Driver Installation; Linux Driver Installation; Prerequisites; Downloading Nvidia Ofed - Nvidia 900-9X4B0-0012-0T1 User Manual

Driver Installation

Please use the relevant driver installation section.
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Linux Driver Installation

• Windows Driver Installation
• VMware Driver Installation
Linux Driver Installation
This section describes how to install and test the MLNX_OFED for Linux package on a single server
with a ConnectX-5 adapter card installed.

Prerequisites

Requirements
Platforms
Required Disk Space for Installation
Operating System
Installer Privileges

Downloading NVIDIA OFED

1. Verify that the system has a network adapter installed.
The following example shows a system with an installed adapter card:
# lspci -v | grep Mellanox
86:00.0 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
86:00.1 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
2. Download the ISO image to your host.
The image's name has the format
You can download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software
package available via the NVIDIA web site at
→ Software → InfiniBand Drivers
a. Scroll down to the Download wizard, and click the Download tab.
b. Choose your relevant package depending on your host operating system.
c. Click the desired ISO/tgz package.
d. To obtain the download link, accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
A server platform with one ConnectX®-4 Lx (EN) (firmware:
fw-ConnectX4Lx)
1GB
Linux operating system.
For the list of supported operating system distributions and
kernels, please refer to the MLNX_OFED Release Notes file.
The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on
the target machine.
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label><CPU arch>.iso
nvidia.com/en-us/networking → Products
→ NVIDIA MLNX_OFED
Description
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