Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 473)

Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities Version 10.2 User Manual P010071-01A Rev. A
3. Adapter Management Utility Command Line Interface
Help (/h or /?)
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If multiple versions of firmware and boot code are found for an adapter,
Elxflash uses the most recent versions when performing the firmware and boot
code downloads.
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The flash executable file is used to download firmware to supported UCNAs.
Example usage:
./elxflash /f /fo
– Forces a firmware and boot code download using the
fwmatrix.txt file, and downloads the firmware to supported UCNAs using the flash
executable file.
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For each installed and supported adapter, a forced download of firmware and
boot code occurs using the versions specified in the fwmatrix.txt file.
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The flash executable file is used to download firmware to supported UCNAs.
Help (/h or /?)
Usage:
/h
or
/?
The help switch displays a help message detailing instructions on how to use the
Adapter Management Utility.
Image Directory Change (/id)
Usage:
/id=<image_directory>
The image directory switch is used to specify the location of the firmware and boot
code directories.
Example usage:
./elxflash /f /auto /id=/tmp
– Forces a firmware and boot code download using
auto-discovery. Elxflash looks for the firmware and boot code directories in the /tmp
directory.
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The fwmatrix.txt file is ignored. The desired versions of firmware and boot code
must be placed in their respective directories.
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In this example firmware must be placed in the /tmp/firmware directory and
boot code must be placed in the /tmp/boot directory.
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If multiple versions of firmware or boot code are found for an adapter, Elxflash
uses the most recent versions when performing the firmware and boot code
downloads.
./elxflash /f /i=/tmp
– Forces a firmware and boot code download using the
fwmatrix.txt file. Elxflash look for the firmware and boot code directories in the /tmp
directory.

For each installed and supported adapter, a forced download of firmware and
boot code occurs using the versions specified in the fwmatrix.txt file.

In this example firmware must be placed in the /tmp/firmware directory and
boot code must be placed in the /tmp/boot directory.