Downloading a boot image to a selected host – Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual

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6. Locate the boot image file using one of the following methods:

Search for the file you want from the Look In list. Boot image files version 2.0.0.0 and
2.1.0.0 are .zip files and other boot image files are .tar files.

Enter the name of the image file you want to import in the File Name field.

7. Click Open.

After the import completes, you see a message that the boot image imported successfully.

NOTE

The boot image file is imported to
Install_Server_Home/data/adapter_software/adapter_boot_images.

8. Click OK.

Downloading a boot image to a selected host

To download boot images to a selected host, perform the following tasks.

1. Select one or more hosts from the Available Hosts list on the Boot Image Management dialog

box, and click the right arrow button to move the selected hosts to the Selected Hosts list.

You can select up to 50 hosts. The first 20 hosts execute the download concurrently. If you
select more than 20 hosts, they will be queued and will start when the previous download
completes.

NOTE

The boot image version must be 2.0.0.0 or later.

2. Click Select Latest to automatically select the latest boot image for the selected hosts.

3. From the Boot Image Management dialog box, click the Update button to download a boot

image to one or more selected hosts.

One of the following download status messages displays in the Status column of the Selected
Hosts list:

Ready

Queued

In progress

Failed — If the download failed, the failure reason displays in the Message column of the
Selected Hosts list; for example, failed to connect to HCM agent, a checksum error
occurred, or the file is invalid.

Finished

4. Alternatively, you can click the Select Latest button to automatically select the latest boot

image for the selected hosts.

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