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Brocade 1860-E Fabric Adapter, Single Port (EM-1860-1)

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Dual Port Converged Network Adapter, Copper (EM-1020C)

Brocade 415-E FC HBA. Single Port, 4Gbps (EM-415-0010)

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Brocade Adapter Software Installer

Windows | Linux | Top

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

Windows - All Versions

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Linux -All Distributions

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Driver Packages

Windows|Linux | VMware

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 2008

Note:

For Windows Server 2008 SP2, the Hotfix Q968675 update to the Microsoft STORPort driver are required. The STORPort KB update must be applied before the Brocade driver can be installed.

For Windows Server 2008 R2, no Hotfix is required.

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Windows Server 2003

Note:

For Windows Server 2003 SP2, the Hotfix Q957910 update to the Microsoft STORPort driver are required. The STORPort KB update must be applied before the Brocade driver can be installed.

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Linux - SLES

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
  Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Linux - RHEL

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
  Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
  Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Linux - Other Distributions

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

VMware

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
ESXi 5.0 Offline Bundles  
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Driver Update Disks (DUDs)

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.

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Boot Code (BIOS)

Download the Multi-Boot Code Image to update the BIOSon 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 boot not supported currently).

Name Version #
v3.0.3.0
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions
  • LiveCD
    (live_cd_v3-0-3-0.iso, 85 MB)
v3.0.3.0

Archived Versions

Documentation

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

Name Pub Date
January 2012
January 2012
January 2012
July 2011
August 2011
August 2011
April 2012
July 2010
July 2010

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