Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
Windows
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
198
4.21
Sfupdate:
Firmware
Update
Tool
•
•
•
Sfupdate
is
a
Windows
command
line
utility
used
to
manage
and
upgrade
the
Solarflare
adapter
Boot
ROM,
UEFI,
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
for
a
list
of
available
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.
Sfupdate:
Command
Line
Options
lists
the
command
options
for
sfupdate.
Note
that
command
line
options
are
case
insensitive
and
may
be
abbreviated.
NOTE:
Abbreviations
in
scripts
should
be
avoided,
since
future
updates
to
the
application
may
render
your
abbreviated
scripts
invalid.