Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx User Manual page 49

Setting up MLNX_OFED apt-get Repository
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Setting up MLNX_OFED apt-get Repository Using --add-kernel-support
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Log into the installation machine as root.
Extract the MLNX_OFED package on a shared location in your network.
It can be downloaded from https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ → Products
→ Software→ InfiniBand Drivers.
Create an apt-get repository configuration file called "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
mlnx_ofed.list" with the following content:
deb file:/<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package>/DEBS ./
Download and install NVIDIA's Technologies GPG-KEY.
# wget -qO - http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox | sudo apt-key add -
Verify that the key was successfully imported.
# apt-key list
pub 1024D/A9E4B643 2013-08-11
uid Mellanox Technologies <support@mellanox.com>
sub 1024g/09FCC269 2013-08-11
f. Update the apt-get cache.
# sudo apt-get update
Log into the installation machine as root.
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
Build the packages with kernel support and create the tarball.
# /mnt/mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh --make-tgz <optional --kmp> -k $(uname -r) -m /mnt/
Note: This program will create MLNX_OFED_LINUX TGZ
Do you want to continue?[y/N]:y
See log file /tmp/mlnx_iso.4120_logs/mlnx_ofed_iso.4120.log
Checking if all needed packages are installed...
Building MLNX_OFED_LINUX RPMS . Please wait...
Creating metadata-rpms for
WARNING: If you are going to configure
WARNING: that it contains unsigned rpms, therefore, you need to disable the gpgcheck
WARNING: by setting 'gpgcheck=0'
Created /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-0.5.5.0-rhel7.6-x86_64-ext.tgz
Open the tarball.
# cd /tmp/
# tar -xvf /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-0.5.5.0-rhel7.6-x86_64-ext.tgz
Create an apt-get repository configuration file called "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
mlnx_ofed.list" with the following content:
deb [trusted=yes] file:/<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package>/DEBS ./
for rhel7.6
3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 ...
this package as a repository, then please note
in the repository conf file.
under /tmp directory.
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