Brocade 4Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x (59Y1987)

Brocade 4Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x (59Y1993)

Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x (46M6049)

Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x (46M6050)

Brocade 10Gb FCoE Dual-port CNA for IBM System x (42C1820)

Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver (49Y4216)

 

Brocade Adapter Software Installer | Driver Packages | Driver Update Disks | Boot Code | Documentation

 

Brocade Adapter Software Installer

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The Brocade Adapter Software Installer is a one step program that allows you to install all adapter software and drivers, including both Ethernet and Storage drivers. It allows the option to install only Host Connectivity Manager (HCM, a GUI Management Application), only the drivers, or both. Included with the drivers are the Brocade Command line Utility (BCU), HCM Agent, and APIs.

HCM is supported in the following versions of Windows: Server 2003, Sever 2008, XP, and Vista.  All other software (including drivers) are supported in: Server 2003 and Server 2008.

Windows – All Versions
Name	Version #
Windows Server Adapter Software Installer (brocade_adapter_software_installer_windows_v2-1-0-3.exe, 139M)	v2.1.0.3
	Archived Versions

Linux – All Distributions (RHEL & SUSE)
Name	Version #
Linux Adapter Software Installer (x86-x64) (brocade_adapter_software_installer_linux_v2-1-0-2.bin, 425M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions

Driver Packages

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Download the appropriate driver package if you would like to install the driver directly without using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer. Included in the driver package are the installation script, storage (FC/FCoE) and networking (Ethernet) drivers, Brocade Command line Utility (BCU), HCM Agent, and APIs.

• Windows - These driver packages includes the adapter driver, Brocade Command line Utility (BCU) and APIs (the HCM Agent is not included; it is recommended to install drivers using the Windows Adapter Software Installer in order to use HCM).
• SLES - Two driver packages are required: the appropriate “brocade-bfa-*.rpm” which delivers only the adapter driver; and the “Linux Driver Utility (SLES)” (bfa_util_linux-*.rpm) which delivers the Brocade Command line Utility (BCU), HCM Agent, and APIs.
• RHEL - These driver packages includes the adapter driver, Brocade Command line Utility (BCU), HCM Agent, and APIs.
• VMware - These driver packages includes the adapter driver, Brocade Command line Utility (BCU), HCM Agent, and APIs.

Windows Server 2003 SP2
Name	Version #
Windows Server 2003 Adapter Drivers Package (x86) (brocade_driver_win2003_x86_v2-1-0-2.exe, 11M)	v2.1.0.2
Windows Server 2003 Adapter Drivers Package (x64) (brocade_driver_win2003_x64_v2-1-0-2.exe, 12M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
Windows Server 2008
Name	Version #
Windows Server 2008 Adapter Drivers Package (x86) (brocade_driver_win2008_x86_v2-1-0-3.exe, 11M)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 Adapter Drivers Package (x64) (brocade_driver_win2008_x64_v2-1-0-3.exe, 11M)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 R2 Adapter Drivers Package (x64) (brocade_driver_win2008_R2_x64_v2-1-0-3.exe, 11M)	v2.1.0.3
	Archived Versions

 

Linux - SLES
Name	Version #
SLES 11 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_linux_sles11_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 35M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
SLES 10 SP3 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_linux_sles10sp3_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 57M)	v2.1.0.2
SLES 10 SP2 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_linux_sles10sp2_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 56M)	v2.1.0.2
SLES 10 SP1 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_linux_sles10sp1_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 55M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
SLES 9.4 FC Driver (i586) for kernel 308 (HBA ONLY) (brocade-bfa-1.1.0.4_2.6.5_7.308-0.i586.rpm, 4.6 MB)	v1.1.0.4
SLES 9.4 FC Driver (i586) for kernel 315 (brocade-bfa-1.1.0.4_2.6.5_7.315-0.i586.rpm, 4.6 MB)	v1.1.0.4
SLES 9.4 FC Driver (x86-64) for kernel 308 (brocade-bfa-1.1.0.4_2.6.5_7.308-0.x86_64.rpm, 624 KB)	v1.1.0.4
SLES 9.4 FC Driver (x86-64) for kernel 315 (brocade-bfa-1.1.0.4_2.6.5_7.316-0.x86_64.rpm, 624 KB)	v1.1.0.4
	Archived Versions
Linux - RHEL
Name	Version #
RHEL 5 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_linux_rhel5_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 40M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
RHEL 4 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_linux_rhel4_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 45M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
Linux  - Other Distributions
Name	Version #
Linux Adapter Drivers Package (noarch) (brocade_driver_linux_2.1.0.2.tar.gz, 35M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions

 

VMware
Name	Version #
VMware ESX 3.5 U4 Adapter Drivers Package  (brocade_driver_esx35_v2-1-0-0.tar.gz, 37.2M) Note: Support for FC HBA only	v2.1.0.0
VMware ESX 4.0 / ESX 4.0 U1 Adapter Drivers Package (brocade_driver_esx40_v2-1-0-0.tar.gz, 14.8M)	v2.1.0.0
	Archived Versions

Driver Update Disks (DUDs)

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The Driver Update Disk (DUD) is an extractable image (.ZIP or .ISO) that contains a specific set of drivers and directory structure to be loaded during an Operating System installation to a remote LUN over a SAN. Download the appropriate DUD for the OS and platform that you are installing the OS from.
Note: Support for FC and FCoE San boot only (Ethernet PXE boot not supported currently)

