Uninstalling Mellanox Winof-2 Driver; Attended Uninstallation; Unattended Uninstallation; Firmware Upgrade - Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 Ex User Manual

4.2.6 Uninstalling Mellanox WinOF-2 Driver

4.2.6.1 Attended Uninstallation

 To uninstall MLNX_WinOF2 on a single node:
Click Start-> Control Panel-> Programs and Features-> MLNX_WinOF2-> Uninstall.
(NOTE: This requires elevated administrator privileges)

4.2.6.2 Unattended Uninstallation

 To uninstall MLNX_WinOF2 in unattended mode:
Open a CMD console-> Click Start-> Task Manager-> File-> Run new task-> and enter
Step 1.
CMD.
Uninstall the driver. Run:
Step 2.
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe /S /x /v"/qn"

4.2.7 Firmware Upgrade

If the machine has a standard Mellanox card with an older firmware version, the firmware will be
automatically updated as part of the WinOF-2 package installation.
For information on how to upgrade firmware manually, please refer to MFT User Manual:
www.mellanox.com =>Products => Ethernet Drivers => Firmware Tools

4.2.8 Deploying the Driver on a Nano Server

4.2.8.1 Offline Installation

 To deploy the Driver on a Nano Server:
Go to the Mellanox WinOF web page at
Step 1.
http://www.mellanox.com => Products => Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/Drivers.
Download the driver (MLNX_WinOF2_MLNX_WinOF2-1_64_mlx5_All_win2016_x64_-
Step 2.
fre_1_64_15407.exe).
Extract the driver to a local directory (see
Step 3.
Installation", on page
Copy the contents of this directory to C:\WS2016TP5_Drivers.
Step 4.
Rev 1.7
If no reboot options are specified, the installer restarts the computer whenever necessary without
displaying any prompt or warning to the user.
Use the or
/norestart /forcerestart
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Mellanox Technologies
standard command-line options to control reboots.
Section 4.2.5, "Extracting Files Without Running
Driver Installation
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