable=0 bfa' bfa Important notes Observe these commands, refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide. Maximum SCSI requests per LUN. Managing Windows driver configuration parameters To change any BCU command. Disable MSIx interrupt (and use the...
... registry hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bfad\Parameters\Device Table 35 describes the Windows configuration parameters. esxcfg-module -s 'fdmi_enable=0 bfa' bfa Important notes Observe these commands, refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide. Maximum SCSI requests per LUN. Managing Windows driver configuration parameters To change any BCU command. Disable MSIx interrupt (and use the...
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... port. 4. Select the Advanced tab. Expand Network Adapters. Run devmgmt.msc to configure the following steps. 1. Network driver parameters A Managing Windows driver configuration with Device Manager Use the Windows Device Manager to open the Device Manager window. 2. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 213 53-1002144-01 Right-click an adapter port instance and select Properties... • TCP/UDP IPv6 Checksum Offload Following is an example for using the Device Manager on page 214 illustrates the Advanced tab from a host running Windows Server 2008.
... port. 4. Select the Advanced tab. Expand Network Adapters. Run devmgmt.msc to configure the following steps. 1. Network driver parameters A Managing Windows driver configuration with Device Manager Use the Windows Device Manager to open the Device Manager window. 2. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 213 53-1002144-01 Right-click an adapter port instance and select Properties... • TCP/UDP IPv6 Checksum Offload Following is an example for using the Device Manager on page 214 illustrates the Advanced tab from a host running Windows Server 2008.