Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx MCX623432AE-ADAB User Manual page 47

Firmware
Installation Logs
While installing MLNX_OFED, the install log for each selected package will be saved in a separate log
file. The path to the directory containing the log files will be displayed after running the installation
script in the following format: "
Example:
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.4-1.0.0.0.63414.logs
openibd Script
As of MLNX_OFED v2.2-1.0.0 the openibd script supports pre/post start/stop scripts:
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the /etc/infiniband/openibd.conf file.
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
Example:
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh
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An example of OPENIBD_POST_START script for activating all interfaces is provided in the
MLNX_OFED package under the docs/scripts/openibd-post-start-configure-interfaces/
folder.
Driver Load Upon System Boot
Upon system boot, the NVIDIA drivers will be loaded automatically.
• The firmware of existing network adapter devices will be updated if
the following two conditions are fulfilled:
• The installation script is run in default mode; that is, without
the option '--without-fw-update'
• The firmware version of the adapter device is older than the
firmware version included with the NVIDIA OFED ISO image
Note: If an adapter's flash was originally programmed with an
Expansion ROM image, the automatic firmware update will
also burn an Expansion ROM image.
• In case that your machine has an unsupported network adapter
device, no firmware update will occur and the error message below
will be printed.
The firmware for this device is not distributed inside Mellanox driver:
0000:01:00.0 (PSID: IBM2150110033)
To obtain firmware for this device, please contact your HW vendor.
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<version>.<PD>.logs
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