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• 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 BCU are supported on the VMware ESX platforms. HCM is supported only on the guest system on VMware. • Oracle Enterprise Linux (...) • 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 BCU are supported on the VMware ESX platforms. HCM is supported only on the guest system on VMware. • Oracle Enterprise Linux...
• 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 BCU are supported on the VMware ESX platforms. HCM is supported only on the guest system on VMware. • Oracle Enterprise Linux (...) • 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 BCU are supported on the VMware ESX platforms. HCM is supported only on the guest system on VMware. • Oracle Enterprise Linux...
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...x64) • Solaris 10 (x86, x64, and SPARC) NOTE Solaris is not supported on Brocade 804 or 1007 adapters. • Xen Hypervisor (x86 and x64) Refer to "Hypervisor support" on page xvii. • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0 (x64) NOTE Drivers and BCU 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 ...
...x64) • Solaris 10 (x86, x64, and SPARC) NOTE Solaris is not supported on Brocade 804 or 1007 adapters. • Xen Hypervisor (x86 and x64) Refer to "Hypervisor support" on page xvii. • VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0 (x64) NOTE Drivers and BCU 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 ...
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• Solaris 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 often all lowercase. Document conventions This section describes text formatting ...Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to the release notes for your adapter software version. xviii Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 For further information about new features not covered in this document This document adds details on the...
• Solaris 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 often all lowercase. Document conventions This section describes text formatting ...Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to the release notes for your adapter software version. xviii Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 For further information about new features not covered in this document This document adds details on the...
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...corporations. These trademarks are made for a user ID and password. IBM Dell Referenced Trademarks and Products Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Vista, XP, PE for Windows, Hyper V for Brocade products is available. VMware Inc. A variety of resources for Windows, ... and Windows 7 Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) ESX Server SPARC BladeSystem BladeCenter PowerEdge Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, ...
...corporations. These trademarks are made for a user ID and password. IBM Dell Referenced Trademarks and Products Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Vista, XP, PE for Windows, Hyper V for Brocade products is available. VMware Inc. A variety of resources for Windows, ... and Windows 7 Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) ESX Server SPARC BladeSystem BladeCenter PowerEdge Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, ...
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NOTE For VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems, BCU commands are integrated with the esxcli infrastructure. To initiate the BCU supportsave command, enter esxcli brocade supportsave on using HCM and BCU commands, refer to launch this information to the local file system and send ... • Vital CPU, memory, network resources • HCM Agent (logs, configuration) • Driver logs xxiv Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 NOTE For details on the ESX system. • Through your internet browser (Internet Explorer 6 or later or Firefox 2.0 or later), you can ...
NOTE For VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems, BCU commands are integrated with the esxcli infrastructure. To initiate the BCU supportsave command, enter esxcli brocade supportsave on using HCM and BCU commands, refer to launch this information to the local file system and send ... • Vital CPU, memory, network resources • HCM Agent (logs, configuration) • Driver logs xxiv Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 NOTE For details on the ESX system. • Through your internet browser (Internet Explorer 6 or later or Firefox 2.0 or later), you can ...
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... you are integrated with the esxcli infrastructure. Do not just specify a drive (such as the system gathers information. VMware ESX systems For VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems, BCU commands are initiating Support Save from a remote management station and receive a warning message that ... a directory, make sure that provide the location of the directory where data is unavailable on the bfa_supportsave command, refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide. Messages display as C:) or C:\Program Files. For more information and additional options for Windows systems. •...
... you are integrated with the esxcli infrastructure. Do not just specify a drive (such as the system gathers information. VMware ESX systems For VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems, BCU commands are initiating Support Save from a remote management station and receive a warning message that ... a directory, make sure that provide the location of the directory where data is unavailable on the bfa_supportsave command, refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide. Messages display as C:) or C:\Program Files. For more information and additional options for Windows systems. •...
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...port using the BCU vnic -create command. The following are limitations of vHBAs: • Multiple vHBAs per PF to ESX memory limitations, a total of 4 vNICs in a VMware ESX system is not supported at the vHBA level (only at the physical port level). • Boot over SAN is ... for a Fabric Adapter port, you can configure bandwidth in increments of 100 Mpbs. Due to reach the 10,000 Mbps maximum. Therefore, for Brocade CNA models, such as "FCoE." TABLE 6 Factory default physical function (PF) configurations for the port. Multiple vNICs are not supported at the ...
