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 NVIDIA® WinOF-2 package installation. For information on how
to upgrade firmware manually, please refer to
If the machine has a DDA (pass through) facility, firmware update is supported only in the Host.
Therefore, to update the firmware, the following must be performed:
1.
Return the network adapters to the Host.
2.
Update the firmware according to the steps in
3.
Attach the adapters back to VM with the DDA tools.
VMware Driver Installation
Hardware and Software Requirements
Requirement
Platforms
Operating System
Installer Privileges
Installing NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere
Please uninstall all previous driver packages prior to installing the new version.
To install the driver:
1.
Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2.
Install the driver.
#> esxcli software vib install –d <path>/<bundle_file>
Example:
#> esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/MLNX-NATIVE-ESX-ConnectX-4-5_4.16.8.8-10EM-650.0.0.4240417.zipesxcli
3.
Reboot the machine.
4.
Verify the driver was installed successfully.
esxcli software vib list | grep nmlx
MFT User
Manual.
the MFT User
A server platform with an adapter card based on ConnectX®-4
Lx (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX4Lx)
ESXi 6.5
The installation requires administrator privileges on the target
machine.
Manual.
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