Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 480)

Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities Version 10.2 User Manual P010071-01A Rev. A
3. Adapter Management Utility Command Line Interface
Update (/update)
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/query or /q
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/rewrite or /e
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/update
For example, “./elxflash /sysfs /auto /f” discovers UCNA NIC functions using SysFS
and discovers legacy FC functions using LpCfg. It forces a firmware download on
UCNA adapters using ethtool or SysFS and forces a firmware and boot code download
on legacy FC adapters using LpCfg.
Notes:
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Only UCNA NIC functions are displayed. Displaying iSCSI and FCoE
functions is not supported.
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When /sysfs is used, the VPD model name is not available.
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The /sysfs switch is available on ElxflashStandalone on RHEL 5, SLES 10
SP4, RHEL 6, and SLES 11 SP1+ only.
Example:
/elxflash /sysfs /q
Update (/update)
Usage:
/update
The update switch updates the firmware or boot code of each adapter if the currently
installed versions are less than the update versions. This switch cannot be used with
/downgrade or /rewrite.
Example usage:
./elxflash /update /auto
– Upgrades the firmware or boot code using
auto-discovery.
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The fwmatrix.txt file is ignored. You must place the desired update versions of
firmware or boot code in their respective directories.
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If the update versions are higher than the currently installed versions on the
adapter then the update versions are downloaded to the adapter.
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If multiple update versions of firmware or boot code are found for an adapter,
the most recent versions are downloaded to the adapter.
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When performing the boot code update operation, the Adapter Management
Utility uses the most recent boot code version found. Since multiple compatible
versions of boot code may exist, the most recent version is selected in the
following order:
1. Universal (U)
2. Pair (P)
3. Open (O)
4. EFI (E)
5. x86 (B)