Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
VMware
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
272
Sfboot:
Command
Line
Options
lists
the
options
for
sfboot.exe
,
lists
the
available
global
parameters,
and
lists
the
available
per
‐
adapter
parameters.
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
abbreviated
scripts
invalid.
Table
63:
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.
‐
y
,
‐‐
yes
Update
without
prompting.
‐
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
).
‐‐
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
<computer_name>
Performs
the
operation
on
a
specified
remote
computer.
Administrator
rights
on
the
remote
computer
is
required.
‐‐
list
Lists
all
available
Solarflare
adapters.
This
option
shows
the
ifname
and
MAC
address.
Note:
this
option
may
not
be
used
in
conjunction
with
any
other
option.
If
this
option
is
used
with
configuration
parameters,
those
parameters
will
be
silently
ignored.
‐
i,
‐‐
adapter
=<vmnicX>
Performs
the
action
on
the
identified
Solarflare
network
adapter.
The
adapter
identifier
vmnicX
can
be
the
name
or
MAC
address,
as
output
by
the
‐‐
list
option.
If
‐‐
adapter
is
not
included,
the
action
will
apply
to
all
installed
Solarflare
adapters.