Venkata,

 

See my replies below.

 

Bart

 

From: Venkata Ramana Veldanda <Venkata.Veldanda@radisys.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 3:30 AM
To: starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io
Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] Intel N3000 FPGA update on Starlingx

 

Hi Community

 

We are using Stx4.0

 

I have couple of questions with respect to the N3000 FPGA update

 

  1. The Intel FPGA PAC N3000 contains two Intel XL710 NICs, memory, and an Intel FPGA. The procedure to upgrade the firmware images of FPGA is given at: https://docs.starlingx.io/node_management/starlingx-kubernetes/hardware_acceleration_devices/updating-an-intel-n3000-fpga-image.html. What is the procedure to upgrade the firmware of XL710 NICs within the N3000? Or we can use the same procedure even for the XL710 NICs?

[Bart] The procedure you reference can only be used to update the user image on the N3000. To upgrade the firmware on the X710 NICs you would need to follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

 

  1. In order to check for the firmware version i.e. already shipped on Intel XL710 NICs, I use the system host-port-list <node> and get the ports mapped to the device ID [0d58] and run “ethtool -i <port-name>”. Is this the only way to get the base firmware version or is there a system command from Starlingx to achieve this?

[Bart] That is the only way I am aware of.

 

Best Regards,

Venkata Veldanda