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Solarflare Server Adapter
User Guide
4.21 Sfupdate: Firmware Update Tool
• Sfupdate: Command Usage...Page 189
• Sfupdate: Command Line Options...Page 190
• Sfupdate: Examples...Page 191
Sfupdate is a Windows command line utility used to manage and upgrade the Solarflare adapter
Boot ROM, PHY and adapter firmware. Embedded within the sfupdate executable are firmware
images for various Solarflare adapters - the exact updates available via sfupdate are therefore
depend on your adapter.
Sfupdate: Command Usage
1
Login with an administrator account.
2
Click
Start > All Programs > Solarflare Network Adapters > Command Line Interface for
network adapters
. If you installed the Solarflare system tray icon, you can right-click the icon
and choose
Command-line tools
instead.
3
In the Command Prompt window, enter your command using the following syntax:
sfupdate [/Adapter <Identifier>] [options]
where:
Identifier
is the name or ID of the adapter that you want to manage. Specifying the
adapter is optional - if it is not included the command is applied to all Solarflare adapters in the
machine.
options
is the option to apply. See
Sfupdate: Command Line Options
options.
Running the command
sfupdate
with no additional parameters will show the current firmware
version for all Solarflare adapters and whether the firmware within sfupdate is more up to date. To
update the firmware for all Solarflare adapters run the command
sfupdate /Write
Solarflare recommend that you use sfupdate in the following way:
1
Run
sfupdate
to check that the firmware on all your adapters are up to date.
2
Run
sfupdate /write
to update the firmware on all adapters.