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... A primary benefit of NetIOC is that it ensures that use high-speed I /O device, bypassing the virtualization layer. PCI BIOS 2.1 or later Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 27 53-1002144-01 Adapter features 1 • VLAN and Teaming Configuration Persistence VLAN and teaming ...configurations can be scaled to multiple CPUs. vNICs are not lost during upgrade and can be restored using BCU commands or ...
... A primary benefit of NetIOC is that it ensures that use high-speed I /O device, bypassing the virtualization layer. PCI BIOS 2.1 or later Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 27 53-1002144-01 Adapter features 1 • VLAN and Teaming Configuration Persistence VLAN and teaming ...configurations can be scaled to multiple CPUs. vNICs are not lost during upgrade and can be restored using BCU commands or ...
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...8226; Operating system errors (blue screen). NOTE When upgrading the driver for your host's operating system to ...manager or appearing incorrectly in the list # vihostupdate -q Upgrading driver on VMware systems To update the driver package,...and choose the Exit Maintenance Mode option. 18. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 103 53-1002144-... Confirming driver package installation Adapter driver packages from Brocade contain the current driver, firmware, and HCM...must reboot the host system. Reboot ESXi 4. The Brocade driver should show up in the host's device ...
...8226; Operating system errors (blue screen). NOTE When upgrading the driver for your host's operating system to ...manager or appearing incorrectly in the list # vihostupdate -q Upgrading driver on VMware systems To update the driver package,...and choose the Exit Maintenance Mode option. 18. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 103 53-1002144-... Confirming driver package installation Adapter driver packages from Brocade contain the current driver, firmware, and HCM...must reboot the host system. Reboot ESXi 4. The Brocade driver should show up in the host's device ...
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Verify that the adapter contains the latest BIOS version. Install the latest adapter boot code and driver using the following steps. 1. Navigate to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters. 2. Download the boot code image and driver package from the Downloads list to ...Click the Properties tab in Chapter 2, "Hardware Installation" and Chapter 3, "Software Installation". 2. Go to the adapters Downloads page. 3. Upgrade your host system using instructions in the right pane to display the adapter Properties pane. Boot code. Use your system boot menu, or ...
Verify that the adapter contains the latest BIOS version. Install the latest adapter boot code and driver using the following steps. 1. Navigate to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters. 2. Download the boot code image and driver package from the Downloads list to ...Click the Properties tab in Chapter 2, "Hardware Installation" and Chapter 3, "Software Installation". 2. Go to the adapters Downloads page. 3. Upgrade your host system using instructions in the right pane to display the adapter Properties pane. Boot code. Use your system boot menu, or ...
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... 42, 118 event message files, 43 hardware supported, xiii management BCU, 53 CIM Provider, 43 HCM, 42 software downgrading, 88 upgrading, 87 software installer, 68 software supported, xiii adapters, 199 configuring, 203 connecting to switch or storage, 58 general features, 16 ...Brocade BIOS Utility, 136 configuring with HCM and BCU, 125, 142 support for boot over SAN, 128 support for network boot, 121 BIOS configuration utility field descriptions, 138 boot code, 117, 118 boot image, 50 boot installation packages, 51 boot LUN discovery, 20, 30 boot LUNs installing for IBM 3xxx M2 and Dell...
... 42, 118 event message files, 43 hardware supported, xiii management BCU, 53 CIM Provider, 43 HCM, 42 software downgrading, 88 upgrading, 87 software installer, 68 software supported, xiii adapters, 199 configuring, 203 connecting to switch or storage, 58 general features, 16 ...Brocade BIOS Utility, 136 configuring with HCM and BCU, 125, 142 support for boot over SAN, 128 support for network boot, 121 BIOS configuration utility field descriptions, 138 boot code, 117, 118 boot image, 50 boot installation packages, 51 boot LUN discovery, 20, 30 boot LUNs installing for IBM 3xxx M2 and Dell...
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..., 112 network driver configuration parameters, 216 removing software with uninstaller commands, 86 storage driver configuration parameters, 206 upgrading driver, 97 LiveCD image, 168 LiveCD ISO file, 49, 167 LLDP, 25 look ahead split, 24 ... 222 Fabric Adapters, 223 NetQueues, configuring, 221 network boot, 25 configuring BIOS with BCU commands, 126 configuring BIOS with HCM, 125 configuring with BIOS utility, 123 driver support, 122 general requirements, 122 network boot introduction, ..., xvii P PCI boot code adapters, 42, 118 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Guide 241 53-1002144-01
..., 112 network driver configuration parameters, 216 removing software with uninstaller commands, 86 storage driver configuration parameters, 206 upgrading driver, 97 LiveCD image, 168 LiveCD ISO file, 49, 167 LLDP, 25 look ahead split, 24 ... 222 Fabric Adapters, 223 NetQueues, configuring, 221 network boot, 25 configuring BIOS with BCU commands, 126 configuring BIOS with HCM, 125 configuring with BIOS utility, 123 driver support, 122 general requirements, 122 network boot introduction, ..., xvii P PCI boot code adapters, 42, 118 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Guide 241 53-1002144-01
Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide
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...fails on ESX systems 19 Errors when using GUI-based software installer 19 Errors when installing brocade_driver_linux_.tar.gz package 19 UEFI boot problems 20 BIOS boot problems 23 Fabric Adapter problems 27 VLANs and teams persist after changing port to HBA mode . . 27 HCM not discovering all ...Trunking problems 29 Unable to create more than 126 Virtual (NPIV) ports for adapter 30 CNA problems 31 Cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade to 3.0 drivers 31 VMQs not created for virtual network adapter instances . . . . . 31 vi Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01
...fails on ESX systems 19 Errors when using GUI-based software installer 19 Errors when installing brocade_driver_linux_.tar.gz package 19 UEFI boot problems 20 BIOS boot problems 23 Fabric Adapter problems 27 VLANs and teams persist after changing port to HBA mode . . 27 HCM not discovering all ...Trunking problems 29 Unable to create more than 126 Virtual (NPIV) ports for adapter 30 CNA problems 31 Cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade to 3.0 drivers 31 VMQs not created for virtual network adapter instances . . . . . 31 vi Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01
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... found or link down message displays in "General adapter problems" Brocade BIOS Configuration menu" "BIOS boot problems" "Unable to boot from the stored boot device settings in the adapter" "General adapter problems" "BIOS boot problems" All Windows Windows Windows Windows "Remote LUNs are... problems" "Unable to create more than 126 Virtual (NPIV) ports for "HBA problems" All adapter" "Cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade to 3.0 drivers" "CNA problems" Windows 2003 "VMQs not created for virtual network adapter instances" "Ethernet loopback test problems" "CNA problems...
... found or link down message displays in "General adapter problems" Brocade BIOS Configuration menu" "BIOS boot problems" "Unable to boot from the stored boot device settings in the adapter" "General adapter problems" "BIOS boot problems" All Windows Windows Windows Windows "Remote LUNs are... problems" "Unable to create more than 126 Virtual (NPIV) ports for "HBA problems" All adapter" "Cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade to 3.0 drivers" "CNA problems" Windows 2003 "VMQs not created for virtual network adapter instances" "Ethernet loopback test problems" "CNA problems...
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...remote LUN being used for your Windows host system driver store. BIOS boot problems This section describes problems that was preinstalled earlier, then retry preinstalling the new driver package. Possible Cause: Windows restricts upgrading a preinstalled driver before installing the hardware. Possible Cause: This ...disk is formatted, as the default SAN POLICY is already present on boot LUN When installing drivers using the Brocade adapter and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) for booting a host system from a remote storage device (boot over SAN, the installation fails. Possible causes...
...remote LUN being used for your Windows host system driver store. BIOS boot problems This section describes problems that was preinstalled earlier, then retry preinstalling the new driver package. Possible Cause: Windows restricts upgrading a preinstalled driver before installing the hardware. Possible Cause: This ...disk is formatted, as the default SAN POLICY is already present on boot LUN When installing drivers using the Brocade adapter and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) for booting a host system from a remote storage device (boot over SAN, the installation fails. Possible causes...
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... collect data, 61 using for ESX systems, 66 BCU commands, using, 65 BCU desktop shortcut missing problem, 16 BCU version mismatch, 14 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01 beaconing, 89 enabling through BCU, 89 enabling through HCM, 90 binding issues with Hyper-V enabled, 39... through BCU, 97 BIOS data, collecting, 97 BIOS messages, 121 BIOS not installed displays, 27 bios query command, 97 boot from SAN stops on HP hosts, 26 C cannot boot over SAN, 26 cannot disable trunking, 30 cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade, 31 cannot remove Linux driver, 17 CNA fabric OS support...
... collect data, 61 using for ESX systems, 66 BCU commands, using, 65 BCU desktop shortcut missing problem, 16 BCU version mismatch, 14 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01 beaconing, 89 enabling through BCU, 89 enabling through HCM, 90 binding issues with Hyper-V enabled, 39... through BCU, 97 BIOS data, collecting, 97 BIOS messages, 121 BIOS not installed displays, 27 bios query command, 97 boot from SAN stops on HP hosts, 26 C cannot boot over SAN, 26 cannot disable trunking, 30 cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade, 31 cannot remove Linux driver, 17 CNA fabric OS support...
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... on HP hosts, 26 cannot boot over SAN, 26 cannot disable trunking, 30 cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade, 31 cannot remove Linux driver, 17 CNA, 31 CTL-B option does not display when booting host, 24 DCB...quality of service not functioning, 29 receive-side scaling disables, 35 removing network drivers causes error, 17 resolving BIOS boot problems, 23 resolving UEFI boot problems, 20 RSS network throughput decreasing, 36 SNMP browser not displaying all ...FCoE port, 100 vHBA, 101 properties for SFPs, 98 publication references, 56 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 145 53-1002145-01
... on HP hosts, 26 cannot boot over SAN, 26 cannot disable trunking, 30 cannot manage CNAs after attempting upgrade, 31 cannot remove Linux driver, 17 CNA, 31 CTL-B option does not display when booting host, 24 DCB...quality of service not functioning, 29 receive-side scaling disables, 35 removing network drivers causes error, 17 resolving BIOS boot problems, 23 resolving UEFI boot problems, 20 RSS network throughput decreasing, 36 SNMP browser not displaying all ...FCoE port, 100 vHBA, 101 properties for SFPs, 98 publication references, 56 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 145 53-1002145-01