Important Notes - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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All parameters are case-sensitive and make sure to spell the parameters correctly.
Complete details on editing and executing the properties file are available under the "Guidelines
for silent installation" section located in the HCMDefaultproperties.file.

Important notes

Review these notes before using Brocade Adapter Software Installer commands.
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FORCE_WIN_DRIVER_INSTALLATION=1
Be sure to uncomment the "FORCE_WIN_DRIVER_INSTALLATION=1" to overwrite the existing
driver on Windows platform. Note that this may require system reboot.
For Linux or Solaris systems, use the standard DCHOSEN_INSTALL_SET command to overwrite
existing software.
#FORCE_INITRD_BACKUP=YES
For Linux systems, a "YES" value overwrites the backed-up initrd file.
Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are not supported on Solaris systems.
Executing the following commands without parameters will launch the GUI-based installer
described under "Using the GUI-based installer"
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Windows systems
brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_<version>.exe
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Linux systems
sh brocade_adapter_software_installer_linux_<version>.bin
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Solaris systems
sh brocade_adapter_software_installer_solaris10_<x86_<version>.bin
sh brocade_adapter_software_installer_solaris10_<x64_<version>.bin
sh brocade_adapter_software_installer_solaris10_sparc_<version>.bin
Complete details on editing and executing the properties file are available under the
"Guidelines for silent installation" section located in the HCMDefaultproperties.file.
If you choose to install the driver, both the storage and network drivers will be installed.
Software installation or upgrade on a host system with a large number of adapters could take
much longer than normal.
Parameters are case-sensitive.
Find the installer program for your server's operating system and platform under
installation and driver packages"
section, use the following steps to download the Brocade Adapter Software Installer to your
system.
a. Go to the adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters.
b. Navigate to the Downloads page.
c. Perform on of the following steps:
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Select your hosts's operating system from Download Individual Software Installers,
Drivers, or Documents list to display the Downloads page, then
Adapter Software Installer to your host system.
Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer
on page 69.
on page 43. Before using any commands described in this
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download the Brocade
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