User Manual

Rev 4.70

Mellanox Technologies

4.2 Unattended Installation

The following is an example of a MLNX_WinOF_win2012 x64 unattended installation session.

Step 1. Open a CMD console

[Windows Server 2008 R2] - Click Start-->Run and enter CMD.

[Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2] - Click Start --> Task Manager-->File --> Run new task -->

and enter CMD.

Step 2. Install the driver. Run:

Step 3. [Optional] Manually configure your setup to contain the logs option:

Step 4. [Optional] If you do not want to upgrade your firmware version

Step 5. [Optional] If you want to control the installation of the WMI/CIM provider

Step 6. [Optional] If you want to control whether to restore network configuration or not

For further help, please run:

4.3 Installation Results

Upon installation completion, you can verify the successful addition of the network card(s)

through the Device Manager.

Upon installation completion, the inf files can be located at:

• %ProgramFiles%\Mellanox\MLNX_VPI\ETH

• %ProgramFiles%\Mellanox\MLNX_VPI\HW\mlx4_bus

• %ProgramFiles%\Mellanox\MLNX_VPI\IB\IPoIB

To see the Mellanox network adapter device, and the Ethernet or IPoIB network device

(depending on the used card) for each port, display the Device Manager and expand “System

devices” or “Network adapters”.

> MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4.70_All_win2012_x64.exe /S /v"/qn"

> MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4.70_All_win2012_x64.exe /S /v"/qn" /v"/l*vx [LogFile]"

Starting from MLNX WinOF v4.55, the log option is enabled automatically. The default

path of the log is: %LOCALAPPDATA%\MLNX_WinOF.log0

MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4.70_All_win2012_x64.exe /v" MT_SKIPFWUPGRD=1"

1. MT_SKIPFWUPGRD default value is False

MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4.70_All_win2012_x64.exe /v" /MT_WMI=1"

2. MT_WMI default value is True

MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4.70_All_win2012_x64.exe /v" MT_RESTORECONF=1"

3. MT_RESTORECONF default value is True

> MLNX_VPI_WinOF-4.70_All_win2012_x64.exe /v" /h"