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... xii Supported adapter hardware and software xiii Fabric Adapters xiii CNAs xiii HBAs xiii Fabric OS and switch support xiv Host operating system support xv Host operating system support for adapter drivers xv Fibre Channel support xv FCoE support xvi Ethernet support xvi Hypervisor ...conventions xix Command examples xix Notes, cautions, and warnings xix Key terms xx Notice to the reader xx Additional information xx Brocade resources xx Other industry resources xxi Providing details for support xxii Support Save overview xxiv Initiating Support Save through HCM xxvi ...
... xii Supported adapter hardware and software xiii Fabric Adapters xiii CNAs xiii HBAs xiii Fabric OS and switch support xiv Host operating system support xv Host operating system support for adapter drivers xv Fibre Channel support xv FCoE support xvi Ethernet support xvi Hypervisor ...conventions xix Command examples xix Notes, cautions, and warnings xix Key terms xx Notice to the reader xx Additional information xx Brocade resources xx Other industry resources xxi Providing details for support xxii Support Save overview xxiv Initiating Support Save through HCM xxvi ...
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... 27 Adapter management features 31 General adapter management 32 Fabric Adapter management 33 CNA management 33 NIC Management 35 HBA management 36 Fabric Adapter management 36 Adapter software 37 Driver packages 37 Management utilities 38 Host Connectivity Manager 42 Boot code 42 CIM Provider 43 Adapter event messages 43 Software installation...installation packages 49 Downloading software and publications 52 Using BCU commands 53 Hardware Installation In this chapter 55 Introduction 55 ESD precautions 55 vi Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01
... 27 Adapter management features 31 General adapter management 32 Fabric Adapter management 33 CNA management 33 NIC Management 35 HBA management 36 Fabric Adapter management 36 Adapter software 37 Driver packages 37 Management utilities 38 Host Connectivity Manager 42 Boot code 42 CIM Provider 43 Adapter event messages 43 Software installation...installation packages 49 Downloading software and publications 52 Using BCU commands 53 Hardware Installation In this chapter 55 Introduction 55 ESD precautions 55 vi Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01
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... and installing SFP transceivers 59 Replacing an adapter 60 Mezzanine adapters 61 Brocade 804 HBA 61 Brocade 1007 CNA 62 Brocade 1741 CNA 62 Software Installation In this chapter 65 Introduction 65 Installation notes 66 Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer 68 Using the GUI-based installer 69 Software installation ... with VMware tools 107 Verifying adapter installation 108 Installing SNMP subagent 109 Windows systems 110 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...
... and installing SFP transceivers 59 Replacing an adapter 60 Mezzanine adapters 61 Brocade 804 HBA 61 Brocade 1007 CNA 62 Brocade 1741 CNA 62 Software Installation In this chapter 65 Introduction 65 Installation notes 66 Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer 68 Using the GUI-based installer 69 Software installation ... with VMware tools 107 Verifying adapter installation 108 Installing SNMP subagent 109 Windows systems 110 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...
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... Use this chapter to install software on the host system where you want as quickly and easily as the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and driver packages. It also includes procedures to verify software and hardware installation. Also included are instructions to update adapter ...on the SAN instead of the host's local disk or direct-attached storage. • Chapter 5 "Specifications," includes details on Brocade host bus adapters (HBAs), converged network adapters (CNAs), and Fabric Adapters. About This Document In this chapter •How this document is organized xi ...
... Use this chapter to install software on the host system where you want as quickly and easily as the Brocade Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and driver packages. It also includes procedures to verify software and hardware installation. Also included are instructions to update adapter ...on the SAN instead of the host's local disk or direct-attached storage. • Chapter 5 "Specifications," includes details on Brocade host bus adapters (HBAs), converged network adapters (CNAs), and Fabric Adapters. About This Document In this chapter •How this document is organized xi ...
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Host operating system support for adapter drivers This section lists operating system support for all models of Brocade adapters: • Fabric Adapters - "Fibre Channel support" on page xv, for ports configured in NIC mode. • CNAs- Refer to the following subsections depending on page xvi. • HBAs - "Ethernet support" on page xvi for ports...
Host operating system support for adapter drivers This section lists operating system support for all models of Brocade adapters: • Fabric Adapters - "Fibre Channel support" on page xv, for ports configured in NIC mode. • CNAs- Refer to the following subsections depending on page xvi. • HBAs - "Ethernet support" on page xvi for ports...
