Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 481)

Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities Version 10.2 User Manual P010071-01A Rev. A
3. Adapter Management Utility Command Line Interface
Verbose (/v)
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Note: The most recent boot code version is downloaded regardless of the installed
boot code. This allows upgrading from one type of boot code to another
type.
./elxflash /update
– Upgrades the firmware or boot code using the fwmatrix.txt
file.
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For each installed and supported adapter, the current firmware and boot code
versions are compared with the versions specified in fwmatrix.txt.
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If the update versions in fwmatrix.txt are more recent than the currently
installed versions, then the update versions of firmware or boot code are
downloaded to that adapter.
FC Adapter Download Summary
<date><time>
HBA=<model>, Port Type=<port_type>, WWN=<wwn>,
Update=<Boot Code|Firmware>, Image=<image>, New=<version>,
Old=<version>, Status=<description>
FCoE Adapter Download Summary
<date><time>
HBA=<model>, Port Type=<port_type>, WWN=<wwn>,
Update=Firmware, Image=<image>, New=<version>, Old=<version>,
Status=<description>
iSCSI and NIC-only Adapter Download Summary
<date><time>
HBA=<model>, Port Type=<port_type>, MAC=<mac_address>,
Update=Firmware, Image=<image>, New=<version>, Old=<version>,
Status=<description>
Return Code=<n>
where <description> is Success or Error, and <n> = 0 for completion with no errors or a
non-zero error code for any error.
Note: FCoE, iSCSI, and NIC-only adapters require a system reboot to activate new
firmware.
Verbose (/v)
Usage:
/v
The verbose switch displays progress messages and can be used with any switch. When
this switch is used, the following information is displayed:
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A download summary for all adapters that had successful or failed downloads
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A summary of unsupported adapters, if applicable