Removing Earlier Nvidia Drivers; Firmware Programming - Nvidia ConnectX-6 User Manual

nmlx5-core
nmlx5-rdma
 After the installation process, all kernel modules are loaded automatically upon boot.

Removing Earlier NVIDIA Drivers

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Please unload the previously installed drivers before removing them.
To remove all the drivers:
1. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2. List all the existing NATIVE ESXi driver modules. (See Step 4 in
3. Remove each module:
#> esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-rdma
#> esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-core
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To remove the modules, you must run the command in the same order as shown in the example above.
4. Reboot the server.

Firmware Programming

1. Download the VMware bootable binary images v4.6.0 from the
a. ESXi 6.5 File: mft-4.6.0.48-10EM-650.0.0.4598673.x86_64.vib
b. MD5SUM: 0804cffe30913a7b4017445a0f0adbe1
2. Install the image according to the steps described in the
4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417
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Firmware Tools (MFT) site.
MFT User Manual.
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