Disposal; Updating Firmware; Current Firmware Revision - Mellanox Technologies InfiniScale MIS5022Q-1BRR User Manual

InfiniScale® IV 8-Port QSFP 40 Gb/s InfiniBand Switch User Manual
5.4

Disposal

According to the WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC, all waste electrical and electronic
equipment (EEE) should be collected separately and not disposed of with regular
household waste.
Dispose of this product and all of its parts in a responsible and environmentally
friendly way.
For proper disassembly instructions see the Mellanox website.
5.5

Updating Firmware

When you buy the switch, it comes with the latest firmware burned on the board. All firmware
updates should be done in-band. Go to the Mellanox website and confirm that the firmware is the
latest. If not reburn the latest firmware from the download site. New firmware versions will be
posted on the Mellanox firmware download page:
http://www.mellanox.com
You will need the Mellanox Firmware Tools package to update firmware for this switch. It can also
be downloaded from:
http://www.mellanox.com.
You will also need to download and unzip the firmware binary image. This is provided in the Mel-
lanox website at:
cale IV Switch systems. Click in the table for the firmware image that you need.

5.5.1 Current Firmware Revision

The user can query for the currently loaded firmware revision by using the command:
(part of MFT package). Other tools like Flint can also be useful.
5.5.1.1 Instructions for Reprogramming Over the InfiniBand Network
To update a switch device having a specific GUID (for example, 0x00000006660abcd0) or LID,
the following are the recommended steps to update the device firmware.
1. Make sure all subnet ports are in the active state. One way to check this is to run opensm, the
Subnet Manager.
=> Support > Download Center.
=> Support > Software and Drivers.
http://www.mellanox.com
ibstat
[root@mymach]> /etc/init.d/opensmd start
opensm start [ OK ]
=> Support > Download Center and go to the InfiniS-
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