B–Flash Update

QLogic Adapter Flash Update—Windows Server

Using the Flash Utility

When invoking the nxflash.exe utility, use the following syntax:

nxflash -i “Local Area Connection n--all

In this command, the -iindicates the interface command and the “Local Area Connection nspecifies the adapter being Flashed. (The quotation marks are required.)

To determine the adapter number:

1.Click the Start button, and then right-click My Network Places.

2.Click Properties. The Network Connections window opens.

The Network Connections window lists all of the adapters and the type of device to which they are connected.

Along with the interface (-iin the nxflash command syntax), additional commands are listed in Table B-1.

Table B-1. Flash Utility Commands—Windows Server

Command

Definition

Description

 

 

 

-i

Interface

This command specifies the interface type

--interface

 

(Local Area Connection 1, Local Area Con-

 

nection 2, etc.).

 

 

 

 

 

--info

Information

This command displays adapter information

 

 

such as adapter type, chip revision, serial

 

 

ID, firmware version, BIOS version, MAC

 

 

address, etc.

 

 

 

-a

Flash

This command performs a complete update

--all

update

of the BIOS and the firmware.

 

 

-a <image file>

Flash

This command performs a complete update

--all <image file>

update

of the BIOS and the firmware using a

 

user-renamed ROM image.

 

 

 

 

 

-r <backup file>

Restore

When an update is performed, the previous

--restore <backup

 

Flash version is stored to a file in the current

 

working directory. Executing this command

file>

 

 

restores the specified backup Flash version

 

 

 

 

to the QLogic adapter. Here is an example of

 

 

a backup file name:

 

 

flashbackup_[serial num-

 

 

ber]_[version]_[date-time]

--pxe-on

PXE

This command enables PXE (default).

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