Installation Notes - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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Installation notes

Installation notes

Please read through the following notes before installing adapter software:
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For details on operating system requirements for installing adapter drivers, refer to
system support" on page 40 and
download the latest release notes from the Brocade adapters website using the following
steps:
a. Go to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters.
b. Navigate to the adapters Downloads page.
c. Select your operating system from the Downloads list or download the ISO image.
d. Download the release notes from the "Documentation" section.
Find the installer program for your host's operating system and platform under
installation and driver packages"
program for supported operating systems.
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Windows systems
brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_<version>.exe
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Linux systems
brocade_adapter_software_installer_linux_<version>.bin
brocade_adapter_software_installer_linux_<platform>_<version>.bin
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Solaris systems
brocade_adapter_software_installer_Solaris10_<platform>_<version>.bin
NOTE
The <platform> variable in the installer commands is the host system architecture, such
as SPARC, x86, or x64.
The Brocade Adapter Software Installer is not supported on the VMware ESX platforms for
installing drivers, HCM, or utilities. However, you can use an appropriate Brocade Adapter
Software Installer to install HCM on a "guest" system. For VMware, drivers and utilities are
provided as ISO images packed in a tarball. A Brocade installer script is available for
installation.
To use the Brocade Adapter Software Installer on Linux RHEL 6.0 x64 systems, you must install
the x32-compatible libraries as they are not installed by default. Refer to
systems" on page 69 for procedures.
Software installation or upgrade on a host system with a large number of adapters could take
much longer than normal.
If you receive errors when launching the GUI-based Brocade Adapter Software Installer, such
as InvocationTargetException errors, your system may not be able to run a GUI-based
application. Instead use the instructions under
commands" on page 76.
Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are not supported on Solaris systems so Solaris commands
in this section do not apply.
After installing drivers on a Linux or Solaris system, you must reboot the system to enable the
drivers.
"Software installation and driver packages"
on page 43. Following are generic names for the Installer
"Software installation using Software Installer
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual
"Operating
on page 43. Also
"Software
"RHEL 6.x version x64
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