Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
Windows
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
199
See
for
example
output.
Table
48:
Sfupdate
Options
Option
Description
/Help
or
/H
or
/?
Displays
command
line
syntax
and
provides
a
description
of
each
option.
/Version
Shows
detailed
version
information
and
exits.
/Nologo
Hides
the
version
and
copyright
message
at
startup.
/Verbose
Shows
extended
output
information
for
the
command
entered.
/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.
/Log
<Filename>
Logs
output
to
the
specified
file
in
the
current
folder
or
an
existing
folder.
Specify
/Silent
to
suppress
simultaneous
output
to
screen,
if
required.
/Computer
<ComputerName>
Performs
the
operation
on
the
identified
remote
computer.
Administrator
rights
on
the
remote
host
computer
is
required.
/Adapter
<Identifier>
Performs
the
action
on
the
identified
Solarflare
network
adapter.
The
identifier
can
be
the
adapter
ID
number,
name
or
MAC
address.
/Force
Forces
a
firmware
update.
Can
be
used
to
force
an
update
to
an
older
revision
of
firmware
when
used
with
/Write
.
/Write
Writes
the
updated
firmware
to
the
adapter.
If
the
/Image
option
is
not
specified,
/Write
will
write
the
embedded
image
from
sfupdate
to
the
hardware.
The
update
will
fail
if
the
image
on
the
adapter
is
current
or
newer;
to
force
an
update,
specify
/Force
in
the
command
line.
/Yes
Update
without
prompting
for
a
final
confirmation.
This
option
may
be
used
with
the
/Write
and
/Force
options,
but
is
not
required
with
the
/Quiet
option.
/Image
<ImageFileName>
Sources
firmware
image
from
an
external
file.
/ipxe
‐
image
<ImageFileName>
Install
an
iPXE
image
from
the
given
file,
replacing
the
Solarflare
boot
ROM
image.
sfupdate
will
not
automatically
replace
the
iPXE
image
in
subsequent
flash
updates
unless
the
‐‐
restore
‐
bootrom
option
is
used.
/restore
‐
bootrom
Replace
an
iPXE
image
in
flash
with
the
standard
Solarflare
Boot
Manager
PXE
image
included
in
sfupdate.
/NoWarning
Suppress
update
warnings.