Installing The Adapter; Installing The Device Drivers, Utilities, And Hcm; Important Notes - IBM Flex System FC5024D User Manual

Installing the adapter

This chapter provides information and instructions to install adapter drivers, utilities, and management
software. It also provides information to configure the adapter. To install the adapter in the IBM Flex
System compute node, see the IBM Flex System Installation and Service Guide that comes with the
compute node; then, return to this User's Guide to install drivers, utilities, and software.

Installing the device drivers, utilities, and HCM

This section provides details on installing adapter device drivers, utilities, and the Host Connectivity
Manager (HCM) management software for your adapter
A single adapter driver "package" is available for installing drivers and other components to all
supported host operating systems and platforms. Each driver package contains the following
components:
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For details on using HCM and BCU commands to manage the adapter, refer to the Brocade Adapters
Administrator's Guide.
Download the latest driver packages, boot code image, utilities, and additional Brocade adapter
documentation from www.brocade.com/adapters-ibm-flex.

Important notes

The following notes provide information on general software and firmware installation.
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A driver for your host system.
The IBM Flex System FC5024D 4-Port 16Gb FC Adapter requires installation of the storage (FC)
driver. This driver is included in all driver installation packages. The storage driver provides Fibre
Channel frame transport for adapter ports.
Firmware.
Firmware is installed in the adapter's on-board flash memory and operates on the adapter's CPU. It
provides an interface to the host device driver and off-loads many low-level hardware-specific
programming tasks typically performed by the device drivers. The firmware provides appropriate
support for drivers to manage the hardware.
Management utilities.
These utilities include the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU), Brocade Adapter Software
Installer (BASI), installer scripts, HCM agent, and CIM Provider. The GUI-based Brocade Adapter
Software Installer (BASI) application installs HCM, all driver packages, and utilities based on your
host operating system.
The procedures in this section assume that the host's operating system has been installed and is
functioning normally.
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