D chapter 4., “offline – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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4. Offline Adapter Management Utility Command Line Interface

Running the Offline Adapter Management Utility from the Command Prompt

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4. Offline Adapter Management Utility

Command Line Interface

The Offline Adapter Management Utility allows you to configure Emulex adapters

before you install or boot a server operating system.
The Offline Adapter Management Utility includes:

winlpcfg

linlpcfg

You can use the Offline Adapter Management Utility to do the following:

View information on an Emulex adapter

Reset the adapter

Download firmware and boot code files

Select a boot device

Read and update WWNs

Enable boot code

Update configuration regions

Set the adapter to use soft jumpers

Run diagnostic tests

Read and process script files

Running the Offline Adapter Management Utility
from the Command Prompt

Note: You must start the WinPE and Linux Offline Adapter Management Utility at the

command prompt.

1. Boot the system with a supported operating system.
2. Start the Offline Adapter Management Utility with a valid command or a valid

script file name.

To start an Offline Adapter Management Utility from the command line, move

to the directory where the executable file resides and type

oslpcfg <valid command> (replace os with ./lin or win as appropriate)

For example, starting the WinPE Offline Adapter Management Utility with

a reset command:

winlpcfg reset n=2

For example, starting the Linux Offline Adapter Management Utility with a

reset command:

./linlpcfg reset n=2

To start an Offline Adapter Management Utility with a script file name, from

the directory where the oslpcfg.exe file resides, type

oslpcfg @<script file name>

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