Installing Mlnx_Ofed Using Yum - Nvidia ConnectX-6 User Manual

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Uninstalling MLNX_OFED
Use the script /usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh to uninstall the NVIDIA OFED package. The script is part
of the ofed-scripts RPM.

Installing MLNX_OFED Using YUM

This type of installation is applicable to RedHat/OL, Fedora, XenServer Operating Systems.
Setting up MLNX_OFED YUM Repository
1. Log into the installation machine as root.
2. Mount the ISO image on your machine and copy its content to a shared location in your
network.
# mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>-<CPU arch>.iso /mnt
3. Download and install NVIDIA GPG-KEY:
The key can be downloaded via the following
RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
# wget http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
--2014-04-20 13:52:30-- http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
Resolving www.mellanox.com... 72.3.194.0
Connecting to www.mellanox.com|72.3.194.0|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1354 (1.3K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox?
100%[=================================================>] 1,354 --.-K/s in 0s
2014-04-20 13:52:30 (247 MB/s) - ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox? saved [1354/1354]
4. Install the key.
# sudo rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 6224c050: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///repos/MLNX_OFED/<MLNX_OFED file>/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
Importing GPG key 0x6224C050:
Userid: "Mellanox Technologies (Mellanox Technologies - Signing Key v2) <support@mellanox.com>"
From : /repos/MLNX_OFED/<MLNX_OFED file>/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
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installed or the hardware is not configured correctly.
Failed to start the mst driver
link: http://www.nvidia.com/downloads/ofed/
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