Asfmbox - Broadcom NetXtreme BCM570 Series Diagnostic User Manual

Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Adapter • Diagnostic User's Guide
Description:
These menu options may be used to override values in the network adapter's ASF
Configuration Table that correlate to the following records in the system's "ASF! Description
Table":
ASF_INFO
ASF_ALRT
ASF_RCTL
ASF_RMCP
ASF_ADDR
The values in these records are normally copied from the system's "ASF! Description
Table" (using the ACPI System Description Table architecture) into the ASF Configuration
Table in the network adapter's non-volatile memory by the Broadcom ASF Configuration
Utility (ASFConfig). See the Alert Standard Format (ASF) Specification v2.0 for detailed
descriptions of these records.
Reserved
7
Description:
Reserved
SMBus Init Data
8
Description:
Not to be used by customers. For Broadcom internal use only.
Save and Exit
9
Description:
Saves the modified ASF Configuration Table to the network adapter's non-volatile memory
and exists.
10 Exit without Saving
Description:
Exits without saving any changes to the ASF Configuration Table.

10.14 asfmbox

cmd: asfmbox
Description: Create ASF Off-Line Mailboxes in NVRAM.
Syntax: asfmbox [-c | -v | -d | -t]
Options:
-c
-v
-d
-t
Create specified number of ASF Mailboxes
View status of all ASF Mailboxes
Dump contents of specified ASF Mailbox
Test ASF Mailbox NVRAM block
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