BROCADE 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet PCIe Converged Network Adapter and 8 Gbps & 4 Gbps Fibre Channel PCIe Host Bus Adapter Release Notes - Software Release 2.3.0.3 (March 2011)

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5. While installing Linux driver using Brocade Adapter Software Installer, installer
prints out an internal message "INITRD_UPDATE:NO". This is a harmless
message and can be ignored. The installer will perform the mkinitrd. It is always
a good practice to verify initrd after the driver install.
6. To install the Brocade drivers on a Linux system:
Download and unzip the integrated installer
Execute the .bin file.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Using a text editor, edit the Default=X parameter in the /boot/grub/menu.lst
file to point to the standard menu entry that was created during the OS
installation or after a kernel upgrade. If there is no standard entry, create
one, and then edit the Default=X parameter to point to the standard entry.
The following example shows a standard entry:
o Title standard_entry_title
o root (hd0,0)
o kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=path rhgb quiet
o initrd /initrd-version.img
Reboot the server.
7. When using the SLES 11 SP 1 kernel update procedure, or updating the
errata kernel on SLES 11 SP1, choose one of the following methods:
a. Kernel upgrade using “rpm –ivh <filename>
1. There are no additional steps required using this method.
b. Kernel upgrade using “rpm –Uvh” or YaST
1. Upgrade the kernel using “rpm –Uvh” or YaST
2. Run the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (BASI) and install the
driver
3. Ensure the boot order in “/boot/grub/menu.lst” is set to boot from
the newly installed kernel
4. Reboot the server
8. When using SLES11 SP1 x86 if “No available memory (MPOL_BIND):” errors are
seen, this is a SLES issue. The workaround is to use SLES11 SP1 x64.
9. On Linux systems configured for Boot from SAN, the port symbolic name
registered with the SAN Fabric could be missing the Host Name and OS
details. A workaround to resolve this issue is to perform the initrd update
(mkinitrd) followed by disable/enable of the HBA port.