Help (/h or /?), Image directory change (/id), Help (/h or /?) image directory change (/id) – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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Offline and Online Adapter Management Utilities Version 10.2 User Manual

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3. Adapter Management Utility Command Line Interface

Help (/h or /?)

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If multiple versions of firmware and boot code are found for an adapter,

Elxflash uses the most recent versions when performing the firmware and boot

code downloads.

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The flash executable file is used to download firmware to supported UCNAs.

Example usage:

./elxflash /f /fo

– Forces a firmware and boot code download using the

fwmatrix.txt file, and downloads the firmware to supported UCNAs using the flash

executable file.

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For each installed and supported adapter, a forced download of firmware and

boot code occurs using the versions specified in the fwmatrix.txt file.

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The flash executable file is used to download firmware to supported UCNAs.

Help (/h or /?)

Usage:

The help switch displays a help message detailing instructions on how to use the

Adapter Management Utility.

Image Directory Change (/id)

Usage:

/id=

The image directory switch is used to specify the location of the firmware and boot

code directories.
Example usage:

./elxflash /f /auto /id=/tmp

– Forces a firmware and boot code download using

auto-discovery. Elxflash looks for the firmware and boot code directories in the /tmp

directory.

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The fwmatrix.txt file is ignored. The desired versions of firmware and boot code

must be placed in their respective directories.

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In this example firmware must be placed in the /tmp/firmware directory and

boot code must be placed in the /tmp/boot directory.

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If multiple versions of firmware or boot code are found for an adapter, Elxflash

uses the most recent versions when performing the firmware and boot code

downloads.

./elxflash /f /i=/tmp