Removing Earlier Mellanox Drivers; Firmware Programming - Nvidia MCX545B-CCUN User Manual

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:
1. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2. List all the existing NATIVE ESXi driver modules. (See Step 4
Driver for VMware
3. Remove each module:
#> esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-rdma
#> esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-core
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To remove the modules, you must run the command in the same order as shown in the
example above.
4. Reboot the server.

Firmware Programming

1. Download the VMware bootable binary images v4.6.0 from
site.
a. ESXi 6.5 File: mft-4.6.0.48-10EM-650.0.0.4598673.x86_64.vib
b. MD5SUM: 0804cffe30913a7b4017445a0f0adbe1
2. Install the image according to the steps described in
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The following procedure requires custom boot image downloading, mounting and
booting from a USB device.
4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417
4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417
vSphere.)
MEL PartnerSupported 2017-01-31
MEL PartnerSupported 2017-01-31
in Installing Mellanox NATIVE ESXi
the Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)
the MFT User Manual.
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