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Boot installation packages
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Mezzanine adapters
The following items may be shipped with adapters for installation, depending on the adapter model:
• Adapter
• Adapter installation instructions
• Important notices document and warranty card
• CD containing documentation for installing, removing, configuring, and troubleshooting the
adapter.
Boot installation packages
Download boot installation packages to support boot operations, such as boot from SAN, network
boot, and updating adapter boot code, from the Brocade website
using the following steps:
1. Access the Brocade adapters website at www.brocade.com/adapters .
2. Navigate to the Downloads page.
3. Select your operating system from the Downloads list to display appropriate downloads.
4. On the download page, select the Boot Code area.
The following boot installation packages are available:
• Driver update disk (dud) ISO files containing the appropriate driver and necessary directory
structure to install with the host operating system on remote LUNs for boot over SAN
operations. ISO images are available for Windows 2008, Linux, Solaris, and VMware systems. A
Zip file is available for Windows 2003 and VMware ESX 5.0 systems.
NOTE
When installing the operating system to the remote boot LUN, you must use the driver update
disk (DUD) appropriate for the host operating system and platform or installation will fail. Also
note that two separate DUDs are available for each operating system to provide appropriate
storage and network files for your adapter model.
NOTE
For Microsoft Windows operating systems, the driver update disk does not verify prerequisite
checks as part of installation. Please review the operating system prerequisites and install the
necessary hotfixes after the operating system installation is complete.
• A LiveCD ISO image (live_cd.iso) containing the adapter driver, boot code, and minimum
operating system to allow you to boot BIOS-based host systems that do not have installed
operating systems or local drives. Once you boot the system, you can update the boot image on
installed adapters and configure boot from SAN using BCU commands.
NOTE
To boot UEFI-based host systems, you can create a WinPE ISO image using steps under
“Configuring fabric-based boot LUN discovery (Brocade fabrics)” on page 164. This image
contains the adapter driver, boot code, and minimum operating system to boot systems
without installed operating systems or local drives.