Windows Driver; Hardware And Software Requirements; Downloading Mellanox Winof-2 Driver; Table 8: Hardware And Software Requirements - Mellanox Technologies ConnectX-5 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 =>
InfiniBand/VPI Drivers => Download. Follow the installation instructions included in the down-
load package (also available from the download page).

4.2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements

4.2.2 Downloading Mellanox WinOF-2 Driver

To download the .exe 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 =>InfiniBand/VPIDrivers => Windows SW/Driv-
ers.
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 1.5
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
echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
Installing the incorrect .exe file is prohibited. If you do so, an error message will be displayed. For
example, if you try to install a 64-bit .exe on a 32-bit machine, the wizard will display the follow-
ing (or a similar) error message:
"The installation package is not supported by this processor type. Contact your vendor"
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