Software Installation Using Software Installer Commands - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer

Software installation using Software Installer commands

Execute Brocade Adapter Software Installer commands detailed in this section on the host
system's command line with your choice of parameters to step through the installation or
automatically install network and storage driver packages, the HCM application, or both without
requiring further user interaction. The HCM Agent starts automatically after installation.
For details on operating system requirements for installing adapter drivers, refer to
system support"
download the latest release notes from the Brocade adapters website at
www.brocade.com/adapters
following steps:
1. Go to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters.
2. Navigate to the Downloads page.
3. Select your operating system from the Downloads list.
4. On the downloads page, download the release notes from the "Documentation" section.
Note that on systems without a configured GUI, using the installer command without parameters as
outlined in
program will fail. Using the installer command with parameters outlined in this section will allow
you to install all or individual adapter software components.
NOTE
Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are not supported on Solaris systems.
Following are the commands you can use for supported operating systems:
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on page 40 and
whenever you install or update adapter driver packages using the
"Using the GUI-based installer"
Windows systems - possible commands
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Install drivers, HCM GUI, both, or management utilities. Overwrites the existing driver
installed on the system.
brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_<version>.exe
-DCHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=[DRIVER|GUI|BOTH|UTIL]
-DFORCE_WIN_DRIVER_INSTALLATION=1
-i silent
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Install drivers and HCM GUI in silent mode (no interaction required).
brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_<version>.exe -i silent
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Install drivers and the HCM GUI using a default installation properties file.
brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_<version>.exe -f
HCMDefaultInstall.properties
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Install software in silent mode using default installation properties file. Note that this is
recommended for silent mode.
brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_<version>.exe -1 silent -f
HCMDefaultInstall.properties
Linux systems - possible commands
-
x_86 and x_86_64 platforms
Install drivers, HCM GUI, both, or management utilities. Overwrites the existing driver
installed on system.
"Software installation and driver packages"
on page 69 may generate errors and the installer
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