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Solarflare Server Adapter
User Guide
5.7 Configuring the Boot ROM with Sfboot
• Sfboot: Command Usage...Page 242
• Sfboot: Command Line Options...Page 242
Sfboot is a command line utility for configuring the Solarflare adapter Boot ROM for PXE and iSCSI
booting. Using sfboot is an alternative to using
Ctrl+B
to access the Boot Rom agent during server
startup.
Configuring the Solarflare Boot ROM Agent on page 344
for more information on the Boot Rom
agent.
Sfboot: Command Usage
Log in to the VMware Service Console as root, and enter the following command:
sfboot [--adapter=vmnicX] [options] [parameters]
Note that without
--adapter
, the
sfboot
command applies to all adapters that are present in the
target host.
The format for the parameters are:
<parameter>=<value>
Sfboot: Command Line Options
lists the options for
sfboot.exe
and
lists the available parameters.
Table 60: Sfboot Options
Option
Description
-?-h, --help
Displays command line syntax and provides a
description of each sfboot option.
-V, --version
Shows detailed version information and exits.
--nologo
Hide the version and copyright message at startup.
-v, --verbose
Shows extended output information for the
command entered.
-s, --quiet
Aliases: --silent
Suppresses all output, including warnings and errors;
no user interaction. You should query the completion
code to determine the outcome of commands when
operating silently (see