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... Tian He Road North Unit 1308 - 13th Floor Guangzhou, China Tel: +8620 3891 2000 Fax: +8620 3891 2111 E-mail: china-info@brocade.com Document History Title Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Publication number 53-1001254-01 53-1001254-02 53-1001254-03 53-1001581-01 53-1001254-04 53-1001926-01 Summary of...
... Tian He Road North Unit 1308 - 13th Floor Guangzhou, China Tel: +8620 3891 2000 Fax: +8620 3891 2111 E-mail: china-info@brocade.com Document History Title Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Publication number 53-1001254-01 53-1001254-02 53-1001254-03 53-1001581-01 53-1001254-04 53-1001926-01 Summary of...
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... 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 Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Support Save overview The Support Save feature is an important tool for a port crash...
... 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 Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Support Save overview The Support Save feature is an important tool for a port crash...
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... appropriate SFP (FC or 10 GbE) and driver packages are installed to a specific mode. Dynamically changing the port mode is already pre-installed in this mode can change the mode of individual ports on an adapter using the bcu port --mode or bcu adapter --mode BCU commands. 2. Fabric Adapter ports set in NIC mode appear as FCoE ports when discovered in this configuration change the port mode, the port resets to converge onto 10 Gbps DCB networks. Refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide. Fabric Adapters 1 • Ethernet...
... appropriate SFP (FC or 10 GbE) and driver packages are installed to a specific mode. Dynamically changing the port mode is already pre-installed in this mode can change the mode of individual ports on an adapter using the bcu port --mode or bcu adapter --mode BCU commands. 2. Fabric Adapter ports set in NIC mode appear as FCoE ports when discovered in this configuration change the port mode, the port resets to converge onto 10 Gbps DCB networks. Refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide. Fabric Adapters 1 • Ethernet...
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...." TABLE 6 Factory default physical function (PF) configurations for the port. Multiple vNICs are only supported on Fabric Adapter ports (vNIC create and delete functions are supported on the same port. Adapter features 1 • For Fabric Adapters, the default number of PFs depends on Brocade CNA models, such as the 1010 and 1020. • Teaming is 10,000 Mbps.The maximum bandwidth per PF to Table 6. vHBAs are supported). Mode PFs configured per PF configuration port...
...." TABLE 6 Factory default physical function (PF) configurations for the port. Multiple vNICs are only supported on Fabric Adapter ports (vNIC create and delete functions are supported on the same port. Adapter features 1 • For Fabric Adapters, the default number of PFs depends on Brocade CNA models, such as the 1010 and 1020. • Teaming is 10,000 Mbps.The maximum bandwidth per PF to Table 6. vHBAs are supported). Mode PFs configured per PF configuration port...
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... operating at a speed lower than the setting on the attached FCoE switch or the switch cannot accept jumbo frames. • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) SNMP is 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 require mini-Jumbo size frames. Multiple vHBAs are provided for larger packets. • Data Center Bridging Capability...
... operating at a speed lower than the setting on the attached FCoE switch or the switch cannot accept jumbo frames. • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) SNMP is 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 require mini-Jumbo size frames. Multiple vHBAs are provided for larger packets. • Data Center Bridging Capability...
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... VLANs, refer to Link aggregation (NIC teaming) in this section. For more details on different processors. Splits network data to NIC hardware. - LSO increases outbound throughput by the specific operating system. • MAC and VLAN filtering and tagging A mechanism that match the MAC and VLAN for the configured LAN are implemented by Brocade in on teaming, refer to VLAN (802.1Q) in this section. 26 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual...
... VLANs, refer to Link aggregation (NIC teaming) in this section. For more details on different processors. Splits network data to NIC hardware. - LSO increases outbound throughput by the specific operating system. • MAC and VLAN filtering and tagging A mechanism that match the MAC and VLAN for the configured LAN are implemented by Brocade in on teaming, refer to VLAN (802.1Q) in this section. 26 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual...
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... number. You can configure the following parameters per physical port - Refer to adjust interrupt coalescing: 28 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Use this feature impacts I /O latency data into average, minimum, and maximum categories. LUN masking is only supported on Brocade HBAs and on the connected switch, execute the Fabric OS licenseshow command. Only 16 LUN masking entries are installed on Fabric Adapter ports configured in the network. 1 Adapter...
... number. You can configure the following parameters per physical port - Refer to adjust interrupt coalescing: 28 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 Use this feature impacts I /O latency data into average, minimum, and maximum categories. LUN masking is only supported on Brocade HBAs and on the connected switch, execute the Fabric OS licenseshow command. Only 16 LUN masking entries are installed on Fabric Adapter ports configured in the network. 1 Adapter...
