Windows Driver; Hardware And Software Requirements; Downloading Mellanox Winof-2 Driver; Table 15: Hardware And Software Requirements - Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 Ex User Manual

4.2

Windows Driver

For Windows, download and install the latest Mellanox WinOF-2 for Windows software package
available via the Mellanox web site at: http://www.mellanox.com => Products => Software =>
Ethernet Drivers => Download. Follow the installation instructions included in the download
package (also available from the download page).

4.2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements

Table 15 - Hardware and Software Requirements
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows 8.1 Client (64 bit only)
Windows 10 Client (64 bit only)
a. The Operating System listed above must run with administrator privileges.

4.2.2 Downloading Mellanox WinOF-2 Driver

To download the executable file according to your Operating System, please follow the steps
below:
Obtain the machine architecture.
Step 1.
To go to the Start menu, position your mouse in the bottom-right corner of the
1.
Remote Desktop of your screen.
Open a CMD console (Click Task Manager-->File --> Run new task, and enter
2.
CMD).
Enter the following command.
3.
On an x64 (64-bit) machine, the output will be "AMD64".
Go to the Mellanox WinOF-2 web page at:
Step 2.
http://www.mellanox.com => Products =>Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/Drivers.
Download the .exe image according to the architecture of your machine (see Step 1). The
Step 3.
name of the .exe is in the following format
MLNX_WinOF2-<version>_x<arch>.exe.
Rev 1.7
The snapshots in the following sections are presented for illustration purposes only. The installa-
tion interface may slightly vary, depending on the used operating system
a
Description
echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
Mellanox Technologies
Package
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe
Driver Installation
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