Installing the adapter 15
Installing the device drivers, utilities, and HCM
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8. Select which software component you want to install, and then click Next.
If you are installing the management utilities and messages display warning that the HCM Agent
requires storage and network driver installation or does not match the current driver installation,
click OK. and select the Management Utilities and Storage and Network Drivers options.
If a message displays warning that the installed boot image is not compatible with the driver
installation, perform one of the following steps:
• Select Ye s to update the image and continue installation.
• Select No to not update the image and continue installation.
9. If the Choose Install Folder screen displays, prompting you to choose a destination folder for the
software, select one of the following options. If this screen does not display, proceed to step 10.
• Enter a location for installing the software.
• Select Choose to browse to a location on your file system.
• Select Restore Default Folder to enter the default installation folder.
10. When the Package Location Information screen displays listing the installed software
components and their locations on your system, click Next to continue.
11. Review information on the Pre-Installation Summary screen and click Install to begin
installation.
A progress bar displays installation progress.
For Windows systems, a Force Driver Installation message box displays if a better driver is
already installed for the adapter. If a message displays, select OK to overwrite the existing driver or
Cancel to quit installation.
12. When the Install Complete screen displays, confirm that all software installed successfully. If the
screen instructs you to restart or reboot the system, select any options that apply.
13. Click Done to confirm installation.
14. Verify driver installation through tools available on your host system. Refer to the “Confirming
driver package installation” section in the “Software Installation” chapter of the Brocade Adapters
Installation and Reference Manual for details.
15. To make sure that the drivers and boot code are synchronized, be sure to update your adapter with
the latest boot image whenever you install or update adapter driver packages. Refer to Chapter 3,
“Updating drivers, firmware, and boot code”.
Installing expansion card software creates a Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) desktop shortcut on
your system desktop. Use this shortcut instead of other methods to launch the BCU> command prompt
and enter BCU commands.
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