Updating Firmware On Externally Managed Systems; Updating Firmware In-Band (Typical) - Nvidia Mellanox SB7700 Hardware User Manual

Updating Firmware on Externally Managed Systems

There are two methods to update system firmware:
• (Typical) In-band via a switch network port across a cable connecting the server to the switch
port.
• (Non-typical) Via the I²C port of the switch using a NVIDIA MTUSB-1 device connecting to a
server's USB port on the one end and to the I²C port of the switch on the other.
Firmware updates should normally be conducted in-band. The use of the MTUSB-1 device is intended
for cases of debug or firmware corruption and should be conducted by NVIDIA Fields or Support
engineers, or by trained users at the customer's site.
Both types of updated require the installation of NVIDIA Firmware Tools (MFT) package. The MFT
package and user manual are available for download under
management_tools. Please select the package that suits your operating system.
In order to obtain information regarding the externally managed system, you must download the
NVIDIA MFT tools from http://www.mellanox.com/page/management_tools.
Select and download the release that matches your system. Follow the instructions in the User
Manual http://www.mellanox.com/pdf/MFT/MFT_user_manual.pdf

Updating Firmware In-band (Typical)

Check the currently programmed firmware on the system and compare it to the latest firmware
available under http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_download
Switch Systems).
In order to obtain the firmware version of the externally managed system:
1. Obtain the LID of the target system. The following instructions use one of the utilities
provided by the installed MFT package. (Other methods are described in the MFT User
Manual) by performing the following:
a. Mark the GUID printed on the inventory pull-out tab of the system.
b. Run the command ibnetdiscover and search for the row starting with the word "Switch"
and indicates the GUID of the system.
c. Mark the displayed LID on that row (a decimal number).
2. Run the following command from a host:
# flint -d <device> q#
3. Compare the results of this command with the latest version for your system posted on
https://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware/firmware-downloads (select the Switch-IB
System page).
4. If the current version is not the latest version, follow the directions in the MFT User manual
to burn the new firmware inband.
For further information, please refer to MFT User
mft.
http://www.mellanox.com/page/
to get the tools.
(check under SwitchIB®
Manual at https://docs.mellanox.com/category/
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