Installing the full driver package on boot luns, Installing the full, Driver package on boot luns – Dell Brocade Adapters User Manual
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The driver loads to the system.
If the driver update was successful, a “Driver Update OK” or similar message displays:
10. Press Enter.
11. If the system prompts you to update another driver, select BACK, then press Enter.
12. When prompted to insert the SLES 11 product CD #1, insert the CD into the drive and select
OK.
13. Continue responding to on-screen instructions and refer to your system documentation as
necessary to format and complete installation on the target boot LUN.
After SLES installs on the remote LUN, the system should automatically reboot from the LUN.
Installing the full driver package on boot LUNs
The preceding procedures for each operating system under
on page 148, do not install the HCM Agent and the full range of Brocade
Command Line Utilities. To install the full driver package with adapter agent and all BCU
commands, including bfa_supportsave, perform these additional steps.
NOTE
For information available driver packages and operating system support for drivers, refer to
“Software installation and driver packages”
1. Compare the version of the full driver package that you wish to install with the version of the
driver already installed on the boot LUN. There are a variety of methods to determine the driver
version installed on your operating system. Refer to
“Confirming driver package installation”
page 103 for more information.
If the versions do not match, you will perform additional steps to initialize the new package on
your system.
2. Install the full driver package using steps for your operating system under
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If the driver that you install and the driver already installed on the LUN match, perform
steps as normal to complete installation. You will be able to use the additional utilities and
HCM Agent installed with the full package.
For Linux systems, install the latest version of brocade_driver_linux_<version>.tar.gz using
instructions under
“Driver installation and removal on Linux systems”
on page 95. This will
install all package utilities without updating the driver. You do not need to reboot the
system.
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If the driver that you install and the driver already installed on the LUN do not match, go on
to
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3. If the version of the driver installed on the boot LUN and the driver you are installing do not
match, perform these additional steps for your operating system:
Windows
Reboot the system to initialize the new driver.