Installing Mellanox Native Esxi Driver For Vmware Vsphere; Removing Earlier Mellanox Drivers - Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Series User Manual

Requirement
Installer Privileges

Installing Mellanox NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere

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Please uninstall all previous Mellanox driver packages prior to installing the new version. See

Removing Earlier Mellanox Drivers

To install the driver:
1. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2. Install the driver.
#> esxcli software vib install –d <path>/<bundle_file>
Example:
#> esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/MLNX-NATIVE-ESX-Mellanox
0.4240417.zip
3. Reboot the machine.
4. Verify the driver was installed successfully.
esxcli software vib list | grep nmlx
nmlx5-core
nmlx5-rdma
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After the installation process, all kernel modules are loaded automatically upon boot.
Removing Earlier Mellanox Drivers
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Please unload the previously installed drivers before removing them.
To remove all the drivers:
The installation requires administrator privileges on the target
machine.
for further information.
4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417
4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417
Description
ConnectX-6
MEL PartnerSupported 2017-01-31
MEL PartnerSupported 2017-01-31
Dx-5_4.16.8.8-10EM-650.0.
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