Information about the package, bfa-firmware, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bfa-firmware package is designed for, Brocade Fibre Channel HBA Firmware.
Package Name:
bfa-firmware
Summary:
Brocade Fibre Channel HBA Firmware
Description:
Brocade Fibre Channel HBA Firmware.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.2.23.0
Release:
2.el6
Size:
3.2 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Redistributable, no modification permitted
Control the bfa-firmware package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bfa-firmware
This command will install bfa-firmware on the server.
yum remove bfa-firmware
This command will un-install bfa-firmware on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bfa-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bfa-firmware
This command will un-install bfa-firmware on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove bfa-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum update bfa-firmware
This command will update bfa-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bfa-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bfa-firmware
This command will update bfa-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove bfa-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum info bfa-firmware
This command will show you core information about the bfa-firmware package.
yum deplist bfa-firmware
This command will show you the dependencies for bfa-firmware. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update bfa-firmware
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bfa-firmware. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.