Installation Logs; Openibd Script; Driver Load Upon System Boot - Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Series User Manual

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Installation Logs

While installing MLNX_OFED, the install log for each selected package will be saved in a separate log
file. The path to the directory containing the log files will be displayed after running the installation
script in the following format: "
Example:
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.4-1.0.0.0.63414.logs

openibd Script

As of MLNX_OFED v2.2-1.0.0 the openibd script supports pre/post start/stop scripts:
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the /etc/infiniband/openibd.conf file.
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
Example:
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh
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An example of OPENIBD_POST_START script for activating all interfaces is provided in the
MLNX_OFED package under the docs/scripts/openibd-post-start-configure-interfaces/ folder.

Driver Load Upon System Boot

Upon system boot, the Mellanox drivers will be loaded automatically.
To prevent automatic load of the Mellanox drivers upon system boot:
1. Add the following lines to the "/etc/modprobe.d/mlnx.conf" file.
• The firmware of existing network adapter devices will be updated if the
following two conditions are fulfilled:
• The installation script is run in default mode; that is, without
the option '--without-fw-update'
• The firmware version of the adapter device is older than the
firmware version included with the Mellanox OFED ISO image
Note: If an adapter's flash was originally programmed with an
Expansion ROM image, the automatic firmware update will also
burn an Expansion ROM image.
• In case that your machine has an unsupported network adapter device,
no firmware update will occur and the error message below will be
printed.
The firmware for this device is not distributed inside Mellanox driver:
0000:01:00.0 (PSID: IBM2150110033)
To obtain firmware for this device, please contact your HW vendor.
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<version>.<PD>.logs
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