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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this timeout period and all the retries are exhausted, the boot from this device will
fail.
8. When multiple boot paths are defined sometimes all paths may not be
discovered. In some cases the boot process may fail. Re-discovery of the paths
can be initiated from the Boot Device Page and by selecting appropriate Boot
Device, followed by a reboot.
9. When configuring HBA BIOS for Boot from SAN, the HBA WWPN may not
appear in the fabric’s name server. To fix this, use the BIOS Configuration Utility
and select one HBA port at a time from the Adapter list and select target
discovery for that port from Boot Device Settings page.
10. On rare occasions, during a system reboot the message “bfa suspend” may
occur and the system might not boot properly. You can fix this issue by rebooting
your server.
11. For some IBM servers (X3500 SYSBIOS 1.64, X3400 SYSBIOS 1.64, X3650
SYSBIOS 1.06/1.10, and X346 SYSBIOS 1.17), a resource issue may not
properly display the Brocade BIOS config during the POST phase. It is
recommended to disable any onboard disk controllers and PXE boot option.
12. Use the following procedure to successfully downgrade HCM as it’s configuration
is not persisted automatically during a downgrade using the “Brocade Adapter
Software Installer”.
a. Backup
Uninstall the existing (higher) version of HCM using “Brocade HBA
Software Installer”.
On the message box prompting the user to backup the data directory, click
“Backup” to continue.
Get User Input screen displays the default backup directory location. A
different location for backup can also be selected.
After the desired location is specified, click on the “Uninstall” button.
HCM data is backed up in the background and HCM is un-installed.
b. Restore
Install the new (lower) version software using “Brocade HBA Software
Installer”.
If a backup directory exists for previously installed software, a message
box displays it to prompt the user to restore the data directory.
Select the restore configuration option and continue with the installation.
Back up data of the previous software (higher) gets restored successfully.
13. PCI scan operations (e.g., lspci in Linux or Windows registry PCI device
enumeration) may report two ports for the 415 and 815 single port HBAs. This is
expected behavior. However, operating system device drivers will correctly
enumerate only a single HBA for these cards.