Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 456)

Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities Version 10.2 User Manual P010071-01A Rev. A
1. Introduction
Command Syntax
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Uses the flash file on supported UCNAs.
Note: This functionality is available for Elxflash Offline and Elxflash
Standalone only.
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Changes the base directory where fwmatrix.txt is located.
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Provides online help.
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Changes the base directory where the firmware and boot code directories are
located.
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Displays an image file's version.
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Appends the output of the Adapter Management Utility to a log file.
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Previews a download of firmware or boot code and allows you to preview the
actions Elxflash will take given additional switches.
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Prints a query.
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Allows the temp path to be changed.
Note: This functionality is available for Elxflash Offline and Elxflash
Standalone for Windows only.
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Discovers remote HBAs and allows remote download support.
Note: This functionality is available for Elxflash Online only.
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Explicitly re-flashes the firmware or boot code on an adapter if the rewrite
version is the same as or more recent than the version currently installed on the
adapter.
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Prevents all output from being displayed on a standard output device..
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Processes UCNAs only.
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Updates firmware or boot code if the update version is greater than the version
currently installed on an adapter.
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Displays detailed messages.
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Displays the VPD model name, instead of the Emulex model name, on
supported adapters.
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Displays utility output in xml format.
Command Syntax
In all cases, the commands are given with the prefix os. When you enter any command,
you must replace os with either:
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win – for the WinPE Offline Adapter Management Utility commands, for use on
WinPE machines.
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./lin – for the Linux Offline Adapter Management Utility commands, for use on
Linux and FreeBSD machines.
The Offline Adapter Management Utility commands are not case-sensitive, nor are
their arguments. You can enter them in upper, lower, or mixed case. However, for