Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 974)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for Linux User Manual P010081-01A Rev. A
Appendix D. Updating Ethernet Firmware
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Appendix D. Updating Ethernet Firmware
Note: Before performing a firmware update, driver installation is required. See
“Installing the Ethernet Driver Kit” on page 818.
The Emulex Ethernet driver supports updating the firmware image in the adapter flash
through the request_firmware interface in Linux. You can perform this update when
the adapter is online and passing network/storage traffic.
To update the Ethernet firmware image:
1. Copy the latest firmware image under the /lib/firmware directory:
# cp be3flash.ufi /lib/firmware
2. Start the update process.
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In Linux distributions that support the flash option in ethtool (for example,
SLES 11 SPx and RHEL 6.x), use the following command:
# ethtool -f eth<X> be3flash.ufi 0
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In older Linux distributions (for example, RHEL 5.x), write the name of the flash
image file in the sysfs node:
# echo 60 > /sys/class/firmware/timeout
# echo be3flash.ufi > /sys/class/net/eth<X>/flash_fw
3. Reboot the system to enable the new firmware image to take effect.