Updating The Device Manually; Updating The Device Firmware Automatically Upon System Boot; Uefi Secure Boot - Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 Ex User Manual

4.1.6.2 Updating the Device Manually

To update the device manually, please refer to the
In case that you ran the
you are using an OEM card and now you wish to (manually) update firmware on your adapter
card(s), you need to perform the steps below. The following steps are also appropriate in case that
you wish to burn newer firmware that you have downloaded from Mellanox Technologies' Web
site (http://www.mellanox.com > Support > Firmware Download).
Get the device's PSID.
Step 1.
Download the firmware BIN file from the Mellanox website or the OEM website.
Step 2.
Burn the firmware.
Step 3.
Reboot your machine after the firmware burning is completed.
Step 4.

4.1.6.3 Updating the Device Firmware Automatically upon System Boot

As of MLNX_OFED v3.1-x.x.x, firmware can be automatically updated upon system boot.
The firmware update package (
folder, and openibd service script can invoke the firmware update process if requested
updater"
on boot.
If the firmware is updated, the following message is printed to the system's standard logging file:
fw_updater: Firmware was updated. Please reboot your system for the changes to take
effect.
Otherwise, the following message is printed:
fw_updater: Didn't detect new devices with old firmware.
Please note, this feature is disabled by default. To enable the automatic firmware update upon
system boot, set the following parameter to
openibd service configuration file
You can opt to exclude a list of devices from the automatic firmware update procedure. To do so,
edit the configurations file
provide a comma separated list of PCI devices to exclude from the firmware update.
Example:
MLNX_EXCLUDE_DEVICES="00:05.0,00:07.0"

4.1.7 UEFI Secure Boot

All kernel modules included in MLNX_OFED for RHEL7 and SLES12 are signed with x.509
key to support loading the modules when Secure Boot is enabled.
Rev 1.7
mlnxofedinstall
mlxfwmanager_pci | grep PSID
PSID: MT_1210110019
mlxfwmanager_pci -i <fw_file.bin>
mlnx-fw-updater
"/etc/infiniband/openib.conf"
"/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater/mlnx-fw-updater.conf"
Mellanox Technologies
OEM Firmware Download
script with the '
--without-fw-update
) is installed in the
"/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-
"yes" "RUN_FW_UPDATER_ONBOOT=yes"
.
Driver Installation
page.
' option or
in the
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