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Safety Precautions ................................................................................. 27
Pre-Installation Checklist ......................................................................... 27
Bracket Replacement Instructions .............................................................. 27
Installation Instructions........................................................................... 28
Cables and Modules............................................................................ 29
Identifying the Card in Your System............................................................. 29
PCIe x8/16 Cards Installation Instructions ..................................................... 31
Installing the Card ............................................................................. 31
Uninstalling the Card .......................................................................... 33
Socket Direct (2x PCIe x16) Cards Installation Instructions ................................. 34
Installing the Card ............................................................................. 35
Uninstalling the Card .......................................................................... 41
Cards for Intel Liquid-Cooled Platforms Installation Instructions .......................... 42
Installing the Card ............................................................................. 43
Driver Installation.............................................................................47
Linux Driver Installation .......................................................................... 47
Prerequisites.................................................................................... 47
Downloading NVIDIA OFED .................................................................... 47
Installing NVIDIA OFED ........................................................................ 49
Installing MLNX_OFED Using YUM ............................................................ 54
Installing MLNX_OFED Using apt-get Tool .................................................. 56
Updating Firmware After Installation ....................................................... 58
UEFI Secure Boot............................................................................... 59
Performance Tuning ........................................................................... 61
Windows Driver Installation ...................................................................... 61
Software Requirements ....................................................................... 61
Downloading NVIDIA WinOF-2 Driver ........................................................ 61
Uninstalling NVIDIA WinOF-2 Driver ......................................................... 69
Extracting Files Without Running Installation ............................................. 69
Firmware Upgrade ............................................................................. 72
VMware Driver Installation ....................................................................... 72
Hardware and Software Requirements ..................................................... 72
Installing NVIDIA NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere ............................... 73
Removing Earlier NVIDIA Drivers ............................................................. 73
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