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Driver Installation
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Linux Driver Installation
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Windows Driver Installation
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VMware Driver Installation
Linux Driver Installation
This section describes how to install and test the MLNX_OFED for Linux package on a single server
with a ConnectX-6 Dx adapter card installed.
Prerequisites
Requirements
Platforms
Required Disk Space for Installation
Operating System
Installer Privileges
Downloading MLNX_OFED
1.
Verify that the system has a network adapter installed by running lspci command. The below
table provides output examples per ConnectX-6 Dx card configuration.
# lspci -v | grep Mellanox
86:00.0 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT28908A0 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
86:00.1 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT28908A0 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
2.
Download the ISO image to your host.
The image's name has the format
You can download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software
package available via the NVIDIA web site at
products/software/
a.
Scroll down to the Download wizard, and click the Download tab.
b.
Choose your relevant package depending on your host operating system.
c.
Click the desired ISO/tgz package.
d.
To obtain the download link, accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
A server platform with a ConnectX-6 Dx Ethernet adapter
card installed.
1GB
Linux operating system.
For the list of supported operating system distributions and
kernels, please refer to the MLNX_OFED Release Notes file.
The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on
the target machine.
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label><CPU arch>.iso
> InfiniBand Drivers > Learn More > NVIDIA MLNX_OFED
Description
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/
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