Brocade Network Advisor Installation Guide v11.1x (53-1002320-01, May 2011)

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Headless installation
• Make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is correctly defined in the shell with a valid value (for example,
to display to the local console, export DISPLAY=:0.0, or to display to a remote system that has an X Server
running, export DISPLAY=Remote_IP_Address:0.0).
To display to a remote system, you need to permit the remote display of the X Server by running the xhost +IP
command, where IP is the IP address of the Network Advisor server host, on a local terminal window of the
X-based desktop of the remote system.
You may also need to consider a firewall that might block the display to the X Server, which listens by default on
TCP port 6000 on the remote host.
• Make sure you test the DISPLAY definition by running the xterm command from the same shell from which you
run install.bin. A new X terminal window to the destination X Server display should open.
Performing a headless installation on UNIX systems
To perform a headless installation through the CLI, insert the installation DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
• For Windows systems, open a Command Prompt and execute this command:
install.exe -i silent -DUSER_INSTALL_DIR="C:\Program Files\Network Advisor11.X.X"
• For UNIX systems, open a UNIX shell and execute this command: install.bin -i silent
-DUSER_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/Network_Advisor11_X_X"
The application installs in silent mode using default settings.
To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:
• “Professional edition configuration” on page 23
• “Trial configuration” on page 25
• “License version configuration” on page 30
• “SMI Agent only configuration” on page 35
Troubleshooting the Linux headless installation
If you have completed all of the pre-Installation requirements and you are still unable to install the application, run
the following commands on the host.
1. Go to Install_Home/ (the directory containing install.bin).
2. Execute
strace -f -F -v -s 1024 -o NetworkAdvisorinstall.txt ./install.bin.
3. Execute
rpm -qa >> system.txt.
4. Execute
ps -elf >> system.txt.
5. Execute md5sum install.bin >> system.txt.
6. Execute
df -k >> system.txt.
7. Execute
sh -c "xterm -e echo nothing >> system.txt 2>&1".
8. Execute env >> system.txt.
9. Execute
sh -c "DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm -e echo nothing >> system.txt 2>&1".
10. Execute
zip support1.zip NetworkAdvisorinstall.txt system.txt.
Send the support1.zip file output from the above (containing install.txt and system.txt) to Technical Support.
This file will help Technical Support isolate the issue.