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Intel(R) Ethernet NVM Update Tool ================================= February 16, 2021 CONTENTS ======== - OVERVIEW - Supported Operating Systems - Interactive Mode - Inventory Mode - Update Mode - Recovery Mode - Pending Reboot State - COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS - Command Line Examples - EXIT CODES - CONFIGURATION FILE - Restrictions & Rules - Configuration File Syntax - Configuration File Example - EEPROM MAP TEXT FILE SYNTAX - EEPROM MAP File Example - INSTALLATION - LEGAL / DISCLAIMERS OVERVIEW ======== The Intel(R) Ethernet NVM Update tool is a utility for updating the non-volatile memory (NVM) of Intel(R) Ethernet devices. It can also update the PHY firmware (FW) on some devices. The NVM Update tool operates in one of these modes: Interactive Mode, Inventory mode, or Update mode. NOTES: - Progress and debug information are not provided by default. Specify -l <filename> to send progress and debug information to a log file. Specify -l without a filename to send the information to the console. - More than one update may be required to bring your device's NVM fully up to date. In this situation, the tool will display and log a message indicating that another update is required. - If both an NVM image and an FLB file are provided for the update, the OROM update will come from the FLB file. - The NVM Update tool supports using a PLDM package as the update image. If the PLDM package contains more than one NVM image, the tool will not apply the update and will exit with error code 23. - Some Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-T4 adapters may display the message "Image differences found at offset 0x7..." when performing an update using the 700 Series NVM Update Package. This behavior is expected. Updating the Option ROM on a device with Device ID 1586 is a two step process. The first update will change the Device ID to 1589. Reboot your system and run the update tool a second time to update the Option ROM for the new Device ID. - On systems running Oracle* Solaris* 11, when a reboot is required, you must perform a full reboot, not a fast reboot. - If the tool indicates that a power cycle is required, make sure that your system powers off completely. A system reset or soft power cycle will result in an incomplete update. We recommend you disconnect the power cable for 30 seconds to ensure a complete power off. - During an inventory operation, you may see link temporarily dropped until the NVM Update tool completes its current operation. This is because the PHY controller is stopped to avoid issues when the tool accesses the PHY NVM interface. - If recovery is requested but there are no devices in recovery mode, the NVM Update tool will return success. - On a system running VMWare ESXi 6.5 and later, while Secure Boot Mode is enabled, the NVM Update tool cannot be run from datastores. If Secure Boot is enabled, you can run the NVM Update tool from the /tmp directory. Or you can disable Secure Boot, run the NVM Update tool, and then re-enable Secure Boot. NOTE: If the tool displays an error such as "Access error" or "Cannot initialize port" you may be using an outdated driver. Please download the latest driver from https://support.intel.com and try again. NOTE: If the tool displays the error: "Unable to load the driver. Please close all other applications and try again", you have a mix of old and new versions of the utility tool on your system. Quit all open applications and retry your operation. If the issue persists: Download the latest version of the utility tools Run the uninstall script to remove the old version of the tool driver Run the install script from the downloaded tools package Retry your operation You may also need to download and install the latest Intel Ethernet driver/PROSet package for your device. Updating the NVM with a DPDK Driver ----------------------------------- If all of t