Firmware Upgrade; Linux Driver Installation; Prerequisites - Nvidia ConnectX-5 User Manual

6. To complete the extraction, click Finish.

Firmware Upgrade

If the machine has a standard NVIDIA card with an older firmware version, the firmware will be
automatically updated as part of the WinOF-2 package installation.
For information on how to upgrade firmware manually, please refer to the MFT User Manual
at https://docs.nvidia.com/category/mft.

Linux Driver Installation

This section describes how to install and test the NVIDIA OFED for Linux package on a single server
with a NVIDIA ConnectX-5 adapter card installed.

Prerequisites

Requirements
Platforms
Required Disk Space for Installation
A server platform with a oneof the following NVIDIA
adapters installed:
• ConnectX®-5 Ex (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX5)
• ConnectX®-5 (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX5)
1GB
Description
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