Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
VMware
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
279
Link
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up
delay
time
5
seconds
Banner
delay
time
2
seconds
Boot
skip
delay
time
5
seconds
Boot
type
Disabled
MSI
‐
X
interrupt
limit
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5.9
Upgrading
Adapter
Firmware
with
sfupdate
•
•
•
Sfupdate
is
a
command
line
utility
used
to
manage
and
upgrade
the
Solarflare
adapter
Boot
ROM,
Phy
and
adapter
firmware.
Embedded
within
the
sfupdate
executable
is
firmware
images
for
various
Solarflare
adapters
‐
the
exact
updates
available
via
sfupdate
are
therefore
depend
on
your
adapter.
Sfupdate:
Command
Usage
Log
in
to
the
VMware
Service
Console
as
root,
and
enter
the
following
command:
sfupdate
[
‐‐
adapter=vmnicX]
[options]
where:
•
vmnicX
is
the
interface
name
of
the
Solarflare
adapter
you
want
to
upgrade.
Specifying
the
adapter
is
optional
‐
if
it
is
not
included
the
command
is
applied
to
all
Solarflare
adapters
in
the
machine.
•
option
is
one
of
the
command
options
listed
in
The
format
for
the
options
are:
<option>=<parameter>
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.
Sfupdate:
Command
Line
Options
lists
the
options
for
sfupdate
.