BR-815, BR-825 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Quick Start Guide
Installing Software
6
BR0054507-00 B
Software installation could take much longer than normal with a large number of
adapters installed or where a large number of LUNs are exposed through different
paths to the multipath software. For more details and options on installing adapter
software, such as using ASI or native installation system commands, refer to the
“Software Installation” chapter in the
BR-Series Adapters Installation Guide
.
Software Installation on Windows, Linux, and Solaris Systems
Before installing software on a Windows, Linux, or Solaris system, consider the
exceptions in the following table:
OS
Exception
Windows When
installing
driver packages on Windows 2008 and later systems,
open TCP/IP port 34568 to allow HCM Agent communication with the
HCM. (Necessary because of firewall issues.) Following is an example
for opening port 34568:
/usr/sbin/esxcfg-firewall -o 34568,tcp,in,https
/usr/sbin/esxcfg-firewall -o 34568,udp,in,https
Use Windows Firewall and Advanced Service (WFAS) to open port
34568.
Before installing drivers on Windows 2008 systems, install hot fixes
KB968675 and KB2490742 from the Microsoft
®
“Help and Support” Web
Site, and then reboot the system. For more information on these hot
fixes, refer to “Installation Notes” in the
BR-Series Adapters Installation
Guide
.
For Windows systems only, installing management utilities creates a
BCU shortcut on your system desktop. Use this shortcut to launch the
BCU>
command prompt and enter BCU commands.
