Dell Brocade Adapters User Manual
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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual
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Installation notes
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You must use the Brocade Adapter Software Installer application to install HCM to the host
system where the adapter is installed or to a separate remote management platform.You
cannot install HCM using the Brocade-provided installation scripts or your system’s “native”
installation commands. After installation, an HCM desktop shortcut is available on Windows
and Linux systems.
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Ensure that Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (or later) Redistributable package is installed on Windows
2003 R2 SP3 systems to avoid problems starting HCM Agent.
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There are firewall issues with HCM Agent on Windows 2008 and VMware systems. When
installing the driver package on these systems, open TCP/IP port 34568 to allow agent
communication with HCM.
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For VMware, use the following command to open port 34568:
/usr/sbin/cfg-firewall -o 34568,tcp,in,https
/usr/sbin/cfg-firewall -o 34568,udp,out,https
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For Windows, use Windows Firewall and Advanced Service (WFAS) to open port 34568.
Note that you can change the default communication port (34568) for the agent using the
procedures under
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On Linux SLES 10 and 11 systems when installing the source-based (noarch) driver packages
(brocade_driver_linux_
and the kernel has been upgraded to a version without pre-compiled binaries, perform the
following tasks to make sure the drivers will load on system reboot:
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For Linux SLES 10 systems, make sure that the LOAD_
UNSUPPORTED_MODULES_AUTOMATICALLY variable on your system is set to “yes.” This
variable is in the following configuration file.
/etc/sysconfig/hardware/config
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For Linux SLES 11, change the “allow_unsupported_modules” value from 0 to 1 in the
following file.
/etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules
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Only one driver installation is required for all Brocade adapters (HBAs, CNAs, or Fabric
Adapters) installed in a host system.
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Root or administrator privileges are required for installing the driver package.
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The procedures in this section assume that the host’s operating system has been installed and
is functioning normally.
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Before installing the driver on Windows systems, install the following hot fixes from the
Microsoft “Help and Support” website, then reboot the system:
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Windows 2003
KB932755 (or later) is the minimum requirement.
KB943545 is recommended if the HP command view management application is used to
manage HP EVA arrays in the target system.
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Windows 2008
KB968675 is recommended. This fixes a non-paged memory leak in a Windows 2008 storage
stack.
KB2490742 is recommended when installing storage drivers to avoid a “Ox000000B8” stop
error when shutting down or hibernating a system running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008
R2.