Using The Brocade Adapter Software Installer - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer

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Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer

Use information in this section to install the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and driver packages
for your host platform using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (BASI) application. Instructions
for using the GUI-based installer and command line installer are provided. The Brocade Adapter
Software Installer application allows you to install all software or to selectively install the HCM or
driver packages.
NOTE
The Brocade Adapter Software Installer is available for Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating
systems. For VMware systems, it will only operate on "guest" operating systems for installing the
HCM application. To install the driver and utilities package for VMware systems, refer to
installation and removal on VMware systems"
For instructions on using the Brocade installation scripts and installation commands that are
"native" to your host operating system, refer to
commands"
For details on HCM, driver packages, and other adapter software components for each supported
host system, refer to
Two installation options are available when using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer:
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KB958015 is recommended for CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode.
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Windows 2008 R2
KB977977 is recommended for CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode.
Installing software with the Brocade Adapter Software Installer automatically starts the HCM
Agent. You can manually start and stop the agent using the instructions under
operations" on page 112.
When using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer to install HCM, a "Found Backed up data"
message displays if a backup directory exists for previously installed software. This message
prompts you to restore or not to restore old configuration data. Refer to
data" on page 114 for more information.
By default, the initrd file will be backed up automatically during Linux installations. During
installation, a dialog box displays with the location of the file. If a file exists, a dialog box
displays with its current location and allows you to overwrite the file, not overwrite the file, or
quit.
For Windows systems, installing the management utilities creates a Brocade BCU desktop
shortcut on your system desktop. Use this to launch the BCU> command prompt and enter
BCU commands.
Because the ESX 5.0 driver installation process does not enforce maintenance mode, it is
recommended that you put the host in maintenance mode since a system reboot is required
after installation.
on page 89.
"Adapter software"
Installation using a GUI-based installer. Refer to
Installation using commands. This method completely installs the driver package, HCM, or all
components without user interaction. Refer to
commands" on page 76.
on page 99.
"Using software installation scripts and system
on page 37.
"Using the GUI-based installer"
"Software installation using Software Installer
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"HCM Agent
"HCM configuration
"Driver
on page 69.
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