Nvidia ConnectX-7 User Manual page 35

• If you need to install OFED on an entire (homogeneous) cluster, a common strategy is
to mount the ISO image on one of the cluster nodes and then copy it to a shared file
system such as NFS. To install on all the cluster nodes, use cluster-aware tools
(suchaspdsh).
• If your kernel version does not match with any of the offered pre-built RPMs, you can
add your kernel version by using the "mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh" script located
inside the MLNX_OFED package.
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On Redhat and SLES distributions with errata kernel installed there is no need
to use the mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh script. The regular installation can be
performed and weak-updates mechanism will create symbolic links to the
MLNX_OFED kernel modules.
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If you regenerate kernel modules for a custom kernel (using
), the packages installation will not involve automatic regeneration of
support
the initramfs. In some cases, such as a system with a root filesystem mounted
over a ConnectX card, not regenerating the initramfs may even cause the
system to fail to reboot.
In such cases, the installer will recommend running the following command to
update the initramfs:
dracut -f
On some OSs,
can be safely ignore.
libkmod: kmod_module_new_from_path: kmod_module 'mdev' already
exists with different path
The "mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh" script can be executed directly from the
mlnxofedinstall script. For further information, please see '--add-kernel-support' option
below.
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On Ubuntu and Debian distributions drivers installation use Dynamic Kernel
Module Support (DKMS) framework. Thus, the drivers' compilation will take
place on the host during MLNX_OFED installation.
Therefore, using "mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh" is irrelevant on Ubuntu and
Debian distributions.
Example: The following command will create a MLNX_OFED_LINUX ISO image for
RedHat 7.3 under the /tmp directory.
# ./MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x-rhel7.3-x86_64/mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh -m /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x-
rhel7.3-x86_64/ --make-tgz
Note: This program will create MLNX_OFED_LINUX TGZ
All Mellanox, OEM, OFED, or Distribution IB packages will be removed.
Do you want to continue?[y/N]:y
See log file /tmp/mlnx_ofed_iso.21642.log
Building OFED RPMs. Please wait...
Removing OFED RPMs...
Created /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x-rhel7.3-x86_64-ext.tgz
might result in the following error message which
dracut -f
for rhel7.3 under /tmp directory.
--add-kernel-
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