Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual page 130

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Using software installation scripts and system commands
5. Log in as vi-admin, using the password from
6. Copy the adapter driver iso file from the temporary directory to the vMA.
7.
8. When prompted for the password, enter the superuser account password (same as from
9. Add the ESXi server IP Address to vMA using the following command.
10. Run the following command to make sure that the added ESXi server is listed in the vMA.
11. Execute the following command on the vMA terminal.
12. Mount the adapter driver iso file on a temporary directory such as /ISO. Create /ISO if does not
13. Scan the ESXi 4 host against the driver CD bulletin IDs using the following command.
14. Install the driver CD bulletin IDs using the following command.
15. Unmount the adapter driver ISO and delete the temporary "/ISO" directory created in
16. Repeat steps 12-15 for each adapter driver to be installed.
17. After the host updates successfully, exit from maintenance mode.
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Run the following command for superuser privileges:
# sudo -s
step 4).
# vifp addserver <ESXi address>
where
ESXi address ESXi server's IP Address where driver is to be installed.
vifp listservers
# vifpinit <ESXi address>
where
ESXi address ESXi server's IP entered at
exist.
# mkdir -p /ISO
# mount -o loop <Brocade Driver ISO file> /ISO
As an example,
# mount -o loop bfa_esx40_2.3.0.0.iso /ISO
# vihostupdate -s --bundle=<path of driver.zip in mount location>
As an example,
# vihostupdate -s --bundle=/ISO/offline-bundle/offline-bundle.zip
# vihostupdate -i --bundle=<path of driver.zip in mount location>
As an example,
# vihostupdate -i --bundle=/ISO/offline-bundle/offline-bundle.zip
using the following commands
# umount /ISO
# rmdir -p /ISO
step 4.
step 9.
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