Chapter I. Unified Boot Option ROM
Chelsio Unified Boot
8
Arista DCS-7124S-F
Mellanox SX_PPC_M460EX
Other platforms/switches have not been tested and are not guaranteed to work.
1.2.
Software Requirements
Chelsio Unified Boot Option ROM software requires Disk Operating System to flash Option
ROM onto Chelsio adapters.
The installation of the following Linux distributions is supported using Chelsio inbox drivers.
Linux Distribution
Drivers
RHEL 8.2, 4.18.0-193.el8
PXE, FCoE, iSCSI
RHEL 8.1, 4.18.0-147.el8
RHEL 7.8, 3.10.0-1127.el7
PXE, iSCSI
RHEL 7.7, 3.10.0-1062.el7
1.3.
Pre-requisites
A DOS bootable USB flash drive or Floppy Disk is required for updating firmware, option
ROM, creating DUD, etc.
Secure Boot should be disabled in the system BIOS.
1.4.
Package Contents
Chelsio Unified Boot Option ROM package contains the following:
OptionROM
: This directory contains Unified Boot Option ROM image (
cubt4.bin
), uEFI
driver (
ChelsioUD.efi
), default boot configuration file (
bootcfg
) and a flash utility (
cfut4.exe
),
which can be used to flash the option ROM onto Chelsio's adapters. It also contains
Firmware files.
EULA:
Chelsio’s End User License Agreement.
docs:
The docs directory contains support documents - README, Release Notes and
User’s Guide (this document) for the software package.
Other kernel versions have not been tested and are not guaranteed to work.
Note