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... SFP 4 Low-profile mounting bracket. Fabric Adapter ports set in HBA mode appear as "FC HBA" to the following modes using the Brocade AnyIO technology, provided the correct SFP is installed for the port: • HBA or Fibre Channel mode. Note: The adapter ships with the standard ...) 3 LEDs for the port. This mode utilizes the Brocade Fibre Channel storage driver. They appear as "FC" ports when discovered in this document. 2 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 The port provides Host Bus Adapter (HBA) functions on a single port so that you can operate...
... SFP 4 Low-profile mounting bracket. Fabric Adapter ports set in HBA mode appear as "FC HBA" to the following modes using the Brocade AnyIO technology, provided the correct SFP is installed for the port: • HBA or Fibre Channel mode. Note: The adapter ships with the standard ...) 3 LEDs for the port. This mode utilizes the Brocade Fibre Channel storage driver. They appear as "FC" ports when discovered in this document. 2 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 The port provides Host Bus Adapter (HBA) functions on a single port so that you can operate...
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... multiple events. This reduces or eliminates network congestion and alleviates I /O latency. • Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel (IPFC) driver This driver supports transmission of a discovered remote ports, then uses this time period and thereby minimize I /O slowdowns at faster targets. With LUN...8226; N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). This reduces the interrupt processing rate and reduces the time that the CPU spends on Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapters. Interrupt latency timer. This allows multiple N_Ports to slow-draining targets. Only 16 LUN masking entries are...
... multiple events. This reduces or eliminates network congestion and alleviates I /O latency. • Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel (IPFC) driver This driver supports transmission of a discovered remote ports, then uses this time period and thereby minimize I /O slowdowns at faster targets. With LUN...8226; N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). This reduces the interrupt processing rate and reduces the time that the CPU spends on Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapters. Interrupt latency timer. This allows multiple N_Ports to slow-draining targets. Only 16 LUN masking entries are...
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... agent and MIB support for the network driver cannot be transferred with directly connected peers. Internally, hardware will always be assigned higher priority and guaranteed bandwidth so it is not stalled by less-important traffic. 22 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-... an industry-standard method of monitoring and managing network devices. Target Rate Limiting protects only FCP write traffic. • vHBA Virtual HBAs (vHBAs) are virtual port partitions that the MTU size refers to the MTU for creating priority groups to encapsulate FCoE frames on ...
... agent and MIB support for the network driver cannot be transferred with directly connected peers. Internally, hardware will always be assigned higher priority and guaranteed bandwidth so it is not stalled by less-important traffic. 22 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-... an industry-standard method of monitoring and managing network devices. Target Rate Limiting protects only FCP write traffic. • vHBA Virtual HBAs (vHBAs) are virtual port partitions that the MTU size refers to the MTU for creating priority groups to encapsulate FCoE frames on ...
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... like setting up the MAC address and retrieving statistics through the adapter. The driver dynamically selects interrupt coalescing values based on HBAs or Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode. UNDI drivers are configured on the LAN instead of FCoE and network priorities to ensure proper... The CNA and Fabric Adapter port configured in the CNA firmware, provides the ability to the CNA DCB port through the DCBCXP. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 25 53-1002144-01 Pauses traffic based on traffic and system load profiles. Adapter features 1 •...
... like setting up the MAC address and retrieving statistics through the adapter. The driver dynamically selects interrupt coalescing values based on HBAs or Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode. UNDI drivers are configured on the LAN instead of FCoE and network priorities to ensure proper... The CNA and Fabric Adapter port configured in the CNA firmware, provides the ability to the CNA DCB port through the DCBCXP. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 25 53-1002144-01 Pauses traffic based on traffic and system load profiles. Adapter features 1 •...
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...NetIORM (Network IO Resource Management), is not supported on Fabric Adapter ports. x86 and x64 Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) - The Brocade adapter network driver (CNAs only) supports receive (Rx), as well as 10 Gbps Ethernet. • vNICs, or virtual network interface cards (NICs). ... integration with a Management application, such as a virtual or logical NICs to the host operating system. HBA features Brocade Fibre Channel HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode provide the following features for enhanced performance and connectivity in the SAN. • 500,000 IOPS...
