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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual vii
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Stand-up adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
What you need for installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Connecting an adapter to a switch or direct-attached
storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing and installing SFP transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Replacing an adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Mezzanine adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brocade 804 HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Brocade 1007 CNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Brocade 1741 CNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Chapter 3 Software Installation
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Installation notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Using the GUI-based installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Software installation using Software Installer commands . . . . 76
Software removal using Adapter Software Uninstaller . . . . . . . 83
Software upgrade using Adapter Software Installer . . . . . . . . . 87
Software downgrade using Adapter Software Installer . . . . . . . 88
Installer log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Using software installation scripts and system commands. . . . . . . 89
Software installation and removal notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Driver installation and removal on Windows systems. . . . . . . . 91
Driver installation and removal on Linux systems . . . . . . . . . . .95
Driver installation and removal on Solaris systems . . . . . . . . . 97
Driver installation and removal on VMware systems . . . . . . . .99
Confirming driver package installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Confirming driver installation with HCM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Confirming driver installation with Windows tools. . . . . . . . . .104
Confirming driver installation with Solaris tools . . . . . . . . . . .106
Confirming driver installation with VMware tools . . . . . . . . . .107
Verifying adapter installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Installing SNMP subagent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Windows systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Linux systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Updating drivers with HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Installing HCM to a host from the HCM Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
HCM Agent operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Managing the HCM Agent on Linux and VMware systems . . .112
Managing the HCM Agent on Solaris systems . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Managing the HCM Agent on Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . .114