20 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide53-1002145-01General adapter problems2Action: If you are installing the brocade_driver_linux_.tar.gz driver package, the drivermodule compiles on the system during installation. If driver build errors result when you install thepackage, verify that the appropriate distribution kernel development packages are installed on yourhost system for the currently running kernel. These packages should include the gcc compiler andthe kernel sources. If these are not installed, you will need to install them through your Linux OSSoftware Management tools or reinstall the operating system before you can continue the driverinstallation. Be sure to “install everything” including the developer library options.UEFI boot problemsThis section describes problems that may occur when using the Brocade adapter and unifiedextensible firmware interface (UEFI) for booting a host system from a remote storage device (bootover SAN). Possible causes and recommended actions to help resolve the problems are provided.System will not boot over SAN or on local disk in Legacy BIOS modeOn some IBM UEFI based systems, Hard Disk 0 is not present after Legacy Only option in bootmanager and system will not boot as local disk or over SAN.Possible Cause: Hard Disk are not present in the boot manager list.Action: Follow these steps:1. Press F1 to enter System Setup during early phase of booting.2. Select Boot Manager and press Enter.3. Select Add Boot Option and press Enter.4. Select Legacy Only and press Enter.5. Press Esc to return to Boot Manager.6. Select Change Boot Order and press Enter.7. Select the existing Boot Order and press Enter.8. Select Legacy Only and press the + key to promote the boot order to a position above the localdevice that contains the operating system (typically, this would be above Hard Disk 0). PressEnter.9. Confirm that Hard Disk ‘x’ is present in the list. If not, return to step 3 and add Hard Disks tothe boot order.10. Select Commit Changes and press Enter.11. Press Esc to return to Boot Manager.12. Select Reset System and press Enter.Host not booting from remote LUNIf the host system where the adapter is installed does not boot from the remote boot LUN, refer tothe following descriptions of possible causes and recommended actions to help resolve theproblem.Possible Cause: Boot over SAN is not configured correctly.