...port using the BCU vnic -create command. The following are limitations of vHBAs: • Multiple vHBAs per PF to ESX memory limitations, a total of 4 vNICs in a VMware ESX system is not supported at the vHBA level (only at the physical port level). • Boot over SAN is ... for a Fabric Adapter port, you can configure bandwidth in increments of 100 Mpbs. Due to reach the 10,000 Mbps maximum. Therefore, for Brocade CNA models, such as "FCoE." TABLE 6 Factory default physical function (PF) configurations for the port. Multiple vNICs are not supported at the ...
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...; Windows 7. Transfer rate of 2.5 GT/s per lane. Certification by Brocade Windows 2008 network and storage drivers. • Windows Server 2008, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES), VMware ESX Server, Solaris, and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). PCIe Gen 2 connector.... For more generic term, while SMI-S is the more details, refer to manage installed Brocade adapters. Transfer rate of 5 Gigatransfers per second (...
...; Windows 7. Transfer rate of 2.5 GT/s per lane. Certification by Brocade Windows 2008 network and storage drivers. • Windows Server 2008, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES), VMware ESX Server, Solaris, and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). PCIe Gen 2 connector.... For more generic term, while SMI-S is the more details, refer to manage installed Brocade adapters. Transfer rate of 5 Gigatransfers per second (...
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... priorities allow VMware (version 4.1 or later) to assign different priorities to transmit NetQueues to ensure QoS for different classes of interrupts generated by Brocade in the network driver allows the driver to a transmit NetQueue. - 1 Adapter features - Teaming is not supported on the same port. ... This allows the system to transmit NetQueues by VMware. Failback mode is reserved, one transmit queue on CNAs and eight on an ESX host. If a storage priority is an extension of FCoE or iSCSI priority changes propagated from the default network priority will be assigned...
... priorities allow VMware (version 4.1 or later) to assign different priorities to transmit NetQueues to ensure QoS for different classes of interrupts generated by Brocade in the network driver allows the driver to a transmit NetQueue. - 1 Adapter features - Teaming is not supported on the same port. ... This allows the system to transmit NetQueues by VMware. Failback mode is reserved, one transmit queue on CNAs and eight on an ESX host. If a storage priority is an extension of FCoE or iSCSI priority changes propagated from the default network priority will be assigned...
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...execution, and dynamic load balancing. Traffic 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 environment (PXE) mechanism, embedded in the CNA firmware, provides the ... control (802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control: Pause 802.1p) on the CNA, Fabric Adapter port configured in HBA mode. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 25 53-1002144-01 Specific DCB attributes, including priorities for advanced link layer Enables receive processing to ...
...execution, and dynamic load balancing. Traffic 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 environment (PXE) mechanism, embedded in the CNA firmware, provides the ... control (802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control: Pause 802.1p) on the CNA, Fabric Adapter port configured in HBA mode. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 25 53-1002144-01 Specific DCB attributes, including priorities for advanced link layer Enables receive processing to ...
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... for enhanced performance and connectivity in CNA or NIC mode. HBA features Brocade Fibre Channel HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode provide the following features for ESX systems that allows different traffic types to the host operating system. Virtual ...Network Interface Cards (vNICs) are virtual partitions that adaptive transmit coalescing settings are possible. PCI BIOS 2.1 or later Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual...
... for enhanced performance and connectivity in CNA or NIC mode. HBA features Brocade Fibre Channel HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode provide the following features for ESX systems that allows different traffic types to the host operating system. Virtual ...Network Interface Cards (vNICs) are virtual partitions that adaptive transmit coalescing settings are possible. PCI BIOS 2.1 or later Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual...
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...supported on both the switch using the Windows Server 2008 operating system and provides integrated management tools to which it connects. (Requires Brocade Fabric OS 6.3x or above.) • Boot over SAN. All configuration and maintenance is created and reported per HBA or... system performance by Linux RHEL 5, RHEL 6, SLES 10, SLES 11, Windows 2008, and ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0. 30 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 N_Port Trunking is supported by Brocade Windows 2008 adapter drivers. • Support for Windows Server Core, a minimal server option for...
...supported on both the switch using the Windows Server 2008 operating system and provides integrated management tools to which it connects. (Requires Brocade Fabric OS 6.3x or above.) • Boot over SAN. All configuration and maintenance is created and reported per HBA or... system performance by Linux RHEL 5, RHEL 6, SLES 10, SLES 11, Windows 2008, and ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0. 30 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 N_Port Trunking is supported by Brocade Windows 2008 adapter drivers. • Support for Windows Server Core, a minimal server option for...
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... ESXi systems, download and extract the appropriate tar.gz file for your system. VmWare ESX 4.X brocade_install.sh - For Solaris systems, download and extract the appropriate .tar file for your host system. NOTE If you want to integrate the provider with ... CIM Provider files do not load when you install the network driver package using instructions in the SMI-S Provider for Brocade Adapters Installation Guide or CIM Provider for your system: - Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 39 53-1002144-01 The appropriate CIM Provider rpm or msi package loads to your system...