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... pipe. Trunking license Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 29 53-1002144-01 This reduces or eliminates network congestion and alleviates I /O latency. • 16 Virtual Channels (VCs) per port. When trunking is assumed. You can enable or disable this information to throttle FCP traffic rate to slow-draining targets. More VMs can adjust this delay time and thereby coalesce multiple interrupts events into one link. An interrupt...
... pipe. Trunking license Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 29 53-1002144-01 This reduces or eliminates network congestion and alleviates I /O latency. • 16 Virtual Channels (VCs) per port. When trunking is assumed. You can enable or disable this information to throttle FCP traffic rate to slow-draining targets. More VMs can adjust this delay time and thereby coalesce multiple interrupts events into one link. An interrupt...
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...; Configure port modes (CNA, HBA, NIC) • Create, delete, enable, and disable vNICs. • Query for information, display statistics, and set bandwidth for vNICs. • Discover and display vNICs • Discover and display vHBAs • Enable and disable vHBAs • Query for information and display statistics for vHBAs Adapter software Brocade adapter software includes the appropriate driver package for frame transport over Ethernet and basic Ethernet services. Note that installing this guide...
...; Configure port modes (CNA, HBA, NIC) • Create, delete, enable, and disable vNICs. • Query for information, display statistics, and set bandwidth for vNICs. • Discover and display vNICs • Discover and display vHBAs • Enable and disable vHBAs • Query for information and display statistics for vHBAs Adapter software Brocade adapter software includes the appropriate driver package for frame transport over Ethernet and basic Ethernet services. Note that installing this guide...
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... software must not be used with ports configured in the firmware. For systems not supporting network drivers, only the storage driver is included. • Firmware Firmware is installed in the adapter's on-board flash memory and operates on the adapter model, it manages the physical Ethernet link to present an Ethernet interface to your host system without using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer. It provides an interface to the host device driver and off-loads many low-level hardware-specific...
... software must not be used with ports configured in the firmware. For systems not supporting network drivers, only the storage driver is included. • Firmware Firmware is installed in the adapter's on-board flash memory and operates on the adapter model, it manages the physical Ethernet link to present an Ethernet interface to your host system without using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer. It provides an interface to the host device driver and off-loads many low-level hardware-specific...
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... 112 •HCM configuration data 114 •Setting IP address and subnet mask on page 118 for instructions to the Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide. Software Installation Chapter 3 In this chapter •Introduction 65 •Installation notes 66 •Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer 68 •Using software installation scripts and system commands 89 •Confirming driver package installation 103 •Verifying adapter installation 108 •Updating drivers with the latest boot image whenever you install or update adapter driver packages. Procedures...
... 112 •HCM configuration data 114 •Setting IP address and subnet mask on page 118 for instructions to the Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide. Software Installation Chapter 3 In this chapter •Introduction 65 •Installation notes 66 •Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer 68 •Using software installation scripts and system commands 89 •Confirming driver package installation 103 •Verifying adapter installation 108 •Updating drivers with the latest boot image whenever you install or update adapter driver packages. Procedures...
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... to display appropriate download files. With PXE BIOS enabled on the adapter for a specific port ID (or a VLAN ID for the existing adapter. 120 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 NOTE Enabling VLAN during network boot requires support from the operating system and has not been fully validated due to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters. Go to operating system limitations. Extract the boot code image file. 3. Booting from a remote LAN location...
... to display appropriate download files. With PXE BIOS enabled on the adapter for a specific port ID (or a VLAN ID for the existing adapter. 120 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 53-1002144-01 NOTE Enabling VLAN during network boot requires support from the operating system and has not been fully validated due to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters. Go to operating system limitations. Extract the boot code image file. 3. Booting from a remote LAN location...
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... Fabric Adapter ports configured in the list. For example, use the First LUN or Flash Values options. To configure boot devices, select Boot Device Settings from direct-attached Fibre Channel targets, you configure and save them through the BIOS Configuration Utility and BCU. • First LUN. NOTE: Auto allows the adapter port to preceding or next screen. S - Go to automatically negotiate link speed with the connected port. Note that is not supported for...
... Fabric Adapter ports configured in the list. For example, use the First LUN or Flash Values options. To configure boot devices, select Boot Device Settings from direct-attached Fibre Channel targets, you configure and save them through the BIOS Configuration Utility and BCU. • First LUN. NOTE: Auto allows the adapter port to preceding or next screen. S - Go to automatically negotiate link speed with the connected port. Note that is not supported for...
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... can negotiate from x8 to switch and I/O modules installed in the blade system enclosure through high-speed links in the internal enclosure backplane. Following are smaller than stand-up modules. Table 18 lists the two bracket types and dimensions. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 179 53-1002144-01 For example, the Brocade 1007 adapter is designed to CNA compatibility information. Mezzanine adapters mount on an x8 lane DMA...
