General Information

Package Tools

The following is a list of the available tools in the package, together with a brief description of each tool. The tools apply to single switch systems or adapter cards.

The mstflint tools do not provide cluster wide functionality.

Category	Tool	Description	Operating System
Firmware Update and Configuration	mstflint	This tool burns a firmware binary image or an expansion ROM image to the Flash of a network adapter/switch device. It includes query functions to the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstconfig	Allows the user to change some of the device configurations without having to create and burn a new firmware.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstfwmanager	The mstwmanager is a firmware update and query utility. It provides a simple 'single click' firmware update functionality. Note: The same tool with embedded firmware binaries is released separately and is named mlxup.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstarchive	The mstarchive tool allows the user to create a file with the mfa2 extension. The new file contains several binary files of a given firmware for different adapter cards.	Linux FreeBSD
Debug and Diagnostics Utilities	mstregdump	Dumps device internal configuration data.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstmcra	Reads/writes a single word from/to a device configuration register space	Linux FreeBSD
	mstvpd	Reads PCI device VPD	Linux FreeBSD
	mstfwreset	Load Firmware after firmware update on ISFU capable devices.(5th generation devices)	Linux FreeBSD
	mstfwtrace	Extracts and prints trace messages generated by the firmware of 5th generation devices. This tool supports secure firmware flow only.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstreg	Exposes supported access registers, and allows users to obtain information regarding the registers fields and attributes, and to set and get data with specific register.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstlink	Displays and configures port related data at the physical layer.	Linux FreeBSD
	mstresourcedump	Extracts and prints data segments generated by the firmware.	Linux
	mstresourceparse	Parses and prints data segments content.	Linux

Detailed installation instructions along with complete descriptions of the various tools in the package can be found in the Firmware Tools User Manual.