Chapter 4 Driver Installation; Linux; Hardware And Software Requirements; Downloading Mellanox Ofed - Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 User Manual

4 Driver Installation
4.1

Linux

For Linux, download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software
package available via the Mellanox web site at: http://www.mellanox.com => Products => Soft-
ware => InfiniBand/VPI Drivers => Linux SW/Drivers => Download. This chapter describes
how to install and test the Mellanox OFED for Linux package on a single host machine with Mel-
lanox ConnectX-5 adapter hardware installed.

4.1.1 Hardware and Software Requirements

Table 5 - Hardware and Software Requirements
Requirements
Platforms
Required Disk Space
for Installation
Device ID
Operating System
Installer
Privileges

4.1.2 Downloading Mellanox OFED

Verify that the system has a Mellanox network adapter (HCA/NIC) installed.
Step 1.
The following example shows a system with an installed Mellanox HCA:
Download the ISO image to your host.
Step 2.
The image's name has the format
arch>.iso
--> InfiniBand/VPI Drivers --> Mellanox OFED Linux (MLNX_OFED).
Step a.
Step b.
Step c.
Rev 1.5
• A server platform with an adapter card based on one of the following Mellanox
Technologies'
• MT4120 - ConnectX-5 (
ConnectX®-5 Ex (VPI, IB, EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX5)
1GB
For the latest list of device IDs, please visit Mellanox website.
Linux operating system.
For the list of supported operating system distributions and kernels, please refer to
the Mellanox OFED Release Notes file.
The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on the target machine.
# lspci -v | grep Mellanox
86:00.0 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT27620 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
86:00.1 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT27620 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
. You can download it from
Scroll down to the Download wizard, and click the Download tab.
Choose your relevant package depending on your host operating system.
Click the desired ISO/tgz package.
Mellanox Technologies
Description
InfiniBand/VPI
HCA devices:
VPI, IB,
EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX5)MT4121
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label><CPU
http://www.mellanox.com
Driver Installation
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