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About this Document
In this chapter
• How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
• Host operating system support for adapter drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
• Host operating system support for HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
• What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
• Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
• Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
• Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
• Providing details for support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
How this document is organized
This manual provides troubleshooting information on Brocade host bus adapters (HBAs),
converged network adapters (CNAs), and Fabric Adapters. It is organized to help you find the
information that you want as quickly and easily as possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction to Troubleshooting” provides an introduction and approach to
troubleshooting adapter problems, as well as tips for gathering problem information. A
checklist is also provided to verify that required procedures have been followed during
installation.
• Chapter 2, “Isolating Problems” provides information on common adapter problems and
procedures to diagnose and recover from these problems.
• Chapter 3, “Tools for Collecting Data” provides a summary of diagnostic and monitoring tools
available through the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM), Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU),
Fabric OS commands, and host system to help you isolate and resolve adapter-related
problems.
• Chapter 4, “Performance Optimization” contains guidelines for optimizing adapter
performance on your host system.
• Appendix A, “Adapter BIOS and Event Message Reference” contains details on all event
messages generated by adapter drivers.
• Appendix B, “HCM and Installer Message Reference” lists all error messages that may display
during operation of HCM and the Brocade Adapter Software Installer application. Causes of
each message and actions to perform to resolve problems are also included.