lsfware command

Purpose

Displays microcode and firmware levels of the system, adapters and devices.

Syntax

lsfware [ -all | -dev Name ]

Description

The lsfware command displays the platform system firmware microcode level and the service processor microcode levels, if supported. Not all systems contain a service processor, nor do all systems support displaying the system processor level. Information on a specific device is displayed with the -dev flag.

The -all flag displays system firmware/microcode for all devices. The output from the -all flag is always delimiter separated.

Flags

Flag name Description
-all Displays microcode level information for all supported devices.
-dev Name Displays microcode level information for the named device.

Examples

  1. To display the system firmware level and service processor (if present), type: 
    lsfware

    The system displays the following message:

    System Firmware level is TCP99256
  2. To display the microcode level for all supported devices, type: 
    lsfware -all

    The system displays the following message:

    sys0|system:TCP99256 
rmt0|C009 
scraid0|adapter:4.20.18|adapter-boot:4.00.26 
raid-dasd|22:FFC #:DDYS-T0.524D3031.53393446 
raid-dasd|26:FFC #:DDYS-T0.524D3031.53393446 
raid-dasd|2e:FFC #:DDYS-T0.525A3034.53393243 
....
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Parent topic: Maintenance commands


Last updated: Wed, November 18, 2020