...NetIORM (Network IO Resource Management), is not supported on Fabric Adapter ports. x86 and x64 Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) - The Brocade adapter network driver (CNAs only) supports receive (Rx), as well as 10 Gbps Ethernet. • vNICs, or virtual network interface cards (NICs). ... integration with a Management application, such as a virtual or logical NICs to the host operating system. HBA features Brocade Fibre Channel HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode provide the following features for enhanced performance and connectivity in the SAN. • 500,000 IOPS...
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...coalesce) processing of Service (QoS) feature working in HBA mode. With LUN masking, an initiator port is only supported on Brocade HBAs and on the edge switch connected to each HBA port or Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode, fabrics, and targets for adding and deleting ...features • LUN masking. Enable LUN masking on a physical port. Only 16 LUN masking entries are not supported - When enabled, the driver firmware categories I /O Profiling This feature, available through the HCM Basic Port Configuration dialog box and the BCU fcpim -lunmaskadd command to identify ...
...coalesce) processing of Service (QoS) feature working in HBA mode. With LUN masking, an initiator port is only supported on Brocade HBAs and on the edge switch connected to each HBA port or Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode, fabrics, and targets for adding and deleting ...features • LUN masking. Enable LUN masking on a physical port. Only 16 LUN masking entries are not supported - When enabled, the driver firmware categories I /O Profiling This feature, available through the HCM Basic Port Configuration dialog box and the BCU fcpim -lunmaskadd command to identify ...
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...results in HBA mode. Target Rate Limiting relies on the storage driver to determine the speed capability of a discovered remote ports, then uses this single physical port and reduce SAN hardware requirements. • N_Port Trunking works in line with the licenses required on Brocade switches,...the host generates interrupts. When trunking is assumed. More VMs can share this information to throttle FCP traffic rate to manage installed Brocade adapters. Server Application Optimization (SAO) license - An interrupt is storage-specific. • Target rate limiting. Target rate limiting is...
...results in HBA mode. Target Rate Limiting relies on the storage driver to determine the speed capability of a discovered remote ports, then uses this single physical port and reduce SAN hardware requirements. • N_Port Trunking works in line with the licenses required on Brocade switches,...the host generates interrupts. When trunking is assumed. More VMs can share this information to throttle FCP traffic rate to manage installed Brocade adapters. Server Application Optimization (SAO) license - An interrupt is storage-specific. • Target rate limiting. Target rate limiting is...
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...HBA or Fabric Adapter port configured in the PCI 3.0 specification. WinPE is designed for Windows Server 2008 operating systems that allows the host to which it connects. (Requires Brocade Fabric OS 6.3x or above.) • Boot over SAN. MSI-X helps improve overall system performance by Brocade Windows 2008 adapter drivers... (SLAs) in dynamic or unpredictable enterprise-class virtual server environments with enabled SAO licensing, Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode can participate in this "boot device" is not available for direct-attached targets. ...
...HBA or Fabric Adapter port configured in the PCI 3.0 specification. WinPE is designed for Windows Server 2008 operating systems that allows the host to which it connects. (Requires Brocade Fabric OS 6.3x or above.) • Boot over SAN. MSI-X helps improve overall system performance by Brocade Windows 2008 adapter drivers... (SLAs) in dynamic or unpredictable enterprise-class virtual server environments with enabled SAO licensing, Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode can participate in this "boot device" is not available for direct-attached targets. ...
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... down handling. - FIP keep alive. - This driver is only included in CNA or NIC mode. Adapter management features The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) are the primary management ...driver package either through key management. • FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) support for the following manuals for more information, refer to"I/O virtualization" on page 34 for details. FIP Discovery protocol for HBAs, CNAs, and Fabric Adapters. Login (FIP and FCoE). - FIP clear virtual links. • Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel links. The Brocade...
... down handling. - FIP keep alive. - This driver is only included in CNA or NIC mode. Adapter management features The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) are the primary management ...driver package either through key management. • FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) support for the following manuals for more information, refer to"I/O virtualization" on page 34 for details. FIP Discovery protocol for HBAs, CNAs, and Fabric Adapters. Login (FIP and FCoE). - FIP clear virtual links. • Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel links. The Brocade...
