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IBM Brocade User Manual

IBM Brocade
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©Copyright IBM Corp. 2010 iii
Contents
Safety
Important: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Statement 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Statement 21: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement: . . . . . . . . x
Notice to Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1 Introduction
Technology overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features, specifications, and standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
FCoE features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CEE and networking features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Adapter specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
WoL and SoL limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
For more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 2 Installing and removing an adapter
Installation guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Installing the high speed adapter in a blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Configuring a command session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the high speed adapter from a blade server . . . . . . . . . .22
Chapter 3 Updating the boot code and installing device drivers
Installing the device drivers and HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing software using BASI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Installing boot code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Customizing the configuration of the high speed adapter . . . . . . . .29

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IBM Brocade Specifications

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BrandIBM
ModelBrocade
CategoryAdapter
LanguageEnglish

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