About This Manual; Intended Audience; Related Documentation; Conventions - Mellanox Technologies MIS5022Q-1BRR User Manual

Rev 1.2

About this Manual

This manual describes the installation and basic use of the Mellanox IS5022 switch, which is
based on the InfiniScale® IV InfiniBand switch device.

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for users and system administrators responsible for installing and setting
up the switch platforms listed above.
The manual assumes familiarity with the InfiniBand® Architecture Specification.

Related Documentation

Additional Documentation available from Mellanox:
Table 2 - Reference Documents
Switch Firmware and
Firmware Update
Tools
Mellanox OFED
Stack for Linux
User's Manual
Mellanox Firmware
Tools (MFT)
User's Manual
Document # 2329

Conventions

Throughout this manual, the name IS5022 and the term switch are used to describe the 8-port
QSFP 40Gb/s InfiniBand Switch unless explicitly indicated otherwise.
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Mellanox Technologies
See
http://www.mellanox.com
Note that the Switch System described in this manual is based on Mellanox
Technologies' InfiniScale
See
http://www.mellanox.com
Click "Mellanox OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for Linux
(MLNX_OFED)"
Select the Linux User's Manual
The embedded OS and tools on the CPU in the management module is a
subset of the Mellanox OFED stack.
The MFT (Mellanox Firmware Tools) package is a set of firmware tools.
The manual supplied with this package provides an overview of the firm-
ware its installation and replacement. The MFT can be downloaded with its
documentation at:
http://www.mellanox.com
> Support > Download Firmware Tools
®
IV switch device.
> Support > InfiniBand Software and Drivers
> Support > Download Firmware Tools