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32 Brocade 2-Port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter for IBM BladeCenter Installation and User’s Guide

Using HCM and BCU

For details on how to activate and use the BIOS Configuration Utility, refer to Appendix B, “Using the

BIOS Configuration Utility”.

Refer to the Boot Code chapter in the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual located

on http://www.brocade.com/sites/dotcom/services-support/drivers-downloads/CNA/IBM.page for

more details on the following topics:

• Configuring BIOS using BCU commands or HCM

• Configuring boot over SAN

• Configuring UEFI

• Installing operating systems and Brocade 2-Port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter drivers on

boot LUNs

• Installing full driver packages on boot LUNs

• Fabric-Based Boot LUN discovery

• Booting systems without operating systems or local drives

• Updating the Windows driver on adapter used for boot over SAN

Using HCM and BCU

The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is a management software GUI for configuring,

troubleshooting, and monitoring the Brocade 2-Port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter and device

connections on local and remote host systems. The Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU), which

loads with the driver package, provides commands that perform comparable functions on a local

host system. These functions include the following:

• Discovery using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables

you to contact the devices in your SAN.

• Configuration management, which enables you to configure local and remote systems. With

HCM you can configure the following items:

- Brocade 2-Port 10Gb Converged Network Adapters

- FCoE ports

- Ethernet ports

• Management and monitoring of CEE ports.

• Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are

connected:

- Link status of each adapter and its attached devices

- Loopback tests to evaluate the ports and the error rate on the adapter

- Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices

- FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and trace route

- Ethernet loopback test

• Monitoring, which provides statistics for the SAN components.

• Security, which enables you to specify a CHAP secret and configure authentication parameters.

• Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and

problems through a user-defined event filter.

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