Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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Adapter software

The Adapter Software dialog box allows you to perform the following tasks:

• Select and import a driver file or delete existing drivers from the driver repository

• Update the driver to the hosts.

This feature is available for hosts that are disovered through the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM)

agent with driver version 2.3.0.0 and higher.

To update the drivers to selected hosts, complete the following steps:

1. Select Host > Adapter Software from the Configure menu.

The Adapter Software dialog box, Driver tab, shown in Figure 107, displays.

FIGURE 107 Adapter Software dialog box, Driver tab

2. Select one or more hosts from the Available Hosts list and click the right arrow button to move

the selected hosts to the Selected Hosts list.

3. Select one or more hosts from the Selected Hosts list. You can select mutliple hosts, but if the

selected host count is greater than 20, a batch of 20 hosts is initiated for the driver update

first and the remaining hosts are queued.

4. Select the host’s corresponding driver to update from the Driver to Update list. Once the driver

has been selected for each host, click Update .

Alternatively, you can select one or more hosts from the Selected Hosts list and click Select

Latest to automatically select the latest operating system-specific driver for each selected host.

If you want to import a driver from another location, follow the instructions in “Driver

repository” on page 315.