Getting the AMD Solarflare X4 Utilities - Getting the AMD Solarflare X4 Utilities - UG1739

The AMD Solarflare X4 Utilities are supplied as an RPM or DEB package that includes the following:

• The amdsfboot utility, used to reconfigure the adapter.
• The amdsfupdate utility, used to update the firmware on the adapter.
• The sfreport utility, used to gather diagnostic information about the adapter when requested by support.

The package installs the files beneath the /usr/sbin directory. This is the conventional Linux location for storing such files.

To get the package and install it on your host ready for use, do the following:

1. Download one of the following packages from the product website (see Product Website) to the /tmp directory on the host for the X4 series adapter:
   • XN-203250-LS AMD Solarflare X4 Utilities RPM, recommended for Fedora-based Linux such as RHEL.
   • XN-203251-LS AMD Solarflare X4 Utilities DEB, recommended for Debian-based Linux such as Ubuntu.
2. Change directory to /tmp:

   cd /tmp

3. Install the files from the package:
   • For an RPM package:

     rpm -ivh ./<package_name>.rpm

   • For a DEB package:

     apt install ./<package_name>.deb

The utlities are now installed in the /usr/sbin directory ready for use.