Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 519)

Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities Version 10.2 User Manual P010071-01A Rev. A
7. Troubleshooting
Unsupported Driver
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7. Troubleshooting
The force firmware (/ff), force boot (/fb), and force firmware and boot code (/f)
switches take precedence over the /downgrade, /update, and /rewrite switches. If /ff,
/fb, or /f are used, the /downgrade, /update, and /rewrite switches are ignored.
The following examples illustrate this behavior:
1. ./elxflash /ff /update
a. /update is ignored.
b. Performs a force firmware operation on all installed and supported adapters.
2. ./elxflash /fb /update
a. /update is ignored.
b. Performs a force boot code operation on all installed and supported adapters.
3. ./elxflash /ff /downgrade
a. /downgrade is ignored
b. Performs a force firmware operation on all installed and supported adapters.
4. /elxflash /fb / downgrade
a. /downgrade is ignored.
b. Performs a force boot code operation on all installed and supported adapters.
5. ./elxflash /ff /rewrite
a. /rewrite is ignored
b. Performs a force firmware operation on all installed and supported adapters.
6. ./elxflash /fb / rewrite
a. /rewrite is ignored.
b. Performs a force boot code operation on all installed and supported adapters.
Unsupported Driver
The Offline Adapter Management Utility outputs an error similar to the following if an
unsupported driver is installed on the system:
elxflash: no supported Emulex HBA's found - Return Code=1
If an error similar to the above occurs, verify that the correct version of the driver is
installed. For supported adapters, and supported versions of operating systems and
platforms, see the Emulex website.
Updating Adapters without Boot Code
The Offline Adapter Management Utility reports an adapter's boot code version as
“NONE” when the adapter does not have boot code installed. The Offline Adapter
Management Utility does not update, downgrade, or rewrite the boot area if boot code
is not present, but firmware will still be updated or downgraded without boot code.
You can force a boot code download using auto-discovery or the fwmatrix.txt file.