Brocade Network Advisor Migration Guide v11.1x (53-1002321-01, May 2011)
Table Of Contents
- Brocade Network Advisor
- In this guide
- Feature support
- Network Advisor packages
- Management server and client ports
- System requirements
- Migration paths
- Pre-migration requirements
- Installing the application
- Cross operating system migration
- DCFM migration
- Network Advisor migration
- Network Advisor 11.0.X to 11.1.X command mapping
- Cross flavor migration
- Unsupported server migration
- Configuring an explicit server IP address
- IPv6 troubleshooting
- Syslog troubleshooting
- Uninstallation
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Installing the application
Installing the application
Use Table 25 to help install the application.
Use this procedure to install Network Advisor SAN with SMI Agent or SMI Agent only on both Windows and UNIX
systems.
To install the new application version, complete the following steps.
1. Insert the installation DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
• For Windows systems, if autorun is enabled, the DVD Index page launches automatically. Click the Install
link.
If autorun is not enabled, open this file: DVD_Drive\Application_Name\windows\install.exe.
• For UNIX systems, open this file: DVD_Drive\Application_Name\UNIX_Platform\install.bin.
2. Click Next on the Introduction screen.
3. Read the agreement on the License Agreement screen, select I accept the terms of the License Agreement, and
click Next.
4. Select the usual location for your system application files (for example, D:\Program Files\Application_Name
11.1.X or opt/Application_Name 11_1_X) on the Select Install Folder screen and click Next.
NOTE
Do not install to the root directory C:\ (Windows) or / (UNIX).
5. Review the displayed installation summary on the Pre-Installation Summary screen and click Install.
6. Make sure the Launch Configuration check box is selected (default) on the Installation Complete screen, and
click Done.
To migrate data and configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:
• “Cross operating system migration” on page 25
• “DCFM migration” on page 27
• “Network Advisor migration” on page 43
• “Cross flavor migration” on page 73
• “Unsupported server migration” on page 74
TABLE 25 Management application installation
Operating system Procedures
Windows or UNIX
systems
To install the application, review the following sections:
• “Pre-migration requirements on Windows systems” on page 22
• “Pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems” on page 22
• “Additional requirements for Professional to Licensed Version migration” on page 23
• “Additional trial requirements” on page 23
• “Installing the application” on page 24