software package available via the NVIDIA web site at
networking → Products → Software → InfiniBand Drivers
3. Use the Hash utility to confirm the file integrity of your ISO image. Run the following
command and compare the result to the value provided on the download page.
SHA256 MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>.iso
Installing MLNX_OFED
Installation Script
The installation script, mlnxofedinstall, performs the following:
Usage
./mnt/mlnxofedinstall [OPTIONS]
The installation script removes all previously installed OFED packages and re-installs from
scratch. You will be prompted to acknowledge the deletion of the old packages.
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i.
Scroll down to the Download wizard, and click the Download tab.
ii.
Choose your relevant package depending on your host operating system.
iii.
Click the desired ISO/tgz package.
iv.
To obtain the download link, accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
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Discovers the currently installed kernel
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Uninstalls any software stacks that are part of the standard operating system
distribution or another vendor's commercial stack
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Installs the MLNX_OFED_LINUX binary RPMs (if they are available for the current
kernel)
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Identifies the currently installed InfiniBand and Ethernet network adapters and
automatically upgrades the firmware
Note: To perform a firmware upgrade using customized firmware binaries, a path can
be provided to the folder that contains the firmware binary files, by running --fw-
image-dir. Using this option, the firmware version embedded in the MLNX_OFED
package will be ignored.
Example:
./mlnxofedinstall --fw-image-dir /tmp/my_fw_bin_files
If the driver detects unsupported cards on the system, it will abort the installation
procedure. To avoid this, make sure to add
flag during installation.
Pre-existing configuration files will be saved with the extension ".conf.rpmsave".
Please
visit nvidia.com/en-us/
→ NVIDIA MLNX_OFED
--skip-unsupported-devices-check
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