Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 MCX654106A-ECAT User Manual page 39

Driver Installation
Please use the relevant driver installation section.
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ConnectX-6 Socket Direct cards 2x PCIe x16 (OPNs: MCX654106A-HCAT and MCX654106A-
ECAT) are not supported in Windows and WinOF-2.
• Linux Driver Installation
• Windows Driver Installation
• VMware Driver Installation
Linux Driver Installation
This section describes how to install and test the Mellanox OFED for Linux package on a single server
with a Mellanox ConnectX-5 adapter card installed.
Prerequisites
Requirements
Platforms
Required Disk Space for Installation
Device ID
Operating System
Installer Privileges
Downloading Mellanox OFED
1. Verify that the system has a Mellanox network adapter installed by running lscpi command. The
below table provides output examples per ConnectX-6 card configuration.
A server platform with a ConnectX-6 InfiniBand/VPI adapter
card installed.
1GB
For the latest list of device IDs, please visit the Mellanox
website at http://www.mellanox.com/page/
firmware_HCA_FW_identification.
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.
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