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need to perform the steps below. The following steps are also appropriate in case that you wish to
burn newer firmware that you have downloaded from NVIDIA website (http://www.nvidia.com >
Support > Firmware Download).
1.
Get the device's PSID.
mlxfwmanager_pci | grep PSID
PSID: MT_1210110019
2.
Download the firmware BIN file from the NVIDIA website or the OEM website.
3.
Burn the firmware.
mlxfwmanager_pci -i <fw_file.bin>
4.
Reboot your machine after the firmware burning is completed.
Updating the Device Firmware Automatically upon System Boot
As of MLNX_OFED v3.1-x.x.x, firmware can be automatically updated upon system boot. The
firmware update package (mlnx-fw-updater) is installed in the "/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater"
folder, and openibd service script can invoke the firmware update process if requested on boot.
If the firmware is updated, the following message is printed to the system's standard logging file:
fw_updater: Firmware was updated. Please reboot your system
Otherwise, the following message is printed:
fw_updater: Didn't detect
Please note, this feature is disabled by default. To enable the automatic firmware update upon
system boot, set the following parameter to "yes" "RUN_FW_UPDATER_ONBOOT=yes" in the
openibd service configuration file "/etc/infiniband/openib.conf".
You can opt to exclude a list of devices from the automatic firmware update procedure. To do so,
edit the configurations file "/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater/mlnx-fw-updater.conf" and provide a
comma separated list of PCI devices to exclude from the firmware update.
Example:
MLNX_EXCLUDE_DEVICES="00:05.0,00:07.0"
UEFI Secure Boot
All kernel modules included in MLNX_OFED for RHEL7 and SLES12 are signed with x.509 key to
support loading the modules when Secure Boot is enabled.
new
devices with old firmware.
for
the changes to take effect.
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