flash scan

Theflash scancommand returns the current firmware installed on both the card and the system.

It has the following option:

  • -v(Optional): Verbose output displays additional information including the MAC address.

To run theflash scancommand in verbose mode, enter the following:

sudo xbutil flash scan -v
You should see an output similar to the example below. In this example, the deployment shell name is xilinx_u200_xdma_201830_1, the timestamp is 0x000000005bece8e1, and the BMC version is 3.1. In this output, DSA is referring to the deployment shell, TS is the timestamp, and BMC is referring to the Satellite Controller. 
XBFLASH -- Xilinx Card Flash Utility Card_ID[0] Card BDF: 0000:d8:00.0 Card type: u200 Flash type: SPI Shell running on FPGA: xilinx_u200_xdma_201830_1,[TS=0x000000005bece8e1],[BMC=3.1] Shell package installed in system: xilinx_u200_xdma_201830_1,[TS=0x000000005bece8e1],[BMC=3.1] Card name A S00A64G Card S/N: 2129048BF083 Config mode: 7 Fan presence: A Max power level: 225W MAC address0: 00:0A:35:05:EC:5A MAC address1: 00:0A:35:05:EC:5B MAC address2: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF MAC address3: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF