Category: CFE Loader Commands
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netboot
Once you have the networking setup (use ifconfig), then point netboot at a http or tftp server that has a copy of the ONTAP netboot image. When the system has booted, you still need to install ONTAP fully.
CFE> help netboot
SUMMARY
Boots the supplied URL off the network.
USAGE
netboot <URL>
Where <URL> is either <http or tftp>://<server>/<path to file>netboot loads an image of Data ONTAP or Diagnostics off of the network
and executes it. It loads the image from the user supplied URL.
The URL can be either a TFTP or an HTTP network path.
See Also…
CFE / Loader Commands cfe, NetApp, netboot, ONTAP
show devices
March 3rd, 2009
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Pretty useful if troubleshooting hardware devices, or you just need to see what is installed in the system. The below output is from a FAS3020 with no PCI cards, and a RLM card.
CFE> show devices
Device Name Description
——————- ———————————————————
rlm0a Remote LAN Module (RLM): Console at 0x3F8, RLM at 0x2F8
eeprom0a ATMEL AT28BV256 EEPROM at 0x000C0000 offset 0×00000000
agent0a NetApp Agent 0×99 version 15 at address 0xAE
lcd0a i2c driver on I2C dev 0xC8000
ide0.0 PCI IDE disk unit 0 at I/O 1030
e0c Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet at 0xE0D80000 (00-a0-98-08-17-80)
e0d Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet at 0xE0DA0000 (00-a0-98-08-17-81)
e0a Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet at 0xE0A80000 (00-a0-98-08-17-82)
e0b Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet at 0xE0AA0000 (00-a0-98-08-17-83)
clock0a ISA RTC at 0×70 (index) and 0×71 (target)
flash0a New CFI flash at 0xFFC00000 offset 0×00200000 size 2048KB
flash0b New CFI flash at 0xFFC00000 offset 0×00000000 size 2048KB
CFE / Loader Commands cfe, NetApp, ONTAP, show devices
unsetenv, setenv & printenv
March 3rd, 2009
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Pretty straight forward. Use one to set and environmental variable, and one to unset and environmental variable! To get all the environmental variables you can use printenv
unsetenv varname
This command deletes an environment variable from memory and also
removes it from the NVRAM device (if present).
setenv varname value
This command sets an environment variable. By default, an environment variable
is stored only in memory and will not be retained across system restart.
if an NVRAM device is present, the variable is also stored there and
is persistent across reboot.
CFE / Loader Commands cfe, NetApp, ONTAP, printenv, setenv, unsetenv
date & time
March 3rd, 2009
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These are 2 different commands, but they are closely connected.
Use set date to set the date (set date mm/dd/yy)
Use set time to set the time (set time hh:mm:ss)
show date and show time are the same command really and both give the same output.
CFE> show date
Current date & time is: 03/03/2009 11:33:26
CFE> show time
Current date & time is: 03/03/2009 11:33:27
CFE / Loader Commands cfe, date, NetApp, ONTAP, time
ifconfig
March 3rd, 2009
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If you have a completely dead system and need to re-install ONTAP onto the flash card as well as the disks, then you’ll need to netboot the system (or other reasons you need to setup the networking!). The first step is to setup the networking for this.
CFE> help ifconfig
SUMMARY
Configure the Ethernet interface
USAGE
ifconfig device [options..]
Activates and configures the specified Ethernet interface and sets its
IP address, netmask, and other parameters. The -auto switch can be used
to set this information via DHCP.OPTIONS
-auto Configure interface automatically via DHCP
-off Deactivate the specified interface
-addr=* Specifies the IP address of the interface
-mask=* Specifies the subnet mask for the interface
-gw=* Specifies the gateway address for the interface
-dns=* Specifies the name server address for the interface
-domain=* Specifies the default domain for name service queries
-speed=* Sets the interface speed (auto, 10fdx, 10hdx, 100fdx, 100hdx, 1000fdx, 1000hdx)
-loopback=* Sets the loopback mode (off,internal,external) External loopback causes the phy to be placed in loopback mode
-hwaddr=* Sets the hardware address (overrides environment)
See Also…
CFE / Loader Commands cfe, ifconfig, NetApp, ONTAP
arp
March 3rd, 2009
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arp [-d] [ip-address] [dest-address]
Without any parameters, the arp command will display the contents of the
arp table. With two parameters, arp can be used to add permanent arp
entries to the table (permanent arp entries do not time out)-d Delete the specified ARP entry. If specified, ip-address
may be * to delete all entries.
CFE / Loader Commands arp, cfe, NetApp, ONTAP
flash
March 3rd, 2009
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CFE> flash
flash [options] filename [flashdevice]
Copies data from a source file name or device to a flash memory device.
The source device can be a disk file (FAT filesystem), a remote file
(TFTP) or a flash device. The destination device may be a flash or eeprom.-noerase Don’t erase flash before writing
-offset=* Begin programming at this offset in the flash device
-size=* Size of source device when programming from flash to flash
-noversion Skip version checking. By default, CFE rejects older firmware
-noheader Override header verification, flash binary without checking
CFE / Loader Commands cfe, flash, NetApp, ONTAP
CFE / Loader / Boot Prompt
March 3rd, 2009
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There is a small subset of commands that can be access only from the boot prompt of the system. These are useful in some circumstances, but the possibilities are quite limited. In the below examples I am using a system that shows a “CFE” prompt, but this may be “Loader” or something else depending on your system.
CFE> help
Available commands:version Print CFE version.
update_flash Updates the boot flash with the firmware image on the PC-Card.
netboot Boots the supplied URL off the network.
boot_diags Boots the diagnostic image off of the PC-Card.
boot_backup Boots the backup image of Data ONTAP off of the PC-Card.
boot_primary Boots the primary image of Data ONTAP off of the PC-Card.
boot_ontap Boots the correct image of Data ONTAP
bye Reset the system.
flash Update a flash memory device
autoboot Automatic system bootstrap.
go Start a previously loaded program.
boot Load an executable file into memory and execute it
load Load an executable file into memory without executing it
set date Set current date
set time Set current time
ping Ping a remote IP host.
arp Display or modify the ARP Table
ifconfig Configure the Ethernet interface
show date Display current time according to RTC
show time Display current time according to RTC
show devices Display information about the installed devices.
unsetenv Delete an environment variable.
set-defaults Reset all system environmental variables to default values.
setenv Set an environment variable.
printenv Display the environment variables
help Obtain help for CFE commands