Driver Installation; Windows Driver Installation; Hardware And Software Requirements; Downloading Mellanox Winof-2 Driver - Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx User Manual

Driver Installation

Please use the relevant driver installation section.
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Windows Driver Installation

• Linux Driver Installation
• VMware Driver Installation
Windows Driver Installation
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 > Ethernet
Drivers > Download. Follow the installation instructions included in the download package (also
available from the download page).
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The snapshots in the following sections are presented for illustration purposes only. The
installation interface may slightly vary, depending on the operating system in use.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Description
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows 8.1 Client (64 bit only)
Windows 10 Client (64 bit only)
Note: The Operating System listed above must run with administrator privileges.

Downloading Mellanox WinOF-2 Driver

To download the executable file according to your operating system, please follow the steps below:
1. Obtain the machine architecture.
a. To go to the Start menu, position your mouse in the bottom-right corner of the Remote
Desktop of your screen.
b. Open a CMD console. (Click Task Manager > File > Run new task, and enter CMD.)
c. Enter the following command.
echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
On an x64 (64-bit) machine, the output will be "AMD64".
2. Go to the Mellanox WinOF-2 web page at http://www.mellanox.com > Products >InfiniBand/VPI
Drivers > Windows SW/Drivers.
3. Download the exe image according to the architecture of your machine (see Step 1). The name
of the .exe is in the following format: MLNX_WinOF2-<version>_x<arch>.exe.
MLNX_WinOF2-1_10_All_x64.exe
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