Nvidia ConnectX-5 User Manual

321.2.3.••1.Firmware UpgradeIf the machine has a standard NVIDIA® card with an older firmware version, the firmware will beautomatically updated as part of the NVIDIA® WinOF-2 package installation. For information on howto upgrade firmware manually, please refer to MFT User Manual.If the machine has a DDA (pass through) facility, firmware update is supported only in the Host.Therefore, to update the firmware, the following must be performed:Return the network adapters to the Host.Update the firmware according to the steps in the MFT User Manual.Attach the adapters back to VM with the DDA tools.Linux Driver InstallationThis section describes how to install and test the MLNX_OFED for Linux package on a single serverwith a ConnectX-5 adapter card installed.PrerequisitesRequirements DescriptionPlatforms A server platform with one of the following NVIDIA adaptersinstalled:ConnectX®-5 Ex (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX5)ConnectX®-5 (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX5)Required Disk Space for Installation 1GBOperating System Linux operating system.For the list of supported operating system distributions andkernels, please refer to the MLNX_OFED Release NotesInstaller Privileges The installation requires administrator (root) privileges onthe target machine.Downloading NVIDIA OFEDVerify that the system has an NVIDIA network adapter installed.The following example shows a system with an installed NVIDIA adapter card:# lspci -v | grep Mellanox86:00.0 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT27620 FamilySubsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 001486:00.1 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT27620 FamilySubsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 00142. Download the ISO image to your host.The image’s name has the format MLNX_OFED_LINUX--arch>.iso.You can download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)