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The script adds the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf for the userspace
components such as MPI:
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* soft memlock unlimited
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* hard memlock unlimited
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These settings set the amount of memory that can be pinned by a
userspace application to unlimited. If desired, tune the value unlimited
to a specific amount of RAM.
For your machine to be part of the InfiniBand/VPI fabric, a Subnet Manager must be running
on one of the fabric nodes. At this point, OFED for Linux has already installed the OpenSM
Subnet Manager on your machine.
For the list of installation options, run:
./mlnxofedinstall --h
Installation Procedure
This section describes the installation procedure of MLNX_OFED on NVIDIA adapter cards.
a.
Log in to the installation machine as root.
b.
Mount the ISO image on your machine.
host1# mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>-<CPU arch>.iso /mnt
c.
Run the installation script.
/mnt/mlnxofedinstall
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x.logs
This program will install the MLNX_OFED_LINUX
Note that all other Mellanox, OEM, OFED, RDMA or Distribution IB packages will be removed.
Those packages are removed due to conflicts with MLNX_OFED_LINUX,
Starting MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x.x installation ...
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Installation finished successfully.
Attempting to perform Firmware update...
Querying Mellanox devices firmware ...
For unattended installation, use the --force installation option while running
the MLNX_OFED installation script:
/mnt/mlnxofedinstall --force
MLNX_OFED for Ubuntu should be installed with the following flags in chroot
environment:
./mlnxofedinstall --without-dkms --add-kernel-support --kernel <kernel
version in chroot> --without-fw-update --force
For example:
./mlnxofedinstall --without-dkms --add-kernel-support --kernel 3.13.0-85-
generic --without-fw-update --force
Note that the path to kernel sources (--kernel-sources) should be added if the
sources are not in their default location.
package
on your machine.
do
not reinstall them.
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