Identifying The Card In Your System - Nvidia Mellanox User Manual

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When installing cables make sure that the latches engage.
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Always install and remove cables by pushing or pulling the cable and connector
in a straight line with the card.
3. After inserting a cable into a port, the Yellow or Green LED0 indicator will light when the
physical connection is established (that is, when the unit is powered on and a cable is plugged
into the port with the other end of the connector plugged into a functioning port).
Card LED Operations.
4. After plugging in a cable, lock the connector using the latching mechanism particular to the
cable vendor. When a logical connection is made, Green LED1 will light. When data is being
transferred, Green LED1 will blink.
5. Care should be taken as not to impede the air exhaust flow through the ventilation holes. Use
cable lengths which allow for routing horizontally around to the side of the chassis before
bending upward or downward in the rack.
6. To remove a cable, disengage the locks and slowly pull the connector away from the port
receptacle. LED indicator will turn off when the cable is unseated.

Identifying the Card in Your System

On Linux
Get the device location on the PCI bus by running lspci and locating lines with the string "Mellanox
Technologies":
lspci |grep -i Mellanox
Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [
On Windows
1. Open Device Manager on the server. Click Start => Run, and then enter devmgmt.msc.
2. Expand System Devices and locate your Mellanox ConnectX-6 adapter card.
3. Right click the mouse on your adapter's row and select Properties to display the adapter card
properties window.
4. Click the Details tab and select Hardware Ids (Windows 2012/R2/2016) from the Property pull-
down menu.
ConnectX-6
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See Adapter
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