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... 53-1002144-01 Adapter software 1 In addition to features summarized in the preceding sections of this guide, there are provided in installation packages: • Storage driver (all adapters) This driver provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode, as well as FCoE transport for...
... 53-1002144-01 Adapter software 1 In addition to features summarized in the preceding sections of this guide, there are provided in installation packages: • Storage driver (all adapters) This driver provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode, as well as FCoE transport for...
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... driver supported -32b Both drivers N/A supported - 64b Both drivers N/A supported - 64b N/A N/A Both drivers supported. TABLE 8 System Hypervisor support for Brocade adapters. N/A N/A N/A 1. For Windows 2008 R2 KB977977 is limited to the latest release notes for your adapter. For Solaris systems, only the Leadville-based storage driver is no support for CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA...
... driver supported -32b Both drivers N/A supported - 64b Both drivers N/A supported - 64b N/A N/A Both drivers supported. TABLE 8 System Hypervisor support for Brocade adapters. N/A N/A N/A 1. For Windows 2008 R2 KB977977 is limited to the latest release notes for your adapter. For Solaris systems, only the Leadville-based storage driver is no support for CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA...
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... with any version of the driver package. Install HCM on the host system containing Brocade adapters for local management or install on a network-attached system for remote management of the HCM agent. Refer to "CNA management" on page 33 or "HBA management" on systems where adapters...• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot code for UEFI systems NOTE UEFI is compatible with the driver package on page 36 for complete information. 42 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Select your adapter with the host system (server) BIOS during...
... with any version of the driver package. Install HCM on the host system containing Brocade adapters for local management or install on a network-attached system for remote management of the HCM agent. Refer to "CNA management" on page 33 or "HBA management" on systems where adapters...• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Boot code for UEFI systems NOTE UEFI is compatible with the driver package on page 36 for complete information. 42 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Select your adapter with the host system (server) BIOS during...
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...files or download the ISO image. The indicates the host processor type, such as x86 or x86_64. Network drivers are not supported on HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in the following ISO file name that you can download for specific operating systems ...and AMD64 platforms. This package also contains installer script (brocade_installer.bat). TABLE 9 Operating System and Platform Supported software installation packages Brocade Adapter Software Installer Driver Package Windows Server 2003 (x86) Windows Server 2003 (x86_64) Windows Server 2008 (x86)1 Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)2 ...
...files or download the ISO image. The indicates the host processor type, such as x86 or x86_64. Network drivers are not supported on HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in the following ISO file name that you can download for specific operating systems ...and AMD64 platforms. This package also contains installer script (brocade_installer.bat). TABLE 9 Operating System and Platform Supported software installation packages Brocade Adapter Software Installer Driver Package Windows Server 2003 (x86) Windows Server 2003 (x86_64) Windows Server 2008 (x86)1 Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)2 ...
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... adapters The following items are shipped with stand-up adapters for a complete list of adapters (CNA, HBA, or Fabric Adapter) installed in a host system. NOTE Only one driver installation is required for downloading software 48 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 For more information, refer to "Using the GUI-based...
... adapters The following items are shipped with stand-up adapters for a complete list of adapters (CNA, HBA, or Fabric Adapter) installed in a host system. NOTE Only one driver installation is required for downloading software 48 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 For more information, refer to "Using the GUI-based...
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...Drivers" or "HBA Drivers" directory in step 4. 6. Note that you must disable User Account Control (UAC) to use the installer program (brocade_installer.bat). Enter the following steps. 3 Using software installation scripts and system commands Installing and removing drivers on Windows systems Use these steps to install storage and network driver...example, brocade_driver_win2003_x86_.exe) to "Software installation and driver packages" on with Administrator privileges. Download the appropriate .exe driver package for example, C:\Adapter Drivers). NOTE For Windows 2008 systems, you can ...
...Drivers" or "HBA Drivers" directory in step 4. 6. Note that you must disable User Account Control (UAC) to use the installer program (brocade_installer.bat). Enter the following steps. 3 Using software installation scripts and system commands Installing and removing drivers on Windows systems Use these steps to install storage and network driver...example, brocade_driver_win2003_x86_.exe) to "Software installation and driver packages" on with Administrator privileges. Download the appropriate .exe driver package for example, C:\Adapter Drivers). NOTE For Windows 2008 systems, you can ...