Firmware Upgrade; Vmware Driver Installation; Hardware And Software Requirements; Installing Native Esxi Driver For Vmware Vsphere - Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx User Manual

Firmware Upgrade

If the machine has a standard NVIDIA® card with an older firmware version, the firmware will be
automatically updated as part of the NVIDIA® WinOF-2 package installation. For information on how
to upgrade firmware manually, please refer to
If the machine has a DDA (pass through) facility, firmware update is supported only in the Host.
Therefore, to update the firmware, the following must be performed:
1. Return the network adapters to the Host.
2. Update the firmware according to the steps in
3. Attach the adapters back to VM with the DDA tools.

VMware Driver Installation

This section describes VMware Driver Installation.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Platforms
Operating System
Installer Privileges

Installing NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere

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Please uninstall all previous driver packages prior to installing the new version.
To install the driver:
1. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2. Install the driver.
#> esxcli software vib install –d <path>/<bundle_file>
Example:
#> esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/MLNX-NATIVE-ESX-ConnectX-4-5_4.16.8.8-10EM-650.0.0.4240417.zipesxcli
3. Reboot the machine.
4. Verify the driver was installed successfully.
esxcli software vib list | grep nmlx
nmlx5-core
nmlx5-rdma
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Requirement
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MFT User Manual.
the MFT User Manual.
Description
A server platform with an adapter card based on NVIDIA
devices:
• ConnectX®-6 Dx (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX6Dx)
ESXi 8.x
The installation requires administrator privileges on the target
machine.
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