... ESXi systems, download and extract the appropriate tar.gz file for your system. VmWare ESX 4.X brocade_install.sh - For Solaris systems, download and extract the appropriate .tar file for your host system. NOTE If you want to integrate the provider with ... CIM Provider files do not load when you install the network driver package using instructions in the SMI-S Provider for Brocade Adapters Installation Guide or CIM Provider for your system: - Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 39 53-1002144-01 The appropriate CIM Provider rpm or msi package loads to your system...
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... other patch requirements, please refer to Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode 4. N/A N/A N/A 1. Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are recommended. For Solaris systems, only the Leadville-based storage driver is no support... for your adapter. TABLE 8 System Hypervisor support 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 N/A yes N/A N/A RHEVH 6.x N/A yes N/A N/A Linux XEN yes ...
... other patch requirements, please refer to Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode 4. N/A N/A N/A 1. Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are recommended. For Solaris systems, only the Leadville-based storage driver is no support... for your adapter. TABLE 8 System Hypervisor support 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 N/A yes N/A N/A RHEVH 6.x N/A yes N/A N/A Linux XEN yes ...
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... SLES 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...
... SLES 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...
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... x86 drivers are not installed by Novell, setting U taint flag" displays. Adapter software 1 TABLE 9 Supported software installation packages (continued) Operating Brocade Adapter Software Installer System and Platform Driver Package VMware ESX/ESXi (x64) 5.0 Note: Use appropriate Brocade Adapter Software Installer listed in this package. 5. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 47 53-1002144-01
... x86 drivers are not installed by Novell, setting U taint flag" displays. Adapter software 1 TABLE 9 Supported software installation packages (continued) Operating Brocade Adapter Software Installer System and Platform Driver Package VMware ESX/ESXi (x64) 5.0 Note: Use appropriate Brocade Adapter Software Installer listed in this package. 5. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 47 53-1002144-01
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...system installation is available for Windows 2003 and VMware ESX 5.0 systems. NOTE When installing the operating system to the remote boot LUN, you can update the boot image on installed adapters and configure boot from the Brocade website using the following steps: 1. This image contains... instructions • Important notices document and warranty card • CD containing documentation for boot over SAN operations. Access the Brocade adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters. 2. Once you boot the system, you to boot systems without installed operating systems or local drives...
...system installation is available for Windows 2003 and VMware ESX 5.0 systems. NOTE When installing the operating system to the remote boot LUN, you can update the boot image on installed adapters and configure boot from the Brocade website using the following steps: 1. This image contains... instructions • Important notices document and warranty card • CD containing documentation for boot over SAN operations. Access the Brocade adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters. 2. Once you boot the system, you to boot systems without installed operating systems or local drives...
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... driver. 2. 2008 DUDs support Fabric Adapters and HBAs. 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 (continued) ...Platform) 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 ...
... driver. 2. 2008 DUDs support Fabric Adapters and HBAs. 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 (continued) ...Platform) 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 ...
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...commands at the BCU> prompt, enter the command as port --list. esxcli brocade bcu --command="port -list" Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53 53-1002144-01 VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems For VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems, BCU commands are not present on your desktop with... the esxcli infrastructure. For Windows systems, launch the command prompt using the Brocade BCU desktop aa, which automatically installs...
...commands at the BCU> prompt, enter the command as port --list. esxcli brocade bcu --command="port -list" Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53 53-1002144-01 VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems For VMware ESX 5.0 and later systems, BCU commands are not present on your desktop with... the esxcli infrastructure. For Windows systems, launch the command prompt using the Brocade BCU desktop aa, which automatically installs...
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.... • Software installation or upgrade on Linux RHEL 6.0 x64 systems, you must reboot the system to install HCM on the VMware ESX platforms for supported operating systems. - b. c. Select your system may not be able to "Operating system support" on page 40 and... installer commands is the host system architecture, such as InvocationTargetException errors, your operating system from the Brocade adapters website using Software Installer commands" on page 76. • Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are generic names for the Installer program for installing drivers, HCM, or...
.... • Software installation or upgrade on Linux RHEL 6.0 x64 systems, you must reboot the system to install HCM on the VMware ESX platforms for supported operating systems. - b. c. Select your system may not be able to "Operating system support" on page 40 and... installer commands is the host system architecture, such as InvocationTargetException errors, your operating system from the Brocade adapters website using Software Installer commands" on page 76. • Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are generic names for the Installer program for installing drivers, HCM, or...