HP Brocade Host Bus Adapters and Driver Installation Guide (AA-RWQ0D-TE, March 2012)

3. Select one or more of the following options:
• Storage and Network Drivers
• Management Utilities
• Host Connectivity Manager
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
IMPORTANT: The Brocade Adapter software installer updates the default initrd. Step 5
is required to point to the standard entry.
5. 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:
Title standard_entry_title
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=path rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-version.img
6. Reboot the server.
Installing the Linux kit—RPM method
To install the Brocade drivers on a Linux system:
1. If there are drivers that were installed using a method other than the RPM method, remove
them.
2. Unzip the downloaded file.
3. Use the following command to install the driver:
#rpm –Uvh filename.rpm
IMPORTANT: The driver installation updates the default initrd. Step 4 is required to point to
the standard entry.
4. 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:
Title standard_entry_title
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=path rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-version.img
5. Reboot the server.
Installing utilities and HCM Web Launch
If using the RPM installation you may also need to download the utilities RPM.
Installing the Linux kit—RPM method 11