Performance Tuning; Windows Driver Installation - Nvidia 900-9X4B0-0012-0T1 User Manual

mlnx-ofed-vma
mlnx-ofed-hpc
mlnx-ofed-vma-eth
mlnx-ofed-vma-vpi
knem-dkms
kernel-dkms
kernel-only
bluefield
mlnx-ofed-all-exact
dpdk
mlnx-ofed-basic-exact
dpdk-upstream-libs
2. Install the desired group.
apt-get install
Example:
apt-get install mlnx-ofed-all

Installing MLNX_OFED using the "apt-get" tool does not automatically update the
firmware.
To update the firmware to the version included in MLNX_OFED package, run:
# apt-get install mlnx-fw-updater

Performance Tuning

Depending on the application of the user's system, it may be necessary to modify the default
configuration of network adapters based on the ConnectX® adapters. In case that tuning is required,
please refer to the Performance Tuning Guide for NVIDIA Network

Windows Driver Installation

For Windows, download and install the latest WinOF-2 for Windows software package available via
the NVIDIA website at:
download package (also available from the download page).
The snapshots in the following sections are presented for illustration purposes only. The installation
interface may slightly vary, depending on the operating system in use.
MLNX_OFED vma installer package
MLNX_OFED HPC installer package
MLNX_OFED vma-eth installer package
MLNX_OFED vma-vpi installer package
MLNX_OFED DKMS support for mlnx-ofed kernel modules
MLNX_OFED kernel-dkms installer package
MLNX_OFED kernel-only installer package
MLNX_OFED bluefield installer package
MLNX_OFED mlnx-ofed-all-exact installer package
MLNX_OFED dpdk installer package
MLNX_OFED mlnx-ofed-basic-exact installer package
MLNX_OFED dpdk-upstream-libs installer package
'<group name>'
WinOF-2 webpage. Follow the installation instructions included in the
Adapters.
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