Dell PowerConnect Brocade 815 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manu - Page 71

Adapter software 1 CIM Provider CIM Provider allows third-party SMI-S and CIM-based adapter management software to manage Brocade adapters installed on a host system. The appropriate CIM Provider rpm or msi package loads to your host system when you manually install the driver package using instructions under "Using software installation scripts and system commands" on page 89. The CIM Provider files do not load when you use the Brocade Adapter Software Installer. The CIM Provider software is also available from the Brocade website at www.brocade.com/adapters. For more information on CIM Provider, including operating systems supported and available installation packages, refer to the CIM Provider for Brocade Adapters Installation Guide. NOTE Although SMI-S Provider and CIM Provider may be used interchangeably, CIM is the more generic term. SMI-S is storage-specific. Adapter event messages When applicable events occur during adapter operation, the adapter driver generates event messages. These messages are captured in your host system logs and also display in the HCM master log. All of these event log messages are contained in HTML files that load to your system when you install adapter drivers. You can view these HTML files using any internet browser application. For details on event messages, event log locations on supported operating systems, and where adapter event message HTML files are loaded to your host system, refer to the "Tools for Collecting Data" chapter in the Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide. In addition, you can view all event messages in the "Message Reference" appendix of the same guide. Software installation and driver packages Table 9 on page 44 describes the software installation packages that you can download for each supported host platform. The table provides the package name, host system supported, and package description. Using the table, you can select the following to download for your specific host platform: • The Brocade Adapter Software Installer (.exe) application to install the driver package, HCM, or driver package and HCM. Installation instructions are provided under "Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer" on page 68. • A driver package that you can install using an installation script or "native" procedures for your host's operating system. Installation procedures are provided under "Using software installation scripts and system commands" on page 89. • An ISO 9660 (.iso) optical disk image containing all files listed in the supported software installation packages table (Table 9 on page 44) and boot installation packages table (Table 10 on page 51). Use this image to create CDs, DVDs, or USB drives to carry with you for installation. The image also contains product documentation, such as product manuals, current release notes, and licensing information. For Windows systems only, if using a DVD created with the ISO image, the correct installer program will automatically execute for your system. Make sure that the autorun feature is enabled. Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 43 53-1002144-01