Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Boot
Manager
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
376
9.3
iPXE
Support
iPXE
boot
is
supported
on
Solarflare
XtremeScale™
SFN8000
series
(and
later
adapters).
An
iPXE
boot
image
can
be
programmed
into
the
adapter
’
s
flash
via
the
Solarflare
‐
supplied
sfupdate
utility.
iPXE
is
an
alternative
open
‐
source
network
boot
firmware
providing
both
PXE
support
and
additional
features
such
as
HTTP
and
iSCSI
boot.
Solarflare
have
integrated,
maintain
and
support
iPXE
drivers
for
the
SFN8000
series
adapters
in
the
iPXE
open
source
code
base.
Users
can
use
iPXE
features
not
provided
within
the
gPXE
based
Solarflare
Boot
ROM
agent.
However,
iPXE
is
an
open
source
project
with
its
own
development
and
test
process
not
under
the
direct
control
of
the
Solarflare
engineering
team.
Solarflare
will
monitor
the
iPXE
development
mailing
lists
and
participate
to
ensure
the
iPXE
driver
for
Solarflare
adapters
operates
correctly.
NOTE:
It
is
recommended
that
customers
having
support
questions
on
the
iPXE
feature
set
work
directly
with
the
iPXE
open
source
community.
9.4
sfupdate
Options
for
PXE
upgrade/downgrade
This
section
describes
sfupdate
when
used
to
install/upgrade/downgrade
PXE
images.
Refer
to
sfupdate
in
OS
specific
sections
of
this
document
for
a
complete
list
of
sfupdate
options.
Each
version
of
sfupdate
contains
a
firmware
image
and
Solarflare
Boot
Manager
image.
Current
Versions
Run
the
sfupdate
command
to
identify
current
image
versions:
enp5s0f0
‐
MAC:
00
‐
0F
‐
53
‐
41
‐
C7
‐
00sfb
Firmware
version:
v6.3.0
Controller
type:
Solarflare
SFC9200
family
Controller
version:
v6.2.5.1000
B
oot
ROM
version:
v5.0.3.1002
UEFI
ROM
version:
v2.4.3.1
When
an
iPXE
image
has
been
flashed
over
the
Solarflare
Boot
Manager:
enp5s0f0
‐
MAC:
00
‐
0F
‐
53
‐
41
‐
C7
‐
00
Controller
type:
Solarflare
SFC9200
family
Controller
version:
v6.2.5.1000
Boot
ROM
version:
iPXE
UEFI
ROM
version:
v2.4.3.1