Dell Brocade Adapters - Manual (Page 65)

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Adapter software
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In addition to features summarized in the preceding sections of this guide, there are some unique
management features for Fabric Adapters, not available for HBAs and CNAs, including the
following:
• Configure port modes (CNA, HBA, NIC)
• Create, delete, enable, and disable vNICs.
• Query for information, display statistics, and set bandwidth for vNICs.
• Discover and display vNICs
• Discover and display vHBAs
• Enable and disable vHBAs
• Query for information and display statistics for vHBAs
Adapter software
Brocade adapter software includes the appropriate driver package for your host system,
management utilities, and the HCM application. You can install all of these components or
individual components using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (BASI) GUI-based application
or commands.
Driver packages
A single adapter driver “package” is available for installing to each supported host operation
system and platform. Refer to
“Software installation and driver packages” on page 43 for a list of
packages for each support host systems.
Three types of adapter drivers are provided in installation packages:
• Storage driver (all adapters)
This driver provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports
configured in HBA mode, as well as FCoE transport for Brocade CNAs. The installer logic
detects either a FCoE or Fibre Channel network and the appropriate driver support is provided
automatically.
NOTE
The storage driver will claim all installed Brocade adapters installed in a system. This driver will
be used instead of the driver originally installed for these adapters.
• Network driver (CNAs and Fabric Adapters only)
Driver for frame transport over Ethernet and basic Ethernet services. This driver only applies to
CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode only.
• Intermediate driver (CNAs and Fabric Adapters only)
For Windows systems only, this provides support for multiple VLANs on ports and teams. This
driver applies to CNAs and to Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA or NIC mode. Note that
installing this driver changes the behavior of the network driver because it alters the binding of
the driver and protocols in the network stack. Before installing the intermediate driver, network
traffic goes from the protocols layer to the network driver directly. After installation, virtual