Name	Version
Windows Server 2003 (x64) FC Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fc_w2k3_x64_dud_v2-1-0-2.zip, 465K)	v2.1.0.2
Windows Server 2003 (x86) FC Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fc_w2k3_x86_dud_v2-1-0-2.zip, 450K)	v2.1.0.2
Windows Server 2003 (x64) FCoE Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fcoe_w2k3_x64_dud_v2-1-0-2.zip, 465K)	v2.1.0.2
Windows Server 2003 (x86) FCoE Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fcoe_w2k3_x86_dud_v2-1-0-2.zip, 442K)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
Windows Server 2008 (x64) FC Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fc_w2k8_x64_dud_v2-1-0-3.zip, 465K)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 (x86) FC Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fc_w2k8_x86_dud_v2-1-0-3.zip, 450K)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) FC Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fc_w2k8_r2_x64_dud_v2-1-0-3.zip, 465K)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 (x64) FCoE Driver Update Disk  (brocade_adapter_fcoe_w2k8_x64_dud_v2-1-0-3.zip, 457K)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 (x86) FCoE Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_fcoe_w2k8_x86_dud_v2-1-0-3.zip, 442K)	v2.1.0.3
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) FCoE Driver Update Disk   (brocade_adapter_fcoe_w2k8_r2_x64_dud_v2-1-0-3.zip, 457K	v2.1.0.3
	Archived Versions
RHEL 5.2 (i386) Driver Update Disk (brocade_fc_adapter_rhel52_i386_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 2.3M)	v2.1.0.2
RHEL 5.2 (x86-64) Driver Update Disk (brocade_fc_adapter_rhel52_x86_64_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 1.8M)	v2.1.0.2
RHEL 5.3 (i386) Driver Update Disk (brocade_fc_adapter_rhel53_i386_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 2.3M)	v2.1.0.2
RHEL 5.3 (x86-64) Driver Update Disk (brocade_fc_adapter_rhel53_x86_64_dud_2.1.0.0.iso, 1.8M)	v2.1.0.2
RHEL 5.4 (i386) Driver Update Disk (brocade_fc_adapter_rhel54_i386_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 2.3M)	v2.1.0.2
RHEL 5.4 (x86-64) Driver Update Disk (brocade_fc_adapter_rhel54_x86_64_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 1.8M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
RHEL 4 Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_rhel4_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 6.3M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
SLES 11 Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_sles11_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 11M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
SLES 10 SP2 Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_sles10sp2_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 24M)	v2.1.0.2
SLES 10 SP1 Driver Update Disk (brocade_adapter_sles10sp1_dud_v2-1-0-2.iso, 22M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
SLES 9.4 Driver Update Disk (bfa_sles9sp4_dud_1.1.0.4.iso, 8.2M)	v1.1.0.4
	Archived Versions
VMware ESX 3.5 U4 FC Driver Update Disk (esx350-bfa-2.1.0.0-201955.iso, 86.8M)	v2.1.0.0
VMware ESX 4.0 FC Driver Update Disk (vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-bfa_400.2.1.0.0-1.0.4.00000.202737.iso, 1.4M)	v2.1.0.0
VMware ESX 4.0 Ethernet Driver Update Disk (vmware-esx-drivers-net-bna_400.2.1.0.0-1.0.4.00000.201433.iso, 1.23M)	v2.1.0.0
	Archived Versions

Boot Code (BIOS)

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Download the Multi-Boot Code Image to update the BIOS on the adapter on x86, IEM64T, or AMD64 platforms. The image can be flashed using either the BCU or HCM on systems running v1.1+ of the drivers. A LiveCD is also available for x86, IEM64T, and AMD64 platforms, which contains a bootable Linux shell, drivers, BCU, and the Multi-Boot Code Image. The LiveCD provides an alternative method of updating the boot code on the adapters, e.g. on diskless servers or servers without an OS installed.

Note: Support for FC and FCoE San boot only (Ethernet PXE bot not supported currently)

Name	Version
Multi-Boot Code Image (brocade_adapter_boot_fw_v2-1-0-2.zip, 684K)	v2.1.0.2
Multi-Boot Code Image (brocade_adapter_boot_fw_v2-1-0-2.tar, 962K)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions
LiveCD (live_cd_v2-1-0-2.iso, 43M)	v2.1.0.2
	Archived Versions

Documentation

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Download the latest documentation: Administrator's Guides, Installation and Reference Manuals, Troubleshooting Guide, and Release Notes.

Name	Pub Version
Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide (Brocade_Adapters_v2.1.0.0_Admin_Guide.pdf, 1.3M)	September 2009
Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual (Brocade_Adapters_v2.1.0.0_Install_and_Reference_Manual.pdf, 2.0 Mb)	September 2009
Brocade FCoE CNA Quick Installation Guide (Brocade_CNA_v2.1.0.0_Quick_Installation_Guide.pdf, 303 KB)	September 2009
Brocade Fiber Channel HBA Quick Installation Guide (Brocade_HBA_v2.1.0.0_Quick_Installation_Guide.pdf, 337 KB)	September 2009
Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide (Brocade_Adapters_v2.1.0.0_Troubleshooting_Guide.pdf, 1.2 MB)	September 2009
Release Notes for Software Release v2.1.0.2 (Brocade_Adapter_v2.1.0.2_Releasenotes.pdf, 128 KB)	March 2010
	Archived Versions

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