Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 3753-1002144-01Adapter software 1In addition to features summarized in the preceding sections of this guide, there are some uniquemanagement features for Fabric Adapters, not available for HBAs and CNAs, including thefollowing:• Configure port modes (CNA, HBA, NIC)• Create, delete, enable, and disable vNICs.• Query for information, display statistics, and set bandwidth for vNICs.• Discover and display vNICs• Discover and display vHBAs• Enable and disable vHBAs• Query for information and display statistics for vHBAsAdapter softwareBrocade adapter software includes the appropriate driver package for your host system,management utilities, and the HCM application. You can install all of these components orindividual components using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (BASI) GUI-based applicationor commands.Driver packagesA single adapter driver “package” is available for installing to each supported host operationsystem and platform. Refer to “Software installation and driver packages” on page 43 for a list ofpackages for each support host systems.Three types of adapter drivers are provided in installation packages:• Storage driver (all adapters)This driver provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Brocade HBAs and Fabric Adapter portsconfigured in HBA mode, as well as FCoE transport for Brocade CNAs. The installer logicdetects either a FCoE or Fibre Channel network and the appropriate driver support is providedautomatically.NOTEThe storage driver will claim all installed Brocade adapters installed in a system. This driver willbe used instead of the driver originally installed for these adapters.• Network driver (CNAs and Fabric Adapters only)Driver for frame transport over Ethernet and basic Ethernet services. This driver only applies toCNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode only.• Intermediate driver (CNAs and Fabric Adapters only)For Windows systems only, this provides support for multiple VLANs on ports and teams. Thisdriver applies to CNAs and to Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA or NIC mode. Note thatinstalling this driver changes the behavior of the network driver because it alters the binding ofthe driver and protocols in the network stack. Before installing the intermediate driver, networktraffic goes from the protocols layer to the network driver directly. After installation, virtual
