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1. Download the driver package from the following website:

Brocade

Extract the driver contents by issuing tar xvzf

brocade_driver_linux-<version>.tar.gz. Make sure to do this in a temporary

location. For example:

# tar zxvf brocade_driver_linux_rhel6_v3-2-1-0.tar.gz

bfa_driver_linux-3.2.1.0-0.noarch.rpm

bfa_util_linux_noioctl-3.2.1.0-0.noarch.rpm

bna_driver_linux-3.2.1.0-0.noarch.rpm

bna-snmp-3.2.1.0-rhel6.i386.rpm

bna-snmp-3.2.1.0-rhel6.x86_64.rpm

brocade_install_rhel.sh

brocade_install.sh

driver-bld-info.xml

RHEL60/

RHEL61/

RHEL62/

RHEL62/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.x86_64.rpm

RHEL62/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.i686.rpm

RHEL62/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.ppc64.rpm

RHEL62/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.i686.rpm

RHEL62/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.ppc64.rpm

RHEL62/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.x86_64.rpm

RHEL63/

RHEL63/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.x86_64.rpm

RHEL63/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.i686.rpm

RHEL63/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.i686.rpm

RHEL63/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.x86_64.rpm

RHEL64/

RHEL64/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.x86_64.rpm

RHEL64/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.i686.rpm

RHEL64/kmod-bna-3.2.1.0-0.el6.i686.rpm

RHEL64/kmod-bfa-3.2.1.0-0.el6.x86_64.rpm.sh

2. Run the brocade_install.sh script that installs the bfa driver and associated utilities:

# ./brocade_install.sh

Installing the Brocade driver 3.2.1.0 RPM's

initrd backup complete

Backup file name : initramfs-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64.img.bak

Installing the BFA driver RPM: bfa_driver_linux-3.2.1.0-0.noarch.rpm

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]

1:bfa_driver_linux ########################################### [100%]

Building bfa driver ................ done

initrd update .... done

Installing the util driver RPM

Preparing... ###########################################

[100%]

1:bfa_util_linux_noioctl ########################################### [100%]

Install cli ... done

Install HBAAPI library ... done

Install HBAAGENT ... done

Loading bfa driver ... done

initrd update .... done

Setting up the NVRAM and BIOS with the Brocade HBA

This section describes setting up the NVRAM and BIOS with the Brocade HBA.

Installing the Brocade HBA 43