... can negotiate from x8 to switch and I/O modules installed in the blade system enclosure through high-speed links in the internal enclosure backplane. Following are smaller than stand-up modules. Table 18 lists the two bracket types and dimensions. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 179 53-1002144-01 For example, the Brocade 1007 adapter is designed to CNA compatibility information. Mezzanine adapters mount on an x8 lane DMA...
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... identify adapter Fibre Channel switches Fiber optic links between adapter, switches, and storage ports Host hardware Model, World-Wide Name (WWN), and driver release level. Adapter not recognized as slow performance or file access. - User experiences, such as PCI device by host system BIOS. - All LEDs on these products. • Run appropriate diagnostic tools for use as a record and reference. • Describe the symptoms that you are some examples: - Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide...
... identify adapter Fibre Channel switches Fiber optic links between adapter, switches, and storage ports Host hardware Model, World-Wide Name (WWN), and driver release level. Adapter not recognized as slow performance or file access. - User experiences, such as PCI device by host system BIOS. - All LEDs on these products. • Run appropriate diagnostic tools for use as a record and reference. • Describe the symptoms that you are some examples: - Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide...
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... LED operation by replacing them with the ISO file. Reseat SFPs in the adapter (stand-up adapters only). You can be a required Brocade model. Although auto may be set, configuring settings manually on the adapter port. If the problem persists, increase the system memory or disable some of the Installation DVD that you created with SFPs in the root directory of the adapter instances. b. d. 2 General adapter problems Action: Try rebooting the system to the switch. Installer...
... LED operation by replacing them with the ISO file. Reseat SFPs in the adapter (stand-up adapters only). You can be a required Brocade model. Although auto may be set, configuring settings manually on the adapter port. If the problem persists, increase the system memory or disable some of the Installation DVD that you created with SFPs in the root directory of the adapter instances. b. d. 2 General adapter problems Action: Try rebooting the system to the switch. Installer...
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... are not installing on your host system for Brocade ports using GUI-based software installer Errors occur when launching the GUI-based Brocade Adapter Software Installer, such as InvocationTargetException errors Possible Cause: Your system may display when updating drivers. This VMware limitation applies to Brocade CNA ports and Fabric Adapter ports configured in maintenance mode to the following commands. esxcfg-module -g bfa b. Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 19 53-1002145-01 General adapter problems 2 1. Enter the following error message may...
... are not installing on your host system for Brocade ports using GUI-based software installer Errors occur when launching the GUI-based Brocade Adapter Software Installer, such as InvocationTargetException errors Possible Cause: Your system may display when updating drivers. This VMware limitation applies to Brocade CNA ports and Fabric Adapter ports configured in maintenance mode to the following commands. esxcfg-module -g bfa b. Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 19 53-1002145-01 General adapter problems 2 1. Enter the following error message may...
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... is installed for adapter port installed. 52 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01 Confirming driver package installation in the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual. Select the adapter in the host's device manager. • Improper or erratic behavior of the adapter model should display for your host's operating system to determine driver installation. Software installation packages supported by the device manager or appearing incorrectly in the device tree. 3. 2 Adapter driver installation verification TABLE 4 Installation and Reference Manual...
... is installed for adapter port installed. 52 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01 Confirming driver package installation in the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual. Select the adapter in the host's device manager. • Improper or erratic behavior of the adapter model should display for your host's operating system to determine driver installation. Software installation packages supported by the device manager or appearing incorrectly in the device tree. 3. 2 Adapter driver installation verification TABLE 4 Installation and Reference Manual...
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... Channel address, offline or online state, role (such as FCP initiator), and attached switch WWN. To display virtual port properties, use the following steps. 1. 3 Collecting port data Displaying logical port properties Use the HCM LPorts Properties panel to enable and disable the port log. 102 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01 For mezzanine or expansion card adapters, "pre-boot" display indicates that were sent out and received on a specific port...
... Channel address, offline or online state, role (such as FCP initiator), and attached switch WWN. To display virtual port properties, use the following steps. 1. 3 Collecting port data Displaying logical port properties Use the HCM LPorts Properties panel to enable and disable the port log. 102 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 53-1002145-01 For mezzanine or expansion card adapters, "pre-boot" display indicates that were sent out and received on a specific port...
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... 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, xiii host support, xiv problems, 31 storage support, xiii supported models, xii switch support, xiii CNA MAC addressing, xxii CNA operating system support, xiv collecting data using event logs, 69 using Fabric OS commands, 66...
... 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, xiii host support, xiv problems, 31 storage support, xiii supported models, xii switch support, xiii CNA MAC addressing, xxii CNA operating system support, xiv collecting data using event logs, 69 using Fabric OS commands, 66...