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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual
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Using software installation scripts and system commands
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To display help, enter one of the following commands:
brocade_install.sh -h
brocade_install_esxi.sh -h
4. Reboot the system.
5. Determine if the driver package is installed using the following commands:
esxcfg-module -l
This lists loaded module names. Verify that an entry for bfa exists for the storage driver and an
entry for bna exists for the network driver.
cat /proc/vmware/version
This displays the latest versions of installed drivers. Look for bfa (storage driver) and bna
(network driver) entries and related build number.
6. Start the HCM Agent by using steps under
NOTE
Manually installing the driver package does not automatically start the HCM Agent.
7. When the driver is installed and host is connected to the fabric, turn on the host system and
verify adapter operation. Verify proper LED operation for stand-up adapters by referring to one
of the following locations:
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“Adapter LED operation (stand-up adapters)”
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“Adapter LED operation (stand-up adapters)”
Installation on ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 systems
Drivers are provided as ISO images packaged in a tarball. Use the install script to selectively install
storage and network driver packages with utilities to VMware systems. Refer to
installation and driver packages”
on page 43 for a description of host systems that this VMware
driver package supports.
Prerequisites
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The vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) must be installed on an ESX system other than
where you are installing the driver. Download vMA from the VMware website. Once vMA is
downloaded please refer to the vSphere Management Assistant Guide for instructions on how
to deploy vMA.
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Put the ESXi server (where the driver is to be installed) in maintenance mode using vSphere
client. Using the vSphere Client, right click ESXi and select the Enter Maintenance Mode
option.
Procedure
1. Download the VMware driver package from the Brocade website, then copy it to a temporary
(/tmp) directory on your ESXi system.
2. From the temporary directory, extract the file using the following command:
tar zxvf brocade_driver_<esxversion>_<driverversion>.tar.gz
3. Power on the vMA virtual machine.
4. Follow instructions from vSphere Management Assistant Guide to set DHCP